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Hockney portrait to go on sale to save the Royal Opera House

October 9, 2020Leave a comment

The Royal Opera House has announced its ‘Portrait of Sir David Webster’ by David Hockney will go under the hammer at Christie’s 20th Century: London to Paris sale on 22 October in London to raise essential funds.

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Banksy at centre of legal battle back on display in Folkestone

September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Leave a comment

Banksy lovers have cause for mass celebration this Friday 18 September when ‘Art Buff’ will be returning to Folkestone.

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Major Paris art fair cancelled after months of speculation

September 16, 2020Leave a comment

Citing new travel restrictions imposed across Europe and the rise of coronavirus cases in France, Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (FIAC) will no longer go ahead in Paris next month.  

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Beloved children’s TV presenter denies viral Banksy theory

September 11, 2020Leave a comment

“Neil Buchanan is NOT Banksy,” emphatically stated the former ‘Art Attack’ host on his website. Buchanan was prompted to deny claims that he is actually the elusive graffiti artist after a social-media rumour went viral this week.  

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New York Museum to sell rare Jackson Pollock painting at Christie’s

September 9, 20201 Comment

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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Trump’s Paris art “shopping spree” caused staffers a headache and lessons to learn about checking provenance

September 7, 2020Leave a comment

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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Archaeologists discover earliest British art on Jersey

August 21, 2020Leave a comment

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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Royal masterpieces headed to the Queen’s Gallery for the first time

August 18, 2020Leave a comment

It is described as ‘one of the largest and most important art collections in the world, and one of the last great European royal collections to remain intact’.

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Inaugural Brent Biennial launches in September after coronavirus delay

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020Leave a comment

Move over Venice, there’s a major new biennial bursting onto London’s art scene in September 2020. As the recently named Borough of Culture, Brent will launch the inclusive biennial with a series of 23 commissions across public spaces.  

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MIT and Microsoft develops algorithm to spot links between artworks

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020Leave a comment

Developed by a team at MIT and Microsoft, a new AI algorithm can identify subtle visual similarities between artworks created in vastly different media, cultures, and time periods. 

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