A portrait of the German-Jewish theatre critic and essayist Alfred Kerr (1867-1948) by Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) has been the subject of a recent Nazi-loot claim. The claim, which seeks to restitute the painting currently held at Berlin’s Stadtmuseum, has been rejected by Germany’s Advisory Commission for Nazi-looted art, who have announced it should remain in the museum’s collection.
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Piccadilly Art Takeover is launching a season of free, accessible public art. Five artists chosen by the Royal Academy have transformed Piccadilly with 30 overhanging flags, 13 vibrantly painted pedestrian crossings and filmed pieces for a 780 square meter screen.
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Over the last month, three paintings by the French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) have been in the news, none of which had been seen since the end of the eighteenth century.
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Proposals to cut funding for art and design courses by 50% across higher education institutions in England have been approved by the government. Students across thirteen subject areas will be impacted by the cuts including art, design, music, drama, dance, media studies and journalism.
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Boodle Hatfield is delighted to sponsor one of the lions in the London pride as part of the Tusk Lion Trail with the trail prowling past some of the West End’s most iconic cultural landmarks. Our life-sized lion sculpture is being created by London based critically-acclaimed artist, Helen Downie and will be hitting the capital later in August.
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Liverpool has lost its status as a Unesco world heritage site. According to Unesco, years of construction and redevelopment projects on the historic docklands have caused “irreversible loss of attributes conveying the outstanding universal value”.
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Rosie Adcock and Alexander Martinelli from our Luxury Assets team spoke to founder of THE RE-PETE PROJECT, Katie Walsh to discuss the increased scrutiny of brands who claim to be sustainable and environmental practices in the fashion industry.
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A newly unsealed complaint reveals that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a 49-year-old Mexican man called Angel Pereda for attempting to fraudulently sell artworks he claimed to be by two renowned twentieth-century artists, Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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Defaced following the Euro 2020 final, the mural of footballer Marcus Rashford is now being restored in Manchester. Street artist Akse, who originally created the mural last year, has described the vandalism as “unacceptable” in the wake of the racial abuse received by some players.
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We are delighted to be supporting the Tusk Trust Lion Trail, an art trail with a difference. Set up by the Tusk Trust, a British non-profit organisation set up in 1990 to advance wildlife conservation across Africa, the project will showcase the work of some of the world’s most incredible artists and will raise awareness of the urgency to protect all wildlife in Africa and to support the communities who share the landscapes.
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