Billionaires’ Battle Over a Sculpture Exposes a Mysterious Art Market
David Geffen and Justin Sun’s unusually public dispute over ownership of a Giacometti sculpture valued at tens of millions of dollars gives a glimpse into a shrouded world.
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‘A lot of pride and joy’: the First Nations team representing Australia at the Venice Biennale of Architecture
These seven architects hope to show First Nations design and connection to Country at the world’s most prestigious architecture exhibitionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAustralia’s participation in next year’s Venice Biennale remains under …
UK Antiques Show Expert Admits Selling Art to Suspected Hezbollah Financier
Oghenochuko Ojiri, an art dealer who appeared on the popular BBC show “Bargain Hunt,” appeared in a London court on Friday.
Archibald prize 2025: Julie Fragar wins for portrait of artist Justene Williams
Decision announced at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where all finalists will be exhibited to the public from SaturdayArchibald prize 2025 finalists: Nicole Kidman, Aaron Chen, Jackie O and others – in picturesGet our weekend culture and lifestyle…
Denmark’s museum objects at risk from ‘extreme’ new mould, say conservators
The ‘epidemic for Golden Age paintings’ may already be a global problem, with the fungi a possible health hazardA new type of “extreme” mould is sweeping through Denmark’s museums, threatening some of the nation’s most important paintings and cultural …
King Charles III and Queen Camilla Unveil Coronation Portraits
A painting of the monarch in the regalia of the crowning ceremony is a royal tradition.
The Last Surrealist
Jean-Claude Silbermann joined André Breton’s acolytes at 18. Now 90, he’s showing paintings at Independent, the art fair, and says Surrealism is “an attitude toward the world.”
Exhibition of original Bob Dylan paintings to open in London
Point Blank, a collection of 97 paintings of ‘emotional resonance’ by the singer-songwriter, will open at the Halcyon Gallery in MayAfter the success of this year’s biopic A Complete Unknown, a whole new generation has learned about the lyricism, nasal…
Edward II’s coronation roll goes on display alongside King Charles’s
Oldest surviving version from 1308 is dwarfed in size by 21-metre roll produced more than 700 years laterThe oldest surviving coronation roll – a 2ft hand-stitched official record of Edward II’s 1308 crowning at Westminster Abbey – is dwarfed by the 21…
Artist’s works resurface nearly five decades after disappearing from Berlin studio
Exclusive: British Caribbean artist Winston Branch was distraught at loss of paintings – taken because he could not pay rentTwenty paintings by the Caribbean British abstract painter Winston Branch have been recovered after they disappeared without tra…