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Early Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Dutch Museum
Police have launched a criminal investigation and are reviewing security footage after a painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen during the early...
Art Goes Viral – Edward Lucie-Smith
The coronavirus has been responsible for a major crisis in the art world. Museums and galleries have slammed their doors shut. Increasingly the only...
And Last But Not Least Art Basel Gets Postponed
Well well, we all knew this was coming. TEFAF Maastricht is currently under fire for infecting the upper echelons of the art world with up to 50...
Manifesta 13 Marseille Postponed Due to COVID-19 Crisis
Manifesta 13, the European Nomadic Biennial which originated in the early 1990s in response to the political, economic, and social change following...
Rebecca Salter PRA Wins £25,000 Genesis Prize
Rebecca Salter, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize. The award is worth £25,000, and...
Paul Kasmin Formative Contemporary Art Dealer Dies Age 60
The London-born art dealer Paul Kasmin (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement....
Italy I Love You My Heart Is With You – Marina Abramović
The Performance Artist Marina Abramović has made a statement to the people of Italy in association with Palazzo Strozzi as part of project IN TOUCH....
Cass Art Shuts All UK Shops
Cass Art has shut all of their stores leaving artists to scramble for supplies. All professionals and students looking to stock up on materials are...
Art And Corona What happens Afterwards – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the contemporary art world goes dark, and as galleries - official spaces and commercial ones - slam shut their doors, one inevitably starts to...
Fourth Plinth Commission Postponed Because Of You Know What
The unveiling of the Fourth Plinth commission, a giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone by Heather...
Frieze New York 2020 Cancelled
Frieze has announced the cancellation of the ninth edition of the Frieze New York art fair. It falls in line with health and safety guidelines...
Art In The Time Of COVID19 – Sue Hubbard
First, the Louvre in Paris closed. Then the galleries in London started to shut their doors, one by one, like the “lamps going out all over Europe”...