Contemporary And Modern Art Society’s New Golden Calf
In March 1987 Vincent Van Gogh’s Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers was sold for £24.75m and this sale seems in hindsight… Read More
22 July 2012
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Stolen Henri Matisse Recovered In Miami Hotel Room
A stolen painting by Henri Matisse, valued at over two million pounds has been recovered by the FBI after a… Read More
18 July 2012
Alexander Calder An Adventure In India – Review
Fruit in England is small, and in Mediterranean countries is it enormous. I remember being taken aback that “orange” could… Read More
11 July 2012
Knoedler Willem de Kooning Owner Sues Over Authenticity
A New York millionaire has filed a law suit against the now defunct Knoedler & Company, once New Yorks oldest… Read More
9 July 2012
Edvard Munch Vampires And Death With A Symbolist Sensibility
Review – Tate Modern’s blockbuster exhibition of the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch ‘The Modern Eye’, opened today to the press… Read More
26 June 2012
Edvard Munch Norwegian Expressionism Beyond The Scream Tate Modern
2012 is turning out to be a massive year for the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch – with the recent landmark… Read More
24 June 2012
Installations And Warhol Dulwich Gets Set For An Olympic Summer
The Dulwich Picture Gallery is excited presents a monumental installation in its grounds to coincide with Andy Warhol: The Portfolios,… Read More
1 May 2012
Pulse and Frieze Prepare Their New York Face Off
Clash of the Diamonds… who will dominate the lucrative New York art market? This is hotting up to be the… Read More
30 April 2012
Drugs Police Stumble Upon LS Lowry Masterpieces
Story behind the stolen LS Lowry masterpieces worth £1.7 million, accidentally discovered during an anti-drugs operation, is this week being… Read More
22 March 2012
China Gets Post-War American Art At Gagosian Hong Kong
John Chamberlain, Robert Rauschenberg, and Cy Twombly go to China Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong is presenting an exhibition of sculpture… Read More
22 March 2012
Van Gogh Painted Over Wrestler Masterpiece
Two new paintings Van Gogh have been discovered – one on top of the other on the same canvas!… Read More
21 March 2012
Discovery Of Adolf Hitler Lost Art Collection
Seven paintings once owned by Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler have been discovered by Czech scholar in a Czech monastery… Read More
28 February 2012
Big Bucks For Francis Bacon And Lucian Freud At Christies
Francis Bacon’s 1963 Portrait of Henrietta Moraes sold for nearly £20 million, while newly discovered Freud drawing doubles pre-sale estimate… Read More
16 February 2012
Have Police Found Stolen Goya Masterpiece?
Cops discover what they believe to be a stolen masterpiece by Goya; but, farcically, its theft is news to its… Read More
14 February 2012
VIP Art Fair Engages A New Generation Of Art Buyers
73,000 register for seven day event 160,000 Unique Visits and 1.5 Million Pages viewed VIP 2.0, the second edition of… Read More
9 February 2012
Dorothea Tanning Surrealist Artist And Wife Of Max Ernst Dies Aged 101
Dorothea Tanning was a leading Surrealist painter during the 1930s. She married Max Ernst in 1946 and was part of a circle of artists who were considered Avant Garde in Europe and America.
2 February 2012
Mona Lisa Copy Sheds Light On That Smile
Copy of Mona Lisa by one of Leonardo’s pupil discovered in better condition than the original, giving insight to how… Read More
2 February 2012
H&M In Intellectual Property Dispute With Graffiti Artist
East Atlanta Artist Tori LaConsay Claims Design Was Stolen H&M have been accused of ripping off a graffiti artist’s work… Read More
29 January 2012
Stolen Camille Pissarro Goes Back To France
A Camille Pissarro mono print valued at $80,000 is returning to France after being missing for over 30 years. The… Read More
29 January 2012
Art Loss Register Lists Most Stolen Artists
The Art Loss Register has compiled a top ten list of the most stolen Artists and Pablo Picasso comes out as the clear leader, by a long shot.
28 January 2012
Picasso Taken In Athens Museum Heist
Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Stolen In multi-million raid A cubist painting by Pablo Picasso that the Spanish painter had donated… Read More
9 January 2012
Chris Ofili His Legacy To Stephen Lawrence
Turner Prize winner said to be ecstatic over life sentence after 18 Year Hiatus “The injustice of Stephen Lawrence’s murder… Read More
4 January 2012
London Art fair Annouces Photo50 Line Up
The New ALCHEMISTS: Contemporary Photographers Transcending the Print Photo50 is an exhibition of contemporary photography and features fifty works… Read More
25 December 2011
Lagrange Sues Gallery For Fake Jackson Pollock
European hedge-fund executive Pierre Lagrange’s is suing NYC’s Knoedler Gallery for selling him a fake Jackson Pollock painting Before parting… Read More
7 December 2011
Bonhams Breaks Records For Lowry And Henry Moore
This week’s 20th Century British and Irish Art sale at Bonhams broke the world auction record for a work on… Read More
19 November 2011
Van Gogh Did Not Commit Suicide
New Book reveals that Vincent van Gogh was accidentally killed by a friend Authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith… Read More
17 October 2011
Tracey Emin Who Do You Think You Are?
Artist tracing her family tree on BBC series discovers Gypsy roots Artist Tracey Emin is appearing on BBC1’s Who Do… Read More
3 October 2011
Richard Hamilton Godfather Of Pop Art Dies In London Aged 89
Richard Hamilton the Godfather of ‘Pop Art’ has died at age 89. He was considered to be one of the most influential figures in the art world in the last century.
13 September 2011
The Summer Must Read Stealing Rembrandts
Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists Although movies makes stealing art look sophisticated, Anthony M. Amore and Tom Mashberg… Read More
19 July 2011
Guy Wildenstein Formally Accused Of Fraud
Guy Wildenstein, the billionaire art dealer has been formally accused of “receiving fraudulently obtained goods” after 30 paintings
8 July 2011
Ronald Harrison South African Black Christ Artist Dies
Ronald Harrison, the South African artist who gained an international reputation for his controversial painting “Black Christ”, has died in Cape Town.
30 June 2011
Van Gogh Self Portrait Sparks Controversy
Newly Discovered Portrait Of Theo Could Be Just Another Self-Portrait – ArtLyst Exclusive We reported yesterday that an art researcher… Read More
23 June 2011