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Participants have been announced for this year’s PAD London.
Still bearing the physical scars of battle, a monumental Union Jack flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar led Christie’s Exceptional Sale in London on July 1. It tipped over the estimate ...
An extraordinary Elizabethan swagger portrait drew dramatic competition at Bonhams’ latest Old Master sale. The three-quarter-length painting of the opulently dressed Sir Edward Monins of Waldershare ...
Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu (1917-94) is sometimes described as ‘the first African artist to gain international recognition in the modern art world’. He was dubbed ‘Africas greatest contemporary ...
British studio pottery moved into new financial territory at the end of June with the sale of a vase by Dame Magdalene Odundo (b.1950) for £570,000. The price is not just an auction high for a living ...
A painting by Canaletto (1697-1768) once owned by the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole sold for £27.5m at Christie’s latest Old Master evening sale.
Relocations and new gallery openings are among the latest Movers & Shakers. The latest news from around auction houses, ...
A crowdfunding project by Bristol Museums Development Trust to bid for JMW Turner’s 'The Rising Squall, Hot Wells from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol' (1792), has reached in excess of £100,000. The ...
A First World War roll of honour brass plaque, that had been made into a coffee table, has returned to South Shields after 50 years away with the help of Gloucestershire auction house Dominic Winter.
The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in London raised a combined £97.8m. This compared to £132.3m from the ...
The most viewed stories on this website over the last week included a ‘treasure trove’ of rare coins found hidden in a house in France selling at auction ...
LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair is returning on October 28-November 2. Newcomers to the fair this year include Gladwell & ...