After figures showed sales decreasing in the UK but growing globally; Britain’s status as a centre for the international art market seemed under threat from New York and other overseas locations. Sales of fine art and antiques in the UK dropped by 3 percent to...
With the continued controversy surrounding the sale of two Andy Warhol paintings, 'Triple Elvis' (1963) and 'Four Marlons' (1966), having been sold by the Westspiel casino conglomerate. Museum directors in North Rhine-Westphalia sent a petition to the regional...
A painting thought to be school of John Constable has been authenticated, as the real deal. Two years ago Christie's Auctioneers in London attributed the landscape painting and valued it at just £600 -£900.The painting was purchased by an anonymous...
The Detroit Institute of Arts' highly regarded art collection, with paintings by Degas, Cézanne, Seurat, Van Gogh to Brueghel and Caravaggio has been saved by generous donations from foundations and private individuals. Mary Barra, chief executive of General...
Tracey Emin’s Turner prize nominated 'My Bed', which recently sold at Christie's for £2.5m is not the real deal an expert has said. The British Art Historian Martin Kemp (no relation to Martin Kemp of the band Spandau Ballet) claims that Tracey Emin's best...
A porcelain sculpture by the American artist Jeff Koons has been taken off display at his retrospective exhibition at the Pompidou centre in Paris amidst plagiarism allegations. A leading French ad company are claiming that the work of art was copied from a campaign...
Woman in Gold is a new film starring Helen Mirren based on the restitution of a masterpiece by Gustav Klimt. The American-British drama is directed by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn) and written by Alexi Kaye Campbell. The film also stars Tatiana Maslany, Ryan...
A long lost painting by the Spanish Baroque artist Sebastián de Llanos Valdés, which was missing for over 70 years, has been discovered in the UK, after an unidentified individual tried to consign 'Penitent Maria Magdalena' to Christie's, according to a...
News that the work of Australian landscape photographer Peter Lik' photographic work, 'Phantom' had become the most expensive photo in history has been called into question. The image was said to have sold for an impressive $6.5 million, or £4.1 million. The...