Artists whose work is currently on display at London’s Design Museum have called for it to be removed after they discovered the Museum hosted a private event linked to the arms industry. Continue reading
Category: Art News
Jarring claims: Jeddi v Sotheby’s and others
The judgment in Jeddi v Sotheby’s and others handed down in June, determined competing claims to ownership of a £12 million early Islamic rock crystal jar, and provides guidance on agency, bailment and the immediate right to possession. Continue reading
Jurassic Jeff Goldblum Statue has London in raptures
It may not have earned itself a place among the exceptional installations at this year’s Frieze Sculpture Park, but a towering statue of actor Jeff Goldblum is creating a sensation in London. Continue reading
Art and the brave new post-Brexit world
With a new plan for UK-EU relations post-Brexit announced earlier this month, art market pundits are looking afresh at the potential consequences for Britain’s share of the global art trade. According to some commentators, the forecast is ominous. Continue reading
Tate St Ives is the UK Museum of the Year 2018
The bold new Tate St Ives has shrugged off fierce competition to score the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 award. Continue reading
Lost Roman fresco rediscovered in New York ready for the auction block
A missing Roman fresco, which once belonged to 18th century collector and man of letters, Horace Walpole, is due to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in July 2018. Continue reading
‘Widow of Windsor’ saved for the nation
Weary-eyed but defiant, a marble bust of Queen Victoria has been saved for the nation for just over £1 million. Continue reading
Belgians ready their shovels to dig for Ghent masterpiece
“It may sound ridiculous, but please do not dig any holes on the Kalandeberg”, the Mayor of Ghent instructed its citizens on Friday (15 June) after it emerged that a missing masterpiece may be buried under the cobbled square in the city centre. Continue reading
Looted Schiele watercolours to go to auction
Two paintings by Egon Schiele at the centre of a restitution dispute could go under the hammer at Christie’s this November. Continue reading
Art buyer sues Christie’s for failing to do its homework
The buyer of a Nazi-looted painting claims Christie’s auction house did not research the work’s provenance thoroughly enough before it sold it to him. Continue reading
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