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Banksy Painting Congestion Charge Owned By Sir Paul Smith To Be Auctioned
A Banksy painting owned by the fashion designer Sir Paul Smith is to be auctioned at Bonhams. Congestion Charge (2004) is a rare vandalised oil...
Tracey Emin Creates Every Women Bronze Doors For NPG Relaunch
Forty-five portraits that "represent every woman" cover the three doors that now form the entrance to the National Portrait Gallery. Hand drawn by...
King’s First Birthday Honours List Overlooks Visual Artists
Novelists Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Fashion Editor Anna Wintour were honoured in the King's birthday list, but where were the Visual Artists and...
United States To Rejoin UNESCO After Trump Pull Out In 2017
Audrey Azoulay, head of UNESCO, gathered representatives of the Organisation's 193 Member States this week to announce that the United States of...
Gustav Klimt Portrait Set To Break European Auction Records
Sotheby's is auctioning a painting by Gustav Klimt that is one of the most sought after and valuable works of art ever to be offered in Europe....
Art Basel 2023 Opens With A Buzzy Buying Atmosphere
Art Basel, which takes place in Messeplatz in Basel, is known as the fair that unites the international art world. Yesterday, the VIP preview opened...
Bob & Roberta Smith Unveil Vibrant Flag Designs On Bond Street
The launch of Art in Mayfair 2023, unveils Royal Academician Bob & Roberta Smith's vibrant flag artwork designs entitled ‘A Puzzle 4U’ on Bond...
Françoise Gilot Painter And Mistress Of Picasso Has Died Aged 101
Françoise Gilot, an accomplished painter and writer whose stormy relationship with Pablo Picasso often overshadowed her work, has died in a...
Sotheby’s To Repurpose Marcel Breuer Whitney Building In Manhattan
The iconic 1966 brutalist building on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, designed by the Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer will be the new home of...
British Museum Ends Sponsorship Arrangement With Fossil Fuel Giant BP
BP's sponsorship of the British Museum is to end. This marks the finish of the fossil fuel giant's name being used to promote exhibitions and events...
London Gallery Weekend 2023 Everything you Need To Know
London Gallery Weekend is the world's largest event of its kind and unique among global gallery weekend events in the breadth and diversity of its...
Kenneth Anger Artist Filmmaker And Underground Cult Figure Dies Aged 96
The homoerotic artist and filmmaker Kenneth Anger, whose transgressional body of work delved into the occult, paganism and LGBTQ+ subject matter,...