‘Economic genius’, says Bloomberg, ‘Banksy’s greatest work’ raves The Guardian, while the FT declares it ‘leaves credibility of the art market in shreds’. Whatever your opinion of street artist Banksy’s self-destructing artwork, the stunt has clearly sent shockwaves across the art world. Continue reading
The looming cloud of Brexit might be rankling art dealers concerned over the potential impact on the art market, but for some artists it has served as a source of creative inspiration. Continue reading
A courtroom victory for a street artist who is suing General Motors for copyright infringement is a “massive victory for artists” says his lawyer, Jeff Gluck. Continue reading
Four years late and some £53million over budget, the V&A Museum of Design nonetheless opened to great fanfare and protest in Dundee on Saturday 15 September. Continue reading
It was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction for an eye-watering £335 million in 2017. Now new evidence has surfaced, which supports an alternative back story to the much contested ‘Salvator Mundi’, said to be the last work by Leonardo da Vinci. Continue reading
Are you a lawyer, judge or law professor with art law experience? If so, the newly created Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA) wants to hear from you. Continue reading
Missing for nearly 60 years, a 12th-century statue of Buddha was returned to India by the UK government in a ceremony on Wednesday (15 August 2018). Continue reading
Art experts were bamboozled by a £165,000 painting by British artist, Sir William Nicholson, which was rejected by a leading connoisseur. According to Philip Mould, an international dealer, it is now worth “only a few hundred pounds” without the attribution. Continue reading
HS2 Ltd is “in cloud cuckoo land” says one MP in response to plans to recruit a curator to place public art along the route of the new railway. Continue reading
A British university professor who relocated to New Zealand was horrified to discover the ivory keys on his antique piano will be buried by the country’s Department of Conservation (DoC). Continue reading
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