Christie’s secures 100% sale through rate in George Michael auction
Christie’s March 14th evening auction of pop artist George Michael’s collection resulted in just over £9.2 million ($12.3 million). The white glove sale boasted 60 artworks owned by the late […]
Tate and Guggenheim vow to refuse Sackler money
When the National Portrait Gallery in London and Sackler Trust stopped the progress of a gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust on March 19th as part of an […]
Police trick theives with a fake work by Brueghel
On March 13th, thieves successfully stole a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger from a Santa Maria Maddalena church in the town of Castelnuovo Magra in northern Italy. The thieves […]
NEA and NEH at risk (again) in Trump’s 2020 budget
For the third year in a row, President Donald Trump has proposed to cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities […]
Banksy finally goes to court to stop unauthorised merchandising, despite saying copyright is for losers
A visitor enjoys the art of Banksy exhibition at the Mudec Museum in Milan. EPA-EFE Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London Copyright is for losers – or so Banksy […]
Sotheby’s will offer two Rothkos in May sale
Sotheby’s recently announced that they will be selling a set of paintings by Mark Rothko from the collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg in May. The set of Rothkos […]
Deal between Italy and France to loan works by da Vinci is back on
Remember a couple of months ago when it seemed that Italy was going to block the loan of a large number of their artworks by Leonardo da Vinci to France? […]
