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Arts Cuts: Birmingham City Council Faces Funding Withdrawal Backlash
Birmingham City Council is under fire for its decision to sell off £1.25 billion in assets to repay a government bailout loan, which has led to...
Fourth Plinth: Seven Artists Vie for Prestigious Trafalgar Square Commission
Seven artists have been unveiled as contenders for the prestigious Fourth Plinth commissions in 2026 and 2028. Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Gabriel...
Banksy Stop Sign Theft Probe Continues: Men Re-bailed By Met Police
Two men have been re-bailed until next month in connection with the removal of a south London street sign featuring artwork by the elusive artist...
Amedeo Modigliani Painting Restituted To Heirs Of French Artist Writer
Hanover, Germany - In a gesture of resolution, the city of Hanover has returned a painting "Tête de Femme" (1917) by the renowned Italian Modernist...
Arts Council England Unveil New Guidelines To Discourage Political Statements
Arts Council England (ACE), a pivotal UK government agency known for its funding initiatives empowering museums and art spaces nationwide, is...
Toppled Colston Statue Sparks Renewed Debate at Bristol Museum
A proposal to officially move the statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston into the M Shed museum in Bristol as a permanent display is...
Climate Activists Strike At Botticelli’s Birth of Venus In Florence
Climate activists have directed their attention to Botticelli's renowned masterpiece, The Birth of Venus, displayed at the Uffizi Gallery in...
DACS Pays Out £10.1m In Royalties To Artists In 2023
In a week marked by vigorous discussions in the House of Lords about the arts' multifaceted impact on the economy and society, DACS, the Design and...
British Museum To Display Stolen Items Recovered from Collection
LONDON, Feb. 2 - In August 2023, revelations of approximately 2000 missing, stolen, or damaged objects from the British Museum's collection,...
Dmitry Rybolovlev: Oligarch Loses $160 Million Sotheby’s Art Fraud Case
The Russian billionaire/art collector Dmitry Rybolovlev has lost his legal battle with Sotheby's. A jury in the US sided with the auction house in a...
Rare Bayeux Tapestry Replica From Charlie Watts’ Estate Sold To French Museum
A hand-tinted photographic replica of the renowned Bayeux Tapestry, measuring 70 meters long, has found its new home at the Bayeux Museum in France....
Mona Lisa Attacked With Soupe de Tomate By Protesters In Paris
In a mindless act of protest, demonstrators hurled tomato soup at the iconic Mona Lisa by Leonard de Vinci. The masterpiece was encased behind...