What's In Your Attic, Loft Or Cellar? A pair of stone garden statues depicting Egyptian Sphinxes, bought by a couple for £300, fifteen years ago, has sold at auction for £195,000. The sculptures were catalogued as a "pair of 19th Century carved stone garden models"....
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The Unconscious Therapy: A Solo Exhibition by LUAP Curated by MC Llamas
Curator MC Llamas has collaborated with artist LUAP on a vast solo exhibition on New Bond Street opening during Frieze Week 2021 between 13 to 17 October. LUAP's artistic practice features paintings, photography, installation, sound, film, and sculpture touching on...
Manolis Anastasakos: Mythos Series Unveiled In London During Frieze Week
Varvara Roza Galleries (London) and The Blender Gallery (Athens) are presenting a solo exhibition of Manolis Anastasakos, one of the leading Greek artists of his generation. This solo exhibition will run from 1st to 21st October. The truth, however, can be found in...
Brancusi Kiss: French Authorities Refuse Historical Monument Export Licence
A sculpture by the Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi is the subject of a long-running legal battle. The case has prompted French authorities to hide the masterpiece under a wooden box at the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. The French state has now won the right to...
Francis Bacon Forgery Ring Italian Police Make Arrests
Italian police have seized 500 drawings and collages reputed to be by the Irish born artist Francis Bacon. The stash also included €3m worth of cash and valuables. According to an official police statement, five people have been implicated with criminal conspiracy...
The Lost Leonardo Film Review by James Payne
James Payne reviews the new film "The Lost Leonardo" directed by Andreas Koefed and encounters a thrilling journey through the murky world of art. This is a story about money. About a painting bought for a thousand dollars from a shady auction house in 2005 and sold...
Fake Banksy NFT Artwork Sold For $350k Was A Hack
The elusive Street Artist Banksy has had his website hacked, resulting in the sale of a $336,000 NFT to a collector who was duped into thinking he was buying a genuine Banksy NFT artwork. The scam came to light on Monday when the British collector found an NFT...
Da Vinci Drawing Export Freeze – Leonardo Bear Drawing Auctioned – Restituted Van Dyck Painting Sells
France's culture ministry entered the first round in a Paris courtroom in an attempt to prevent a recently discovered double-sided drawing of the martyred St. Sebastian by Leonardo da Vinci from leaving the country. The French government had put a temporary export...
Richard Nonas Post-Minimalist sculptor Dies – Victoria Pomery To Leave Turner Contemporary – Banksy Loses Second Copyright Battle
Richard Nonas Post-Minimalist sculptor Dies Age 85 Richard Nonas (January 3, 1936 – May 11, 2021), one of the most influential Post-Minimalist sculptors of his generation, has died, age 85. The news was confirmed by the artist's gallery Fergus McCaffrey. Nonas was an...
