A New York Federal Judge has decided that a marble figure which is owned by hedge fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt and which has spent decades on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will not be returned to Turkey. The Turkish government sued for the return of the figure in 2017 however, according to Judge Alison J. Nathan, there is “insufficient evidence” to support Turkey’s claim that it should be returned.
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‘Big John’, the largest triceratops skeleton ever discovered, is coming to auction at Paris auction house Binoche et Giquello next month. The 66-million-year-old fossil is estimated to sell for a staggering €1.2 million to €1.5 million (£1 million to £1.5 million).
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The Bank of England, which has its own museum, will no longer display eight oil paintings and two busts connected to the slave trade. Earlier this year, the bank set up a working group to critically review the 40,000 artworks in its collection.
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In 2018 Banksy left the art world reeling after shredding a spray paint and acrylic on canvas version of Girl with Balloon (2006) just moments after it sold for a record price for the artist – £1.04 million (with fees). The partially shredded work is returning to auction this October.
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Art Basel’s global director, Marc Spiegler, has written a letter to exhibitors addressing their concern about the fair’s new rules due to Covid-19 restrictions. His reassurances follow calls to cancel the already-postponed fair in Basel, Switzerland.
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A portrait of the German-Jewish theatre critic and essayist Alfred Kerr (1867-1948) by Lovis Corinth (1858-1925) has been the subject of a recent Nazi-loot claim. The claim, which seeks to restitute the painting currently held at Berlin’s Stadtmuseum, has been rejected by Germany’s Advisory Commission for Nazi-looted art, who have announced it should remain in the museum’s collection.
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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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