A rare painting by the iconic musician David Bowie (1947-2016) has been found languishing at a landfill in Canada. Cowley Abbott auction house is set to sell the vibrant work online with bidding already surpassing the original estimate of C$9000-$12,000 (£5200-£6900).
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Following a four-year renovation, the renowned Courtauld Gallery in London will open its doors again in November 2021. London-based architects Witherford Watson Mann designed what is now considered the most significant modernisation project in the gallery’s history, costing over £57 million.
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The Queen’s Birthday Honours list was published on 11th June 2021, in which over 1,000 individuals were celebrated for their service to the country. The list, which is the most ethnically diverse list to date, with some 15% of recipients coming from an ethnic minority background, acknowledges the considerable contribution many professionals from the art world have made.
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An independent panel of scholars and experts from Belgium have called on the country’s government to repatriate colonial-era acquisitions, citing a “lack of initiative from museums and government”. The panel have urged authorities to consider their guidelines for dealing with the nation’s colonial collections, which resemble those adopted in Germany in 2019.
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Hundreds of postcards sent in from around the globe are now the star attraction of the reopening exhibition at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. Last summer, the gallery invited the public to “get your creative caps on” and send them postcards that expressed what was important to them and their hopes for the future.
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The Victoria & Albert’s newly refurbished Raphael Court – home to one of the most important treasures of Renaissance art in the UK, the Raphael Cartoons – was the spectacular backdrop for an orchestral performance by the Academy of St Martins in the Fields. The event was filmed, and marks a new type of collaboration between the worlds of classical music, art and film.
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As part of an exciting partnership, Tate Collective and Better Bankside have commissioned five emerging artists to create new artworks in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The innovative pieces are displayed in public spaces around Bankside, celebrating the neighbourhood’s character and creativity in the face of the pandemic.
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It has been revealed that an unusual life-size marble skull, previously unacknowledged by art historians, is by the prominent Baroque sculptor, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and was commissioned by Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667).
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A remarkable collection of Brontë family manuscripts, hidden in a legendary “lost library” for almost a century, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s as part of three sales between 2021 and 2022. Comprising more than 500 documents, the Honresfield Library collection boasts work by the Brontë sisters, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), and Robert Burns (1759-1796).
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Last week the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) issued a decision declaring that the trademark owned by the street artist Banksy for his image of Laugh Now But One Day We’ll Be in Charge (2002), which depicts a monkey holding a sandwich board, is invalid.
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