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- Museums: the cure for a crowded house? May 23, 2013Will the shrinking size of US apartments drive more people to visit museums? “If you aren’t hanging out with friends at home, you need somewhere else to go,” said Elizabeth Merritt, the founding director of the Centre for the Future of Museums, at a...
- Tate purchases Constable for £23.1m May 23, 2013The Tate has acquired John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, from the heirs of Lord Ashton of Hyde for £23.1m, considerably less than the £40m it may have cost on the open market. The painting is now due to go on view at...
- German shipper jailed by Chinese returns home May 23, 2013The German art shipper who was jailed for 100 days by Chinese authorities on suspicion of art smuggling has left China, although the legal proceedings against him are still ongoing. Nils Jennrich, the Beijing-based general manager of Integrated Fine...
- Frost plays grandpa’s pal May 23, 2013Legendary figures are hard to play, and even more difficult when that figure was your grandfather’s close friend. But this didn’t deter Dan Frost, grandson of St Ives artist Terry Frost, from stepping into the shoes—or in this case between the...
- Caligula reunited with his barges May 23, 2013A rare and recently restored 2.5m-high marble statue of the Roman Emperor Caligula (who reigned from AD37-AD41) is due to go on display in June at the Museo delle Navi Romane di Nemi—Italy’s popular ancient Roman ship museum. The Italian Guardia...
- Where next for Hong Kong, Asia’s art hub? May 22, 2013As the Art Basel Hong Kong fair opens its doors to invited guests, there is no doubt that, culturally speaking, the Hong Kong we see today is very different from the place that fair impresario Tim Etchells visited, for the first time, in 2006....
- Ripple effect of record sales in New York May 22, 2013Christie’s broke the record for the highest amount raised in one auction last week when its contemporary and Modern sale in New York raised $495m. Big-ticket items included Roy Lichtenstein’s Woman with Flowered Hat, 1963, (detail, below) bought for...
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- Turner oil breaks artist record July 13, 2010A Turner masterpiece of a view over Rome sells for £29.7m at Sotheby's in London, breaking the artist's record at auction.
- Man cleared of folio theft December 14, 2010Antiques dealer Raymond Scott is cleared of stealing a rare copy of Shakespeare's First Folio, worth an estimated £1m.
- Slave portrait appeal is launched July 13, 2010The National Portrait Gallery launches a £100,000 appeal to help keep in the UK the earliest known British oil painting of a freed slave.
- Artist Taylor-Wood has baby girl July 13, 2010Artist turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood has a baby girl with actor fiance Aaron Johnson.
- Sister Act show role for Goldberg July 7, 2010Oscar-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg is set to make her West End debut, starring in the musical Sister Act.
- Serpentine sees red over pavilion July 6, 2010The Serpentine Gallery's summer pavilion, designed by world-renowned French architect Jean Nouvel, is unveiled.
- Opera singer Siepi dies aged 87 July 7, 2010Italian opera star Cesare Siepi, considered one of the finest ever bass singers, dies at the age of 87.
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