The Italian Conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan is being sued in Paris over intellectual property infringement. The French sculptor Daniel Druet claims that he is the creator of nine works credited to the Post Pop artist Maurizio Cattelan. This includes his well-known...
The Turner Prize-Winning sculptor Anish Kapoor has called for a boycott of Phillips Auctioneers. In a statement published in the New York Times, he said, "Putin's cronies are a legitimate target wherever they are." "Phillips is as good a target as Chelsea football...
The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report 2022 is a highly anticipated industry barometer. This year it has revealed few surprises but heralds a substantial market recovery with a return to live sales and events while online sales have continued to grow. The...
One of the centrepieces of the National Galleries' long-awaited Raphael exhibition has been withdrawn due to the escalating war in Ukraine. Raphael's The Holy Family, part of Russia's State Hermitage Museum collection, in St Petersburg will not be exhibited. This is a...
UK tax authorities have seized three Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) as part of a probe into a suspected VAT fraud involving 250 alleged fake companies. Sceptics fear NFTs are a pyramid scheme HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have arrested three people on suspicion of...
Theaster Gates' The Black Chapel will be the 21st Serpentine Pavilion. The Chicago-based artist, along with the architectural support of Adjaye Associates, will open to the public on Friday, 10 June 2022. The Pavilion's design alludes to the performative and...
Who would have guessed a year ago that NFTs would take the world by storm, creating one of the most overhyped phenomena the art world has ever experienced. Nevertheless, we live in uncertain times and the word NFT has now been chosen as word of the year by Collins...
The Prado, Spain's leading Museum, has downgraded the Salvator Mundi, a controversial painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Their most recent catalogue now states that the painting falls into the category of "attributed works, workshop or workshop or authorised...
The American rock legend Alice Cooper has auctioned a painting by Andy Warhol, 'Little Electric Chair' Red (1964). Unfortunately it did not sell. The silkscreen on canvas lay in storage for over 40 years. "We found it rolled up in a tube," said Cooper. It sat in a...