The ring, which dates from the ninth or tenth century, has been unofficially likened to J.R.R. Tolkein's “one ring to rule them all“
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‘Women in Revolt!’ heads to Manchester, Tracey Emin makes the Independent Women 2025 Influence List and EmpowerHER ‘25 creates a space where “women's voices in art could truly be seen and heard”
A recent documentary claimed that a local freelancer, not photographer Nick Ut, took the famous shot of a naked Vietnamese girl. Ut—and his legal team—say different
‘Sag mir wo die Blumen sind’, the centrepiece of a new two-part exhibition, is titled after a 1950s anti-war song by the folk singer Pete Seeger
At the last minute hundreds of Kiefer’s home-grown sunflower seeds stuck on a huge painting needed to be replaced after they had attracted insects
The artist's first major museum survey, "Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream..." at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, tracks 20 years of his identity-driven photorealism
Due to be sold at Sotheby's New York in May, the group of works includes pieces by Guardi and Canaletto and is billed as the "most valuable single-owner collection of Old Master paintings ever to appear at auction"
The upstart gallery is also bringing on Pace’s Hannah Root as director of sales and has added the artist Melissa Joseph to its roster
The news follows fears that the university’s bicentenary plans would force the museum’s collection into storage—though concerns remain over its long-term future
Double-header sale in London last night was led by René Magritte with strong prices for Paul Delvaux and Tamara de Lempicka