Recently, I had a fantastic, almost spiritual, experience with a slaphead in a framing shop. I love watching people work at the best of times, but there was something really amazing about watching this bald craftsman getting his hands on a print and thumbing it into a stained-cherry-wood rectangle. It was quite emotional.
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Compotier et tasse, a cubist painting from 1909, had been offered for private sale in New York
Saturday 15 June 2013
He was in the right place at the right time – so why is Chagall regarded as an also-ran of Modernism?
Monday 10 June 2013
Art lovers on a budget will get the chance to buy an original work by Picasso for a few hundred pounds at an auction later this month.
Wednesday 08 May 2013
This is a story about making amends for cultural asset-stripping in the grand style. A little over three hundred years ago, the debt-ridden grandson of Sir Robert Walpole, England's first Prime Minister, sold off to Catherine the Great of Russia the great art collection amassed by his grandfather.
Saturday 13 April 2013
Friends reunited
Thursday 11 April 2013
One of the best-loved works by Pablo Picasso on display in Britain is set to leave the country next month with Qatar its likely destination. Experts have expressed dismay that Child with a Dove could not be saved for the nation, suggesting steps to increase philanthropy “may not be enough”.
Thursday 11 April 2013
It is reported that the painting has been bought by a Qatari for £50m
Wednesday 10 April 2013
Cosmetics heir and heavy-weight philanthropist Leonard A Lauder has donated 78 pieces to the museum
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Casino magnate who tore masterpiece with his elbow sets record price for artist with deal
Tuesday 26 March 2013
Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen has bought a famous Picasso painting from casino mogul Steve Wynn for a record price, according to a report in the New York Post.
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