Stories Downing Street Canaletto sells for record £31.9m Posted on July 1, 2025 by artNews The bustling view of Venice from around 1732, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, smashed the artist's auction record tonight at Christie's in London US government’s attempts to solicit National Park visitors’ feedback on historical depictions backfires Trump’s bill to cut taxes and social safety net programmes includes $40m for patriotic sculpture park
