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Sotheby’s Bunny Mellon Auction Sells Out With £100 Million Haul
Sotheby's placed under the hammer the prestigious collection of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon on Monday night, the auction houses experts called the...
The Public Bids Farewell To London’s Poppy Installation
November 11 is observed each year as Remembrance Day in the UK, or more generally as Armistice Day; to mark the end of hostilities during World War...
Ina Ginsburg Friend To Andy Warhol And Patron To The Arts Dies At 98
Ina Ginsburg was a prominent Washington D.C. society hostess; for more than half a century she strived to elevate the arts and also the art of...
Over 300,000 People Attend 25th Anniversary Of Fall Of Berlin Wall Art Installation
Many thousands of Berliners celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall yesterday, reported Der Spiegel. The centrepiece of the...
Gurlitt Art Trove Taskforce To Miss Restitution Deadline
The Bavarian culture ministry has announced in a statement that the taskforce charged with discovering the rightful heirs to the collection of Nazi...
British Artists And The Spanish Civil War Examined In New Exhibition
The first major exhibition to examine the response of British visual artists to the Spanish Civil War is to take place from 8 November at Pallant...
Clacton Council Banksy Mural Removal Branded “A Crass Act Of Cowardly Authoritarianism”
A council which destroyed a mural by Banksy has been branded "moronic", "useless" and "cretinous", reports the BBC. The work by the Bristol street...
Gavin Turk’s Neon Art Opens At New Art Centre In Salisbury
The exhibition 'We Are One' consists of many of Gavin Turk’s recent neon works; these signature works by the artist evidence the evolution of his...
Iconic E.H. Shepard Drawing For Poohsticks Goes Under The Hammer
E.H. Shepard’s original ink drawing of Christopher Robin, Piglet and Pooh on the famous ‘poohsticks’ bridge, first published in A.A. Milne’s...
Leading Artists In Sotheby’s Charity Auction For Elton John AIDS Foundation
A large number of leading contemporary artists have very generously donated no less than 12 artworks, all of which will be auctioned off at...
Jeff Koons Retrospective Travels To Paris For Centre Pompidou Extravaganza
The Jeff Koons retrospective in Paris, which opens at the Centre Pompidou 26 November is designed to take stock of a large body of work, now...
David Cameron And Wife Samantha Visit Poppy Installation Ahead Of Remembrance Day Today
‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’; the installation that has been created in the Tower’s famous dry moat. Which continued to grow throughout the...