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Vatican’s Nativity scene causes controversy with astronaut and Darth Vader doppelganger

December 23, 2020January 8, 2021Leave a comment

‘Twas a few days before Christmas, when all through the Vatican not an artwork was stirring, not even the Pietà. When out in St Peter’s Square there arose such a clatter, as the new Nativity scene attracted unfavourable chatter.    

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Record £65 million of art enters public collections

December 22, 2020Leave a comment

A record-breaking £65 million worth of cultural objects have been bestowed to UK arts institutions under the acceptance in lieu scheme (AIL).

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Christie’s Old Masters Sale breaks records for de Heem and Ghirlandaio paintings

December 18, 2020Leave a comment

    Christie’s final Old Masters Sale of the season smashed auction records for the Florentine Renaissance painter Domenico Ghirlandaio (1448-1494) and Dutch Golden Age artist Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684). Led by Christie’s global president Jussi Pylkknänen in London, it was the first time an Old Master sale at the auction house was livestreamed. 

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    Flemish old master painting discovered hiding in Brussels City Hall

    December 16, 2020Leave a comment

    Experts confirm that a religious painting, hanging for decades at the Saint-Gilles City Hall in Brussels, is in fact an early work by leading Flemish master Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678). 

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    Surrealist artwork worth over £200,000 found at the bottom of the recycling

    December 14, 2020Leave a comment

      It is “definitely one of our happiest stories this year”, a police spokesman told reporters, after a missing painting worth €280,000 (£253,218) was retrieved from the bottom of a recycling bin.

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      Banksy’s new ‘Aachoo!’ artwork blows away Bristolian locals

      December 11, 2020Leave a comment

        This week Banksy confirmed he is behind the new topical artwork that appeared on a semidetached house in Totterdown, Bristol. 

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        Rare Georges de La Tour painting breaks auction records in Germany

        December 9, 2020Leave a comment

        An extremely rare artwork by French Baroque painter Georges de La Tour (1593–1652) has sold for a whopping €3.6 million (£3.2 million), €4.3 million with fees (£3.9 million) at Lempertz auction house in Cologne. Its sale on 8 December 2020 broke records, becoming the most expensive work ever sold at auction in Germany. 

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        Art world braced for historic Supreme Court decision on Guelph Treasure

        December 9, 2020December 9, 2020Leave a comment

          The US Supreme Court was asked to decide on Monday 7 December whether the heirs to the Guelph Treasure can sue for its restitution in a US court.

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          Queen’s Gallery exhibition rehomes rare masterpieces from Buckingham Palace

          December 4, 2020Leave a comment

          For the first time in generations, some of the most exquisite Old Master paintings from the Royal Collection have been displayed together in the Queen’s Gallery in London for all to see.  

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          Archaeologists uncover “Sistine Chapel of the ancients” in Amazonian rainforest

          December 3, 2020Leave a comment

            Tens of thousands of prehistoric drawings have been discovered in the Amazonian rainforest. Spanning an eight-mile cliff face, the collection is one of the largest discoveries of rock art in the world.   

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