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Signed Decourt Painting Discovered – TEFAF Maastricht 2021 Dates – Largest UK Art Exhibition Announced
Uniquely Signed Painting By Decourt Discovered In London A miniature painting - bought 'unseen' during lockdown in 2020 has been positively...
Pussy Riot Protests Putin’s Palace – Swiss Authorities Drop Dmitry Rybolovlev Case – Giuseppe Penone Donates 200 More Works
Three members of the Art/Punk/Activist band Pussy Riot have been arrested in Russia. On 23rd January nationwide demonstrations calling for the...
Edward Colston Four Opt For Jury Trial – Explore V&A’s Raphael Cartoons – Edmund de Waal Gifts Library Of Exile To Mosul
Edward Colston Four Opt For Trial By Jury The four people charged with criminal damage for pulling down a bronze statue of slave trader Edward...
Trump Pardons Gambling Gallerist Helly Nahmad – Art Basel Postpones Flagship Fair Again – Stolen Salvator Mundi Recovered
Less than 24 hours before leaving office Donald Trump granted pardons to dozens of convicted criminals including the gallerist Helly Nahmad. The Art...
Trump Baby Blimp Acquired By Museum of London – Public Monument Removal Just Got Harder – Nicholas Serota Reappointed ACE Chair
The iconic Trump baby balloon has been acquired by the Museum of London ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration tomorrow. (20th January). The Museum has...
Dasha Zhukova Buys Back Garage Magazine – Cornelius Gurlitt Hoard Remains Untraceable – Met Museum Launches Free Augmented Reality Tour
The Russian/American curator and art dealer Dasha Zhukova is to buy back Garage Magazine which she founded then sold to Vice Media in 2016. Vice...
Ben Uri Gallery Goes Digital To Survive – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Ben Uri Gallery in London has just come up with a new operation model, better suited to the needs of relatively small outfits, such as itself....
Louvre’s 72% Visitor Drop – Wildenstein Family Back In Court – Richard Serra’s Qatar Sculpture Defaced
Musée du Louvre Experiences 72% Visitor Drop In 2020 The world's most popular museum, the Musée du Louvre in Paris has seen visitor figures tumble...
George Rickey: 40 year Saga Of Glasgow’s Lost £1m Sculpture – Clare Henry
I first met the well known American kinetic sculptor George Rickey in 1982. In celebration of his 75th birthday. The Scottish Sculpture Trust led by...
Yinka Shonibare Receives Art Icon Award – Patti Smith’s Poem To Greta Thunberg – Artist’s Resale Rights Post Brexit
Whitechapel Gallery has announced that Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (b. 1962, UK) is the eighth artist to receive the prestigious annual Art Icon award,...
Art Industry Deaths 2020 – In Memoriam – Artlyst
This has been a tough year for all of us. The art world was especially hard hit with the loss of so many of our leading figures. Here is a roundup...
Artist Christopher Le Brun Knighted In New Year’s Honours List 2021
Christopher Le Brun, (born 1951) artist and former president of the Royal Academy (PRA) has been Knighted in the New Year's Honours List. Other...