An anonymous metal detectorist has officially uncovered England’s largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold coins in a field in Norfolk. Norwich Castle Museum now hope to acquire the “internationally significant” hoard of 131 coins and four gold objects.
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The Mexican government has attempted to halt two auctions of Pre-Columbian artefacts in Paris. In a letter sent to the French Ministry, the Mexican Embassy expressed its “deep concern” about the legality of the sales.
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Professional rugby player Maro Itoje has ventured into the contemporary art auction world, with his guest curation of the upcoming ‘Contemporary Curated’ sale at Sotheby’s London. Itoje is one of English rugby’s biggest stars: he is blindside flanker for English Championship club Saracens and the England National team, and has won three European Rugby Champions Cups with his club, and three Six Nations titles with England, as well as being named European player of the year in 2016. However, Itoje is by no means only absorbed in the world of rugby. He has a keen interest in art, particularly contemporary Nigerian art, so his involvement in Sotheby’s upcoming contemporary auction seems the perfect fit.
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Jesus College in the University of Cambridge has returned a looted Benin bronze to Nigeria, becoming the first UK institution to do so. The unprecedented decision was announced in November 2019 after a student-led campaign initiated talks between the college and the Benin Dialogue Group.
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You may remember the life-sized painted lions that landed in London and other cities across the globe this summer as part of the Tusk Trust Lion Trail. The trail brought to life the stories of these iconic predators as well as the people who work tirelessly to protect them. Curated by Chris Westbrook, the trail was in situ for six weeks over the summer and covered a number of international iconic locations.
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Last week a giant puppet was welcomed to Folkestone by actor Jude Law for an international art project. ‘Little Amal’, which means hope in Arabic, represents a young refugee with big hopes as she embarks on an epic journey to find her mother.
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A set of watercolours by the Swedish female artist, Hilma af Klint (1862-1944), whose paintings are considered to be the first Abstract works in Western art history, are going to be exhibited by David Zwirner next month.
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Next month, Christie’s will sell a watercolour on paper landscape scene by Vincent Van Gogh with an estimate of $20-30 million. Christie’s played a pivotal role in facilitating the negotiations of this sale, which involves three different parties. Two are the descendants of Jewish collectors who previously owned the work during the Nazi era and sold the watercolour under duress, and the other is the heirs of the most recent owner, Texas businessman Edwin Cox (1921-2020).
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An eighteenth-century drawing by the Venetian master Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696-1770) is heading to auction after it was discovered in a loft.
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An infamous Banksy artwork which shredded itself at a previous auction has sold for a whopping £16 million (£18.5 million including a buyer’s premium) at Sotheby’s in London. It sets a new auction record for the street artist, who rose to fame in the 1990’s through his satirical graffiti art.
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