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Art Room Launches New Ladbroke Grove Studio With Patron Grayson Perry
The Art Room has celebrated the opening of their 9th Art studio at Barlby Primary School in Ladboke Grove, West London. A special reception for...
Sotheby’s And Christie’s In Egon Schiele Restitution Roulette
On November 5th, Christie's is auctioning a 1910 Schiele watercolor 'Town on the Blue River'. The auction house is doing this in conjunction with a...
Cult Photographer David Armstrong Passes Away Aged 60
New York-based photographer David Armstrong, who had been suffering from liver cancer, has died at the age of 60, reports Vogue. Although the...
Genpei Akasegawa Japanese Artist And Convicted Forger Dead Aged 77
The well-known avant-garde Japanese artist and writer Genpei Akasegawa has died in a Tokyo hospital on Sunday morning. The 77-year-old artist had...
Chinese Filmmaker First To Stand Trial Over Constitution Documentary
The trial of Chinese filmmaker Shen Yongping is set to begin on 4th November, making the filmmaker the first person to be prosecuted for documenting...
Domus Aurea In Rome Reopens After Six Year Restoration
Italian authorities have partially reopened Rome's magnificent Domus Aurea (House of Gold) on Sunday some six years into a decade-long restoration...
New Caravaggio Masterpiece Found – Claims Italian Art Historian
It would seem that the long-lost original of Caravaggio's 'Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy' has been identified by one of the foremost experts on the...
Turner Contemporary 2015 Programme To Include Grayson Perry Exhibition
Turner Contemporary has welcomed more than 1.3 million visitors, in just three and a half years. For 2015, the gallery has announced an ambitious...
Walter Keane – Epic Art Fraud And The Big Eyes Of Hollywood
Walter Keane was an American artist who became famous in the 1950s and 1960s for painting a series of widely-reproduced images depicting vulnerable...
Lawrence Abu Hamdan Announced As Commissioned Artist For 2015 Armory Show
The Armory Show has announced that Lawrence Abu Hamdan, based between Beirut and London, is the Commissioned Artist for the 2015 fair. In this...
Christie’s Shanghai Celebrates Their First Anniversary Of Activities In The City
Christie's Shanghai has celebrated their first year of launch with a series of auctions that mark Christie's activities in the city. Modern and...
Sotheby’s In High Court Over Alleged Misattribution Of Caravaggio
A highly contentious dispute has some of the world’s most prominent Caravaggio experts lining up to take sides in high court; due to an argument...