Archive for March 2019
National Portrait Gallery turns down gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust
In a short press release from earlier today, London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG), in conjunction with the Sackler Trust, announced that it would not be proceeding with a gift of £1 […]
Lost and found: a stolen de Kooning makes its debut
In 1985, Woman-Ochre (1955) by Willem de Kooning was stolen. Cut from its frame, the painting was taken from the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA) in Tucson where […]
Banksy finally goes to court to stop unauthorised merchandising, despite saying copyright is for losers
A visitor enjoys the art of Banksy exhibition at the Mudec Museum in Milan. EPA-EFE Enrico Bonadio, City, University of London Copyright is for losers – or so Banksy […]
‘Vessel’ and Snark Park kick off at Hudson Yards
New York’s shiny new Hudson Yards kicked off over the weekend welcoming New Yorkers to experience the six skyscrapers, seven-story mall, and arts centre. Six years in the making, the […]
Sotheby’s will offer two Rothkos in May sale
Sotheby’s recently announced that they will be selling a set of paintings by Mark Rothko from the collection of Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg in May. The set of Rothkos […]
Changing the narrative: Mikael Owunna’s ‘Infinite Essence’
‘If the majority of images that you see of yourself are negative,’ artist Mikael Owunna tells NPR, ‘if people who look like you are dead or dying or captured in […]
Researchers may have determined that the Monna Vanna was drawn by Leonardo da Vinci
In 2017, the Condé Museum, just north of Paris in the palace of Chantilly, sent the Monna Vanna to the Louvre to begin testing. Their hopes were to discover if […]
