LONDON (REUTERS).- Lowry’s lonely people, Tracey Emin’s scrawlings and a mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I are just a few of the gems from the British government’s art collection unveiled to the public for the first time this week. The exhibition, at…
Burrell Collection Hopes to Acquire Rare 18th Century Golden Tiger Head from India
LONDON.- The Art Fund has offered a major grant to help save a golden, jewel-encrusted tiger’s head from 18th century India for public collections. The tiger’s head is known as the Tipu Sultan’s Throne Finial and was created in eighteent…
Bob and Roberta Smith and Mark Titchner Create Artworks for Campaign Against Cuts
LONDON.- A new work by British artist, Bob and Roberta Smith created specially for the campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts is released today. Artist Patrick Brill better…
Bob and Roberta Smith and Mark Titchner Create Artworks for Campaign Against Cuts
LONDON.- A new work by British artist, Bob and Roberta Smith created specially for the campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts is released today. Artist Patrick Brill better…
British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy
LONDON
(REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of
art by
the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in
2012,
could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The
British
…
British Art Market Warns Against European Union Levy
LONDON (REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of art by the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in 2012, could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The British government has a tem…