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UK And France Export Bar For Cézanne And Chardin Paintings
The UK Government has placed an export bar on 'Ferme Normande, Été' (Hattenville) 1882 by Paul Cézanne to allow time for a UK gallery or institution...
UNESCO Condemns 53 Ukraine Cultural Sites Damaged In Russia Invasion
UNESCO, the international body that assesses damages to cultural sites during crisis, has reported that 53 sites of international importance have...
Delfina Foundation Founder Delfina Entrecanales Dies Age 94
The Delfina Foundation has announced the death of its founder, Delfina Entrecanales CBE, at the age of 94. Over the last four decades, through her...
Anish Kapoor Calls For Boycott Of Russian Owned Phillips Auctioneers – Damien Hirst Claimed Millions in Furlough Payments – Cecilia Vicuña Awarded Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The Turner Prize-Winning sculptor Anish Kapoor has called for a boycott of Phillips Auctioneers. In a statement published in the New York Times, he...
Mega Dealer Ivor Braka Sued By Artist Collection Societies – Mariupol Museum Levelled – Artist Steve McQueen Knighted
The Art dealer Ivor Braka is being sued by artists' resale rights groups for not paying royalties to living artists or their estates. The Artists'...
Should The V&A Close Their Fabergé Egg Exhibition – Tate And RA Sever Relations With Russian Billionaires – Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Bonhams Cancel Russian Art Sales
Whenever you hear the name Fabergé, you think of opulent, lavish, jewelled, decorated, and, let’s face it, kitsch, Russian Imperial eggs. Fabergé in...
Russian Raphael Painting Withdrawn From London Show – Jeff Koons Loses Another Court Battle – Metropolitan Museum To Deaccess $30m Picasso Bronze
One of the centrepieces of the National Galleries' long-awaited Raphael exhibition has been withdrawn due to the escalating war in Ukraine....
Ukraine Goes Ahead With Venice Biennale Pavilion – Russian Art Collector Roman Abramovich Slapped With U.K. Sanctions – Katharina Fritsch And Cecilia Vicuña Win Golden Lions
The organisers of the Venice Biennale have confirmed that the Ukraine pavilion will go ahead as planned this April. It was thought that the Russian...
Grenville Davey Turner Prize Winning Sculptor Dies
Grenville Davey, the Turner Prize-winning sculptor, has died at age 60. He was born in Launceston, Cornwall, in 1961 and studied at Exeter College...
Artist Support Pledge Focuses On Raising Money For Ukraine
The Artist Support Pledge platform has successfully raised over £30m for artists during the pandemic. The cancellation of art fairs and gallery...
Restituted Franz Marc Painting Achieves £42.6m At Inaugural Christie’s Shanghai Sale – Ukraine Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Bombed By Russia – Jerwood Donates £5m Gallery To Hasting’s Contemporary
Christie’s has launched the inaugural 20th/21st Century: Shanghai to London sale series with staggering results. This pioneering cultural dialogue...
War Invades 59th Venice Biennale Russia Quits – Ukraine On Hold
Updated: Artists Alexandra Sukhareva and Kirill Savchenkov and curator Raimundas Malašauskas have pulled out of the Russian Pavilion at the Venice...