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Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards Large Grants To Winning Artists
During last night's awards ceremony, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) announced that Bonnie Camplin, Michael Dean, Rosalind Nashashibi, Katrina...
£150 Million Turkish State Art And Sculpture Museum Heist Was An Inside Job
It has now been revealed that an organised crime syndicate stole up to 302 works of art from Turkey's State Art and Sculpture Museum, located in the...
Heirs Of Cornelius Gurlitt Pledge Restitution Of Munich Art Trove To Rightful Owners
The family heirs of Cornelius Gurlitt, the German recluse and art collector who was discovered to have a hoard of suspected Nazi-looted art in his...
Figurative Painters Working In Britain In The 1950 Explored In New Exhibition
This exhibition brings together for the first time the work of five powerful, individual, figurative painters working in Britain in the 1950s: Joan...
Ikon Presents Exhibition Imran Qureshi Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year
Ikon In Birmingham is presenting a solo exhibition by the Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, Deutsche Bank's “Artist of the Year” 2013....
Elmgreen & Dragset’s Prada Marfa Vandal Settles Criminal Damage Case
A Waco Texas artist who vandalised Elmgreen & Dragset's Prada Marfa installation has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief. ...
Twin Peaks Fans Ecstatic As David Lynch Brings Art Exhibition To MIMA
With the return of a new series of Twin Peaks announced fans will be overjoyed as David Lynch brings his most recent exhibition to Middlesbrough...
Early Bird’s Eye Landscape Up For Auction At Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale
Sotheby's London will offer the earliest known bird's-eye view painting of a British garden for $950,000 or £600,000 at its sale of Old...
Spanish Politicians Implicated In Money Laundering Involving Two Goya Paintings
Six former high ranking Spanish government officials are being investigated by authorities over alleged corruption surrounding the sale of...
Christie’s Sets Record For Highest Total For Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale
Christie’s has made history with its Post-War and Contemporary Art sale by setting the record for the highest total achieved for any auction....
Two Sigmar Polke Works Saved From Liquidation
The state bank of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia has decided against selling two Sigmar Polke works of art following a countrywide controversy...
Jasper Johns’ Flag Fetches $36 Million At Sotheby’s And Sets New Auction Record
Co-Head of Sotheby’s Global Contemporary Art Department Alexander Rotter, commented to Art Daily: “It has been a wonderful start to our...