The Latest Breaking News on Art

Le Havre city guide: where to eat, drink, shop and stay in Normandy’s cool concrete jungle

With striking waterfront architecture, boat tours and lashings of art, this is the French city you might have overlooked, says Anna Richards

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

Christine and the Queens: Redcar les Adorables Étoiles review – clouds of sorrow from the artist’s new persona

Breakup songs and wistful melodies pepper this uneven new release from Héloïse Letissier, who wrote and recorded it over just two weeks

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

‘Pearly Queen’ stamp artwork of late monarch could fetch £20,000 at auction

The piece will be sold to raise funds for the Queen Mother’s Clothing Guild.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2022

The Draughtsman’s Contract review – Peter Greenaway’s cerebral intrigue still beguiles

Greenaway’s arch tale of sexual and political manipulation has not lost its power to bewilder and compel

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Paul Allen's Art Collection Tops $1 bn at Christie's

Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic $1 billion Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt. At the end of the night Wednesday, five paintings entered the exclusive…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 10, 2022

The dark side of the moon: the art of Marcel Dzama

The Canadian polymath’s lush illustrations have long combined innocence with menace. But now, in traumatic times, he wants to put ‘something beautiful out there’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Paul Allen's art collection tops $1bn at Christie's

NEW YORK: Paintings and sculptures from the collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen were auctioned off for a historic US$1 billion on Wednesday, Christie's auction house said, with records set for works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and Klimt.

Bangkok Post · Nov 10, 2022

Soup on Van Gogh and graffiti on Warhol: climate activists follow the long history of museums as a site of protest

Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans at the National Gallery of Australia are just the latest artistic target of climate protesters, who have been throwing soup, mashed potatoes and cake at art worth millions of dollars.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022

Digital Benin project reunites bronzes looted by British soldiers

Comprehensive database of Benin bronzes held by museums raises questions about where they belong

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Protester arrested following demonstration at National Gallery

Protester arrested following National Gallery of Australia demonstration

The Canberra Times · Nov 10, 2022