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Francis Bacon Screaming Pope Portrait to Be Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Francis Bacon's $20-30m 'Screaming Pope' Study for a Head is to go under the hammer at Sotheby's, in May. It is one of the most iconic works by the...
Stolen £40m Picasso Will Saudi Billionaire or Insurers Get The Portrait
A stolen Picasso painting valued at up to £40m has been recovered by the Dutch art sleuth Arthur Brand. The painting depicts Picasso's lover and...
Agnès Varda Woman At The Heart Of French New Wave Film Dies
Agnès Varda, the woman at the heart of French New Wave, has died age 90. Varda had a sense of humour. In her old age, she introduced herself as a...
Marc Quinn Honoured At MTV RE: Define HIV Charity Auction
The eighth Annual MTV RE: DEFINE 2019 Art Auction & Gala is honouring the YBA Artist Marc Quinn who has donated two Artworks produced...
Botticelli Masterpiece Discovered In English Heritage Collection
A new Botticelli painting has been discovered in an English Heritage property collection. For years it lay beneath yellowing varnish and it wasn't...
Tate Modern Tops Visitor Attraction List For First Time
The public has chosen Tate Modern over the British Museum for the first time since records began. The UK's most popular visitor attractions' list...
Jerwood Gallery To Rebrand As Hastings Contemporary
The Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is to relaunch as Hastings Contemporary: Independent gallery for the South East on 6th July with a major...
Photographer Nan Goldin Welcomes Sackler Decision To Suspend Arts Funding
The activist photographer Nan Goldin, who has staged anti-Sackler protests at leading international museums has welcomed the decision of the family...
Preservation Of A Much Loved Waterloo Public Art Poem – Sue Hubbard
In these grim times, we need all the art we can get. Public art feeds the soul as well as the mind. It provides spaces for contemplation in a gritty...
Art And Money Laundering Why The Global Art Market Needs Regulation
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr,...
Unprecedented $1m Contemporary Art Prize Launched By Japan’s Nomura Holdings
Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced today that it is creating the largest cash award in contemporary visual arts to encourage and nurture creativity....
Foundling Museum: HRH Duchess of Cambridge Becomes Royal Patron
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has announced that she is to become a patron of London's Foundling Museum. This patronage recognises the...