A catastrophic fire has destroyed the main roof and spire of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The fire broke out at 5:50 pm local time quickly spreading through the structure which was undergoing a major 6.5m euro renovation programme to the building. French President...
Claude Lalanne best-known for her Surrealist inspired sculptures and Neo-Art-Nouveau bronze furniture and jewelry depicting flowers and playful animals has died in Fontainebleau, at the age of 93. I adore my work, and I normally work in the atelier every day, where I...
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr, writing for The National Law Review, in an in-depth article published today. There is still a long way to go in terms of the...
Important paintings from the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection totalled $317,801,250, at Christie's, last night with record prices achieved for the American artist Edward Hopper in the first high-net value Blockchain sale. A lively start to the two-day dedicated sale...
The American artist Jeff Koons has been found guilty of copying an idea from an advertisement used by the French clothing chain Naf Naf. He has been fined along with the Pompidou Museum which exhibited the work of art during a retrospective exhibition in 2014. The...
More than 100 of the world's leading galleries will descend on the capital for Photo London the capital's most popular photography fair, 18 – 21 May 2017, at Somerset House on the Strand. Photo London was created to give London an international photography event...
It wasn't the billion dollar sale that Christie’s optimistically predicted but it was an evening of fierce bidding and record prices for both Matisse and the stalwart of Impressionism Monet. The single collection sale could still top the $1b mark as it continues until...
David Nahmad has incurred another setback in his legal battle to keep a disputed Amedeo Modigliani painting titled 'Seated Man with a Cane' (1918). The masterpiece was purchased from Christie's, London, in June 1996 for $3.2m but has since been involved in a Nazi...
A Jeff Koons sculpture depicting a pile of Play-Doh is to go under the hammer at Christie's. It will carry a hefty guide price of $20 million. The work of art was inspired by his young son, while in Rome married to the adult film star and Italian MP Ilona Staller AKA...