A month since a Banksy self-destructed after passing under the hammer at Sotheby’s, another work by the elusive street artist has sold for £561,000 (including buyer’s premium) to a buyer who has vowed to whitewash it. Continue reading
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Jewish art dealer’s descendants refuse to buy back Nazi-looted portrait
“We want our looted work back. Full stop”, the descendant of Jewish art dealer and victim of Nazi spoliation, Paul Rosenberg, has told the New York Times. Continue reading
Artist hacks street signs in Edinburgh to the public’s delight
Britons are well-accustomed to the exploits of street artist Banksy. Now another artist is contending for a place in their hearts with his playful transformations of the humble street sign in Edinburgh. Continue reading
Mob boss masterminded the Isabella Stewart Gardner art heist
A mob boss killed in prison last week was key to the notorious Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft, a private investigator has speculated. Continue reading
Are you the mystery owner of the missing Gothic Table?
Launched on 18 October at Strawberry Hill House, the ‘Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill’ exhibition is now open to the public to explore and immerse themselves in Walpole’s world of darkly glamorous ‘gloomth’. The opening of the exhibition marks an exciting new chapter in our series retracing the treasures from Walpole’s lost collection. In this tenth instalment, art historian and provenance researcher, Silvia Davoli, appeals to a mysterious guest who attended the opening night of the exhibition, claimed to own a missing gothic table, which once sat in the Great Parlour at Strawberry Hill and disappeared without a trace. Continue reading
Painting created by Artificial Intelligence goes under the hammer at Christie’s
The International Head of the Prints & Multiples department at Christie’s has decided to auction off an artwork created by artificial intelligence because he “thought it’d be cool”.
Sotheby’s to sell Schiele painting forcibly sold during WW2
A US$12 million (£9 million) painting sold under duress in Nazi-occupied Austria will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this month. Continue reading
Banksy self-destructs: what now for the art market?
‘Economic genius’, says Bloomberg, ‘Banksy’s greatest work’ raves The Guardian, while the FT declares it ‘leaves credibility of the art market in shreds’. Whatever your opinion of street artist Banksy’s self-destructing artwork, the stunt has clearly sent shockwaves across the art world. Continue reading
Artist issues ‘Swiss Passports’ out of a London gallery
The looming cloud of Brexit might be rankling art dealers concerned over the potential impact on the art market, but for some artists it has served as a source of creative inspiration. Continue reading
Russian billionaire sues Sotheby’s for £292 million over alleged art fraud
Sotheby’s has vowed to ‘vigorously defend’ itself against a ‘desperate lawsuit’ filed in New York on Tuesday (2 October) by Russian billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev, who claims the auction house helped to defraud him over the sale of artworks worth millions. Continue reading
