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Art Collector Cornelius Gurlitt To Return Claimed Stolen Degenerate Masterpieces
Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of a Nazi era art dealer has come to a co-operative agreement with German authorities to resolve which...
Bridget Riley Unveils New Mural Art At St Mary’s Hospital London
The British artist Bridget Riley, best known for her colourful 'OP Art' paintings and prints has created a 56m-long mural for a corridor at St...
Alan Davie RA Seminal Scottish Painter And Printmaker Dies Age 93
Alan Davie the seminal Scottish painter and printmaker has died aged 93. Born in Grangemouth, near Falkirk on 28 September 1920, the son of a...
Mary Ellen Mark To Be Honoured At Sony World Photography Awards
The American photographer Mary Ellen Mark is this year's recipient of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards’ Outstanding Contribution to...
Will Culture Secretary Maria Miller Be Resigning This Week?
How do you solve a problem like Maria? The buzz in Parliament last week was not about David Cameron's tax breaks for small businesses, but all media...
Leee Black Childers Chronicler Of Drag Queens And Punks Dies
Leee Black Childers, the photographer who captured a generation of New York underground culture, in the 1970s, has died in Los Angeles. He first...
Charles Esche Sao Paulo Biennial 31 Curator Receives Award In New York
Charles Esche, curator of the 31st Sao Paulo Biennial, which will take place from September 6 to December 7, 2014, will receive the Audrey Irmas...
Gustav Klimt Nazi Restitution And The Blockbuster Hollywood Film
A new film covering the subject of Nazi looted art is about to go into pre-production in Hollywood. This time it will star Dame Helen Mirren. The...
Dennis Oppenheim: Systems of Information Rather Than Abstract Gestures
"I have never been able to be what they call a signature artist," he said in one of his final interviews, "Most of my work comes from ideas. I can...
Jasper Conran Curates The Private Photos Of Cecil Beaton At Wilton House
Wilton House will pay tribute to the life and work of the photographer, writer and Oscar-winning designer Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) with a new...
Beyeler Foundation Curator Implicated In Knoedler Rothko Forgery Case
A highly regarded Swiss curator from the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Switzerland has been implicated in the lawsuit and scandal surrounding the...
George W Bush A President’s Personal Diplomacy With A Paint Brush
Former President George W. Bush is at it again, and by this I mean he is on a mission, proud to show the world what he can do with a paintbrush!...