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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...
Venice Biennale Announce Title and Theme – Monumental Kokoschka Triptych On Display At Relaunched Courtauld – QUEERCIRCLE New LGBTQ+ Community Space
Roberto Cicutto, President of La Biennale di Venezia and Cecilia Alemani appointed as the Artistic Director of the Visual Arts Department by the...
20th Serpentine Pavilion By Counterspace Unveiled – Sarah Hardie Wins Inaugural Soho House Art Prize – Madge Gill: Nature in Mind Exhibition Announced
A dazzling new Serpentine Pavilion has been unveiled in London today. The 20th Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Johannesburg-based practice...
London Launches First Gallery Weekend Initiative
The inaugural edition of London Gallery Weekend, a new initiative celebrating art galleries in the UK capital, launches Friday, 4 June 2021. The...
Sprüth Magers Takes On John Baldessari Estate – Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue Academics Sign Petition – French Woman Ends Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro
Remove Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue 350 Academics Sign Petition A statue honouring the South African imperialist Sir Cecil Rhodes will remain...