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Shrewsbury hails unexpected coup of loan of major works by Spanish surrealistA melting watch; a telephone receiver that is really a lobster: the art of surrealism is all about such unlikely juxtapositions. So how about putting the original work of Salv…
Kentish Wine Vault aims to transform industry and produce English rival to proseccoA landmark centre for English wine designed by Norman Foster, which supporters say will produce an affordable rival to prosecco, could be given planning approval within …
Standing With Giants, created for 40th anniversary, commemorates troops and islanders who diedLifesize silhouetted figures representing the 255 British military personnel and three civilians who lost their lives in the Falklands war have been installed…
Rita Boncompagni Ludovisi escorted from 16th-century home amid long-running inheritance disputeA “princess” who was evicted from a villa in Rome that contains the only ceiling fresco ever painted by Caravaggio said she was sorry to experience such “a b…
Nazem Ahmad, who has owned works by Picasso and Warhol, suspected of laundering money for militant groupA high-profile art collector has been put on a Treasury sanctions list over claims he uses his collection, which has included masterpieces by Pablo …
Buyers are being warned about the over-restoring or upgrading of furniture to make it appear more valuableDealers are over-restoring and upgrading furniture with modern additions disguised to make them look older and more valuable, a leading expert has…
Paleis Het Loo was built as lodge for man who became William III, king of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689At first glance, King William of Orange’s palace seems just as it was in the 17th century – a handsome Dutch baroque building set along thr…
Charity ‘dismayed’ over incident at Croome Court in Worcestershire, and Capability Brown memorial also vandalisedThe National Trust has been left “dismayed” by the scrawling of blue crayon over a two-centuries-old statue in Worcestershire.On Saturday, …
London gallery will be latest institution to offer after-hours events when it reopens in June after a £35m refurbishmentIf gazing at paintings in the hushed surroundings of an art gallery isn’t your thing, perhaps cocktails, live DJ sets and quirky fas…
Michael Barzman sold paintings created in ‘maximum of 30 minutes’ by accomplice, justice department saysTo the admiring patrons of a special exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art, they were among Jean-Michel Basquiat’s finest works, the angst of the …