Artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman has fabulously illuminated the façade of Tate Britain for their fourth annual winter commission. On a truly monumental scale, Burman’s multi-coloured neon lights explore her British-Indian heritage and provide a much-needed sense of hope for the future. 

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Bidders on a Banksy mural will have to wait for lockdown to end to secure a piece of the artist’s iconic work.

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Every year priceless artworks are stolen without a trace, leaving authorities stumped and art-lovers dismayed. But are these artworks doomed to be lost forever? This week, the electronics conglomerate Samsung announced the launch of ‘Missing Masterpieces’, the first ever exhibition dedicated to finding the world’s most iconic missing paintings.  

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The latest Spanish restoration attempt to spark widespread shock and ridicule was once a smiling female figure, carved onto the side of a historic building in Palencia. Now the 20^th-century sculpture resembles a Cubist nightmare, horrifying locals and reigniting calls for regulation from Spanish conservators.  

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New York state filed suit against Sotheby’s auction house over alleged tax fraud on Friday 6 November 2020.

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Australian art auction records could be broken with the sale of a sought-after Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) painting. It is expected to fetch between AU$5 million (£2.7 million) and AU$7 million (£3.8 million). 

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Celebrated contemporary artist Grayson Perry has received backlash from fellow artists for comments made during an interview with The Arts Society. In the interview he suggested, “I think every part of life has probably got a bit of fat that needs trimming, a bit of dead wood“. “It’s awful that the culture sector has been decimated, but I think some things needed to go,”. “Too often, the audience for culture is just the people making it – theatres with whole audiences of actors, or exhibitions only put on to impress other curators…some of them we don’t really give a damn about. What’s interesting is what might not re-emerge.” 

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As a growing number of masterpieces head to auction in the US, critics question whether deaccessioning is the right approach for museums to take in the wake of the pandemic. So, what is all the fuss about? 

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The owner of a Camille Pissarro painting plundered by the Nazis during the Second World War has reopened a decades-long battle over its ownership.

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