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- Paddle8 moves to buy stake in Artnet May 20, 2013The online auction house, Paddle8, is acquiring an option to purchase a stake in Artnet, the online auction data provider and auctioneer. The stake, approximately 3%, currently belongs to Redline Capital Management, which attempted a takeover of...
- Lawsuit raises questions about Warhol authentication process May 17, 2013An exposé published this week in the New York Review of Books (NYRB) sheds intriguing new light on the authentication processes applied to works by Andy Warhol. The article focuses on a lawsuit that began in April 2010, more than a year...
- Martin Creed gets Freudian May 17, 2013Martin Creed’s sparse conceptualism is not an obvious candidate for psychoanalytical readings but, as part of the UK-wide Museums at Night festival, the maverick artist appeared at the Freud Museum in London on 16 May and turned a 100-strong...
- European paintings get (back) the space they deserve May 16, 2013When the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries for European paintings made between 1250 and 1800 open to the public on 23 May, visitors will experience a collection transformed and refreshed, the result of two years of expansion and rethinking....
- Met’s Old Masters galleries reopen May 16, 2013When the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s galleries for European paintings made between 1250 and 1800 open to the public on 23 May, visitors will experience a collection transformed and refreshed, the result of two years of expansion and rethinking....
- Interpol targets Qaddafi family treasures May 16, 2013The UK government has confirmed that art is likely to be among the items seized as part of a drive to recover billions of dollars worth of assets siphoned off by the Qaddafi family during four decades in power. A number of initiatives have recently...
- Audio archive breaks silence on Sehgal May 16, 2013Tino Sehgal’s ban on any documentation of his work is well known by now. No photography is allowed at his exhibitions, the artist—shortlisted for Tate's Turner Prize this year—explains how to create his ephemeral works verbally to performers and...
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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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