Dealer who bought “Season’s Greetings”, which first appeared in south Wales in December 2018, says local council rejected plans for urban art museum
Salwa Mikdadi’s Abu Dhabi-based institution is digitising and cataloguing tens of thousands of documents and artefacts
Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak
Leslie Roberts, whose Miami Fine Art Gallery was recently raided by the FBI, faces up to 30 years in prison for wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering
Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in refining the outcomes
The sale at Sotheby’s New York next month includes works by Lucio Fontana, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Alexander Calder and Claes Oldenburg
Artists draw inspiration from elements of the castle including its cultivated gardens, among the oldest in Ireland
The objects, including what the museum describes as England’s oldest known figurative art work, will head to Bradford for a major exhibition opening this summer
The Gateshead sculpture was dressed up in a Newcastle United football shirt for the Carabao Cup final at Wembley, drawing fans to the site when the team won 2-1 against Liverpool
The written descriptions of works of art are more than just labels—they are a record of evolving cultural understanding, writes Curationist’s Amanda Figueroa