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Only known portrait of a female second world war naval officer to go on display – but no one knows who she isThe faces of some of those who served “in peril on the sea” in the second world war are still familiar to us from portraits and archive news fo…
Project inspired by John Smeaton, a keen astronomer who is seen as the father of civil engineering, is touring Leeds for four monthsJohn Smeaton is far from a household name, but Abby Dix-Mason believes he should be. “His achievements were amazing,” sh…
A centuries-old Buddhist sculpture was taken from a rural area in Cambodia nearly 30 years ago. It was later sold with two other statues to the National Gallery of Australia.
Vietnam’s biggest city is transforming with new highrises, bars and boutiques, but still offers old-world charm and chaotic fun.
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…
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…
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 museum founded by pioneering Zionists has been hosting a sweeping retrospective of Palestinian art.
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…
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…