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Art dealer ordered to pay £111,000 over missing painting by Mexican artist
Esperanza Koren told London court she didn’t know whereabouts of Bosco Sodi’s paintingAn art dealer has been ordered to pay £111,000 over a missing abstract painting compared to a giant “burnt digestive biscuit” by a judge in a London courtThe court he…
LGBTQ+ military charity backs proposal for Alan Turing statue on fourth plinth
Trafalgar Square monument would stand in ‘stark contrast’ to treatment codebreaker received in his lifetimeAn LGBTQ+ armed forces charity has backed proposals to erect a statue of the second world war codebreaker Alan Turing on Trafalgar Square’s fourt…
New museum on faith in England hopes to buy Henry VIII tapestry from Spain
Work described as ‘birth certificate of the C of E’ could form centrepiece of Faith Museum in County DurhamA campaign has been launched to bring a remarkable 16th-century tapestry commissioned by Henry VIII from Spain to be the centrepiece of a new UK …
A Story of Arab Loss Comes to Life at a Kibbutz in Israel
A museum founded by pioneering Zionists has been hosting a sweeping retrospective of Palestinian art.
Looted artifacts found in Met trustee’s home were bought ‘in good faith’
Shelby White, collector and benefactor of the prestigious New York art museum, did not knowingly buy stolen antiquities, lawyer saysA major collector of antiquities and benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art took a reputational hit this week as e…
Australian art dealer Tim Klingender found dead in Sydney Harbour following boating incident
Police recovered the body of Klingender, who was employed by Sotheby’s for two decades, off Watson’s Bay in Sydney on ThursdayFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news po…
Restoration of 16th-century Derbyshire tapestries ends after 24 years
Set of 13 Gideon tapestries in Hardwick Hall unveiled after painstaking work cleaning and stitching huge piecesAfter a 24-year project, the National Trust has finally finished the restoration of a set of 16th-century tapestries at Hardwick Hall in Derb…
Former star soccer player opens bookstore in upscale Tehran neighborhood
A former star soccer player with Iran’s Esteghlal FC, Mojtaba Jabbari, has opened a bookstore in an upscale neighborhood in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Japanese embassy in Tehran offers condolences over passing of Iranian voice actor
Japan’s embassy in Tehran has issued a statement to offer condolences over the death of Ali Mohammad Ashkboos, an Iranian dubbing artist who portrayed a character in a popular Japanese anime football series.