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Claude Monet’s ‘L’Embarcadère’ Up For Auction At Sotheby’s London
Claude Monet's acclaimed work 'L’Embarcadère', 1871, is to be offered at Sotheby’s forthcoming London Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on...
London Art Fair Closes Its 2015 Edition On A High Note
The 27th London Art Fair has closed its doors for the 2015 edition with only one way to sum up the event, 'strong attendance and strong sales'. The...
L’Origine Du Monde Facebook Legal Battle – Court To Reach Decision
A French Facebook user has taken the social media giant to court after his account was closed down after he posted an image of Courbet's...
Luc Tuymans Quiet Restrained, And At Times Unsettling New Exhibition
Luc Tuymans is widely credited with having contributed to the revival of painting in the 1990s, Tuymans continues to assert his relevance by...
Christie’s London To Offer Prime Richter and Twombly In February Post War Sale
Christie’s will offer another outstanding week of auctions in February led by Gerhard Richter’s Vierwaldstätter See (Lake Lucerne), 1969, a sublime...
Artes Mundi Prize Winner Theaster Gates Splits £40,000 With Nominees
The Chicago-based American artist Theaster Gates, winner of this year’s winner of the Artes Mundi 6 award, which was announced in Cardiff on Friday,...
£38 Million Trove Of Stolen Antiquities Uncovered In Swiss Raid
The Swiss and Italian police have uncovered a massive Swiss-Italian antiquities smuggling ring. Police seized 5,361 vases, bronze statues, and...
King Tutankhamun’s Death Mask Under Scrutiny For Amateur Restoration
Amateur restoration using inappropriate epoxy glue has defaced one of the worlds most iconic works of art. The mask of King Tutankhamun is now set...
Tracey Emin’s Pivotal Installation Exorcism Under The Hammer For £600,000
Christie’s has announced it is selling a particularly pivotal, not to mention large installation by one-time YBA tracey Emin called 'Exorcism of the...
Stolen Dale Chihuly Sculpture Destroyed By Combine Harvester In Corn Field
Four people have been charged with the theft of sculpture by the internalionally renouned artist Dale Chihuly. Sections of the installation were...
Artes Mundi £40,000 Prize Taken By American Artist Theaster Gates
The Chicago-based American artist Theaster Gates is this year’s winner of the Artes Mundi 6 award which was announced in Cardiff yesterday. Gates...
Hugh Scott-Douglas Has First Exhibition At Simon Lee Gallery
Simon Lee Gallery presents Hugh Scott-Douglas' first exhibition at the gallery, the artist's first solo show in London. Hugh Scott-Douglas' work...