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Banal Public Statues – We Deserve Better – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new over-life size statue group of Princess Diana, just unveiled at Kensington Palace, to celebrate what would have been her sixtieth birthday,...
Artangel Co-Directors James Lingwood and Michael Morris To Step Down
James Lingwood and Michael Morris Co-Directors of Artangel have announced their decision to step down from the organisation they have led for 30...
Da Vinci Drawing Export Freeze – Leonardo Bear Drawing Auctioned – Restituted Van Dyck Painting Sells
France's culture ministry entered the first round in a Paris courtroom in an attempt to prevent a recently discovered double-sided drawing of the...
Latest Fourth Plinth Artists Reflect Societally Diverse Subject Matter
Samson Kambalu and Teresa Margolles have been announced as the next two artists chosen for the Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square. They...
Gainsborough: Blue Boy Returns To Trafalgar Square 100 Years On
The Blue Boy an iconic masterpiece by Sir Thomas Gainsborough will return to Trafalgar Square, precisely one hundred years to the day since it was...
Lucian Freud Portrait Of David Hockney Sells For £14.9m $20.7m At Sotheby’s
A portrait by the English figurative painter Lucian Freud depicting his friend David Hockney has sold for £14.9 million ($20.7 million) with buyer’s...
Stolen Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Recovered – George Osborne Appointed Chair British Museum – Phyllida Barlow To Unveil New Work At Highgate Cemetery
A painting donated to the Athens National Gallery by Pablo Picasso in 1949, stolen nine years ago has been recovered. Police in the Greek capital...
Royal Academy Backdown Over Jess de Wahls Transphobia Row
The Royal Academy of Arts has backed down and apologised to the German textile artist Jess de Wahls after the institution removed her work from sale...
Rembrandt’s Night Watch: Rijksmuseum Recreates Original Lost Composition
Rembrandt's The Night Watch has been recreated in its original form for the first time in 300 years. Visitors to Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam can now...
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Posthumously Wrap L’Arc de Triomphe – MacKenzie Scott Gives $2b to Underfunded Cultural Organisations – Robert Indiana Estate Reaches Legal Battle Closure
Christo and Jeanne-Claude will at last wrap the L'Arc de Triomphe for a temporary artwork on view in Paris for 16 days from Saturday, September 18...
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Auctions WWW Source Code As NFT
Update: 01/07/2021: Tim Berners-Lee's non-fungible-token, or NFT, has sold for $5.4 million with fees. Sotheby’s said it was accepting payment in...
Phyllida Barlow Awarded Damehood In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Phyllida Barlow has been given a Damehood in the Queen's birthday honours list 2021. This special award recognises the outstanding achievements of...