After a six-year legal battle, two bronze horses sculpted for Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and owned by private collector Rainer Wolf will become property of the German government. Wolf has battled since 2015 to retain the sculptures, which he claimed were acquired lawfully.
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Over the last month, three paintings by the French Rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) have been in the news, none of which had been seen since the end of the eighteenth century.
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For many years an unassuming painting hung on the wall of a country home in the province of Rome, simply attributed to the Dutch school, until one day it fell. A restorer was called upon to fix the damage to the frame, but soon realised it was indeed a long-lost painting by the Dutch master Rembrandt (1606-1669).
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The Victoria & Albert museum has recently opened their new permanent gallery, Design 1900-Now, which aims to “tell a different story of [the] 20th and 21st century” focusing on “design and society”.
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A record-breaking £65 million worth of cultural objects have been bestowed to UK arts institutions under the acceptance in lieu scheme (AIL).
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Banksy lovers have cause for mass celebration this Friday 18 September when ‘Art Buff’ will be returning to Folkestone.
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President Donald Trump went art shopping in the US ambassador’s residence in Paris during a trip to France in November 2018, Bloomberg news has revealed.
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Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry is planning to help the self-isolation nation become more creative in a series of special television shows. Continue reading
This weekend, visitors at the high-profile Art Basel fair in Miami have been going bananas for one very unusual piece of art. Continue reading
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) was transformed into a live performance art space on Sunday (20 October 2019) by activists protesting BP’s sponsorship of the Gallery.
