A colossal graffiti artwork showing two intertwined hands has been unveiled on the lawns of Stormont Estate in Belfast. The piece is part of an international art project called Beyond Walls, courtesy of French-Swiss artist Saype.
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Celebrations at the Italian Embassy in Madrid as two stolen objects are returned
Last week in a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Madrid, two objects were returned to their rightful country of ownership, Italy. The discovery and restitution of these items was made possible by collaboration between cultural heritage police units in both countries.
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Tate deaccessions Francis Bacon archive with doubts over authenticity
The Tate has announced that it will be deaccessioning a huge archive of material relating to Francis Bacon after researchers at the Francis Bacon Estate have raised questions over its authenticity.
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New digital initiative launched by Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim Museum has just announced a new initiative, in collaboration with electronics company LG, which marks the museum’s dedication to the burgeoning field of digital and technology based art.
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Art dealer arrested for selling alleged fake works by artists such as Warhol, Basquiat and Banksy
An art dealer in Florida, Daniel Elie Bouaziz, has been charged with wire fraud, mail fraud and money laundering, after supposedly selling fake works of art which he claimed to be by artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein, Henri Matisse and Banksy.
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New NFTs of looted African art released
A new NFT project was released earlier in May which seeks to find an alternative form of restitution of African looted art. The project, titled ‘Looty’, plans to (legally) make NFTs of artifacts known to have been looted from Africa and sell them, with 20% of the proceeds going to a fund to provide a young African artist with a grant.
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Crowdfunding campaign hopes to return Aboriginal artist’s long-lost works to Australia
An Australian crowdfunding campaign is seeking to secure the return of two previously unknown works by one of the most significant Australian Aboriginal figures of the 19th century, William Barak (c. 1824-1903). Consigned to Sotheby’s New York, the works are estimated to sell for in excess of USD$425,000 (£340,000).
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Formal talks planned over Parthenon Marbles, but forty years on will anything be resolved?
The repatriation of the ‘Elgin Marbles’ in the British Museum back to the Acropolis in Athens has been the subject of official debate for nearly forty years, since Greece first put in a request for the objects to be returned in 1983. Now, only a year after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson firmly reiterated that they would not be returned, UNESCO has announced that both the U.K. and Greece have agreed to hold formal talks about the status of the marbles.
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Most valuable ever art collection sells at Sotheby’s for $922.2 million (£741.9 million)
Since 2016, billionaire real estate tycoon Harry Macklowe and his ex-wife Linda Burg have feuded in court over assets during their contentious divorce proceedings. Disagreeing on the value of their impressive art collection, the couple were ordered to sell off the coveted trove. Sotheby’s have now auctioned all 65 artworks for a staggering $922.2 million (£741.9 million) in total, making it the most valuable private collection ever sold at auction.
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To loan or not to loan? Marilyn Monroe’s dress worn at Met Gala sparks conservation debate
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has sparked a wave of criticism after wearing an iconic Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) dress to this year’s Met Gala. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the gala celebrated the current exhibition “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” with the dress code ‘Gilded Glamour’.
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