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Category: Art News
Anti-mafia commission reopen Caravaggio cold case
Anti-mafia investigators in Italy are closer than ever before to solving one of the world’s top 10 international art crimes. Continue reading
Chinese artefact found in a shoebox could fetch £610,000
The next time you go rummaging in your cupboards, you may like to think twice before carting your unloved bric a brac off to the charity shop in case you are sitting on a goldmine. Continue reading
Battle for ownership of Islamic jar reaches High Court
London’s High Court has been asked to decide on the ownership of a rare, Islamic crystal jar at the centre of a legal tussle between two antique collectors. Continue reading
Middle East Art Collector takes Sotheby’s to court
One of the most prominent collectors of Modern Middle Eastern Art has taken Sotheby’s to court for allegedly misrepresenting the value of an Egyptian sculpture in their sale catalogue. Continue reading
AI, Instagram and first-time jitters: the year in online art sales
‘The future of the online art market is guaranteed, although the shape remains a mystery’, says international specialist global fine art insurer, Hiscox, in its hotly anticipated Online Art Trade Report for 2018. Continue reading
Copycat Damien Hirst owns up to “stealing” ideas
For years, the bad boy of British art, Damien Hirst, has defended himself against accusations of plagiarism. Now it seems he has has given up the fight and owned up to pinching ideas from his fellow artists. Continue reading
Suffragette statue joins boys’ club in Parliament Square
First came the campaign to have Jane Austen printed on the £10 note. Today another hard-fought battle was won as the first ever statue of a woman to be erected in Parliament Square was officially unveiled in London. Continue reading
Pittsfield museum to auction off American masterpieces
Last week, we learned the National Gallery of Canada plans to sell a Marc Chagall painting from its collection to fund another acquisition. Now it seems another museum is clearing house in a bid to raise US$55 million (£39.2 million) to enable it to undertake major renovation works. Continue reading
Can’t a museum sell an artwork in its collection?
Museums and cultural heritage institutions actively acquire art but can they sell it just as easily? The National Gallery of Canada has sparked a debate over this very question with the announcement that it will be selling a painting by Marc Chagall at auction on 15 May 2018. Continue reading
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