Tucked away in the corner of Edvard Munch’s (1863-1944) ‘The Scream’, renowned for being the world’s most harrowing painting,lies a tiny inscription: “Can only have been painted by a madman“. Infrared scans have now confirmed that the mysterious words are indeed those of the Norwegian artist and not the graffiti of a ridiculing critic.
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Frieze art fair has announced plans to host pop-up exhibitions from international galleries in its new permanent gallery space, No.9 Cork Street, London from autumn 2021.
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Banksy’s popular hula-hooping artwork in Nottingham has been removed and sold for “six figures” to a collector from Essex. Disappointed residents are now circulating a petition to have the local attraction returned to the city.
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London’s National Gallery announces plans for a £25-30 million upgrade project, which will be partially finished by the institution’s 200th anniversary in 2024.
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Christie’s is to become the first major auction house to sell a standalone NFT (Non-Fungible Token) work of art.
‘Everydays: The First 5000 Days’ (2021), a digital artwork by Beeple, will be auctioned online between 25 February and 11 March 2021. In a sign that Christie’s is charting new territory in the digital art market, it is offering Beeple’s work with an “unknown” estimate and bidding will start at US$100 (£72).
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We are delighted to have been advising and supporting Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair for a number of years. At the 2019 edition of the Fair, the Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize was launched, followed by a prize giving evening in late February 2020 at which the shortlisted prints were displayed and the winner announced. At the 2020 edition of Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, members of the Art Law & More team selected their ten shortlisted prints for the 2021 Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize. Over the past few weeks we have been getting to know some of our ten shortlisted artists through a series of Q&As. We are continuing our Q&A series with Maite Cascón , a printer from Spain, who is shortlisted for her print Tricksters Tree I.
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Renowned for its priceless Old Master paintings, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence has acquired a work by a street artist for the first time in its 440-year history. The London-based street artist known as Endless, whose identity remains a secret, admitted that even he was “surprised” by the historic museum’s decision to accept his graffiti piece.
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The sale of an early Rembrandt (1606-1669) painting has sparked a family feud in New Jersey, US, after several heirs of its former owner were accused of conspiracy and deception in New York State Supreme Court.
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A Bristol-based artist has created a glass sculpture of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to celebrate the administration of 10 million doses of the vaccination in the UK.
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We are delighted to have been advising and supporting Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair for a number of years. At the 2019 edition of the Fair, the Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize was launched, followed by a prize giving evening in late February 2020 at which the shortlisted prints were displayed and the winner announced. At the 2020 edition of Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, members of the Art Law & More team selected their ten shortlisted prints for the 2021 Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize. Over the past few weeks we have been getting to know some of our ten shortlisted artists through a series of Q&As. We are continuing our Q&A series with Emily Ketteringham, a printer from Bristol, who is shortlisted for her series of screen prints.
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