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New Damien Hirst NFT Announced But Is It A Flash In The Pan
After earning a cool $25m from his first NFT publication, Damien Hirst, the artist who loves to print money is releasing his second series of NFTs....
Three New Royal Academicians Announced – Late Botticelli Painting Sells for $45.4m – Robbie Williams £10m Banksy Paintings Auctioned At Sotheby’s
The Royal Academy of Arts has elected three new Royal Academicians: Michael Armitage, in the category of Painting, Peter Barber, in the category of...
Damien Hirst Earns $25m With His NFT Edition – Art Basel Gazumps FIAC Taking Grand Palais Slot – Gainsborough’s Blue Boy Returns To London
Old 'loadsamoney has done it again! Damien Hirst has reportedly made an unthinkable $25m on his latest edition of 'Spot' NFTs. He produced "The...
Tracey Emin Asks Number 10 To Remove Gifted Artwork From Display – Clare Lilley Appointed New YSP Director – Rare Henry Moore Sculpture Discovered
The YBA artist Tracey Emin has requested that her neon sculpture 'More Passion' be removed from the private quarters at 10 Downing Street as a...
Banksy Spraycation Mural Sells For $2m – John Sainsbury Art Patron Dies – DCMS £30m Emergency Support For Culture
A Banksy mural hacked from a shopfront wall has been privately sold in the US for $2m . The artwork appeared on a wall last August in Lowestoft,...
Protester Attacks Eric Gill Statue At BBC Broadcasting House
A protester armed with a hammer has scaled BBC Broadcasting House near Oxford Circus, causing extensive damages to the statue of Ariel and Prospero...
Tracey Emin Is Ninth Winner Of Whitechapel Art Icon Award
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced that Tracey Emin (b. 1963, UK) will be the ninth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art Icon award. On...
NFTs Sales Set To Match Global Art Trade Total – John Salt Photorealist Painter Dies Aged 84 – Gainsborough Blue Boy Returns
According to the Financial Times, the market in NFTs (non-fungible tokens), an unregulated form of digital art and collectables, is now approaching...
Iwona Blazwick Quits As Director of Whitechapel – London Art Fair Postpones Event Until April – New Director For The ICA Announced
Iwona Blazwick has announced that she will be leaving the Whitechapel Gallery after twenty years of leadership. She will be stepping down in April...
Edward Colston Statue Four Acquitted Of Criminal Damage
Four people accused of criminal damage after a statue honouring the notorious slave trader Edward Colston was dragged from its plinth and thrown...
NFT Phishing Scam $2.2m Lost – Banksy Vandal Given Prison Sentence – Protected Status Granted For £1500 Caravaggio
A phishing scam has successfully stolen NFTs valued at over $2.2 million from New York gallery owner Todd Kramer, partner of New York's Ross +...
Wayne Thiebaud American Proto-Pop Painter Dies Age 101
Tributes have been pouring in for the American artist Wayne Thiebaud who died yesterday in Sacramento, California age 101. His daughter Twinka...