New York’s Everson Museum is selling its only Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) painting to fund efforts to diversify the collection. Painted in 1946, ‘Red Composition’ is expected to fetch between $12 million and $18 million (£9 million – £13.5 million) at Christie’s upcoming 20th Century Art auction in New York.
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President Donald Trump went art shopping in the US ambassador’s residence in Paris during a trip to France in November 2018, Bloomberg news has revealed.
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A month after the devastating blast in Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut’s cultural institutions have begun the lengthy process of reconstruction.
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A painting stored in the basement of an Oxford museum for 40 years could be an authentic Rembrandt.
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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, a painting by the Dutch Golden Age master Frans Hals was stolen for the third time. Hanneke Sanders, a spokesperson for the central Netherlands police department, announced at a press conference soon after that “we have no idea where the painting is at this moment.”
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Artist Frank Bowling has sued Hales Gallery in London’s High Court over his artistic legacy in a bitter £30 million legal feud.
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The Inner London Crown Court has jailed a student for vandalising a renowned Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) painting at the Tate Modern art gallery. The painting had been worth £20 million when the shocking incident took place on 28 December 2019.
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A team of archaeologists have discovered the earliest known evidence of artistic expression in the British Isles. Decorated with abstract designs, the fragments of engraved stone were unearthed at Les Varines, Jersey, between 2014 and 2018.
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For the very first time, the notoriously selective Berghain nightclub in Berlin will open its doors to the public as it transforms into a contemporary art gallery. Collector Christian Boros collaborated with the iconic techno venue to create ‘Studio Berlin’.
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