Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase
Detective from force’s specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years’ work Three men have been convicted after a £2m vase...
Category : Art and design
Dutch courage required as Rembrandt museum plans pop-up tattoo studio
Tattoo artists will offer original designs inspired by the master painter at his former home in Amsterdam Artists may suffer for their art but now...
Unknown Jackson Pollock painting found in raid, say Bulgarian officials
Artwork reported to be worth up to €50m recovered in operation targeting international art smugglers A previously unknown painting by the US artist Jackson Pollock...
Imaginary Friends: Barcelona art show aims to connect with our inner child
Exhibition evoking childhood experiences brings together installations by nine artists Nine leading contemporary artists have come together to create an interactive exhibition in Barcelona for...
Paris Picasso museum reinvents itself to tackle artist’s troubled legacy
French institution targets young audiences by confronting issues of misogyny and colonialism with Paul Smith’s help Vintage floral wallpaper, wonky flyposters, green astroturf and brown...
Tintin drawing by Hergé sells at auction for record £1.9m
Belgian cartoonist’s black and white artwork from 1942 was used for the cover of Tintin in America An artwork by Tintin creator Hergé has set...
The other Monet: impressionist’s brother is star of new exhibition
A Paris show will focus on Claude’s little-known elder sibling Léon Monet and his impressionist collection The name Monet conjures up pictures of water lilies,...
‘Chance of a lifetime’ Vermeer exhibition to open in Amsterdam
Rare exhibition assembles 28 paintings by enigmatic Dutch master in one place For once, say its curators, “the chance of a lifetime” may be right:...
Rare Giacometti chandelier bought for £250 in London set to sell for £7m
Piece acquired by English painter in antiques shop in 1960s has been confirmed as lost work by Italian sculptor Sometimes a hunch pays off, and...
Ukrainian who walked 140 miles to safety to feature in London exhibition
Story of Igor Pedin’s escape from Mariupol is one of about a dozen in an exhibition entitled What Would You Take? The secret to Igor...
