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‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as galleryThe Courtauld has unveiled an £82m campus redevelopment it is calling a “once-in-a-generation transformation” of its Grade-I listed building,…
Artworks to go on display in January at Bethlem Museum of the Mind, in the world’s oldest psychiatric hospitalFrom images of empty community rooms and a colourful canvas crammed with caricatures to a baby linked by an umbilical-like cord to a seated st…
The 1940 painting of Kahlo asleep in bed has surpassed the record set by the $44.4m sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 in 2014A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold for $54.7m (£41.8m, A$84.7m) at a Ne…
In one of her very few interviews since the museum heist, Laurence des Cars said the plan would increase much-needed security, but critics say it is too focused on new construction.
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auctionA painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it …
Larry Fraser, 49, burgled Grove gallery in London, stealing limited edition print of Girl With Balloon seriesA man who stole a Banksy print from an art gallery to pay off a historic drug debt has been given a 13-month prison sentence.Larry Fraser, 49, …
The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he retreated from his final battle.
Artwork that hung for centuries at St John’s Almshouse in Sherborne will be sold to raise funds for social housing“The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and He adds no sorrow with it,” so says the Bible, Proverbs 10:22.On Friday, a church almshouse w…
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The photo of a dapper man in a fedora sparked many questions: Was the person real? A Sherlock Holmes-inspired detective on the case? Or just being very French?