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National Portrait Gallery appoints its first female director

29 August 2024

The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) has announced the former fair organiser Victoria Siddall as its new director.

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TEFAF opens 2025 applications for museum restoration fund and curators course

24 August 2024

TEFAF offers emerging museum curators the chance to gain knowledge and network opportunities

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Kasper König, influential German curator dies aged 80

20 August 2024

Known as the 'James Bond' of the art world, König was as colourful and controversial as the art and sculpture he supported

After the Audience by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Christie’s brokers sale of Alma-Tadema from Isabel Goldsmith’s collection to The National Gallery

16 August 2024

The National Gallery in London has acquired a major work by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) from the collection of Isabel Goldsmith.

Womans Work

London gallery sells feminist masterpiece to Manchester Art Gallery

02 August 2024

Martin Beisly Fine Art has sold a major work by a female Victorian artist to Manchester Art Gallery.

Fondation Maeght celebrates 60 years of Modernism

27 July 2024

La Fondation Maeght owns one of the largest collection in Europe of paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphic arts of the 20th century.

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‘Exceptionally rare’ ivory carving saved for the nation after £2m purchase

17 July 2024

A rare medieval carving previously part of an antiques dealer’s collection has been bought for £2m by the V&A.

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Sporting approach to the Paris Olympics

06 July 2024

Most Parisian galleries are going away for the summer but one hardy soul is holding an Olympic exhibition

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Enduring Legacy of antiquities from the Egyptians to the Romans at Forgelynch

01 July 2024

Gallery builds on enduring interest for original items from the ancient world (3000BC-600AD).

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Shakespeare’s First Folio lands in Tasmania

29 June 2024

London rare book dealer Peter Harrington sold the copy to an edgy Australian museum

Exhibitions to see this summer around the UK

17 June 2024

Here we present a selection of 20 museum special exhibitions taking place over the summer

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The war effort: London gallery and museum collaborate to show hidden prints

17 June 2024

A large cycle of lithographs created more than 100 years ago and then hidden away is seeing the light thanks to a collaboration between a London gallery and the Imperial War Museum

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Paper chasers: British Museum shows off recent print purchases

17 June 2024

The British Museum never stands still when it comes to acquiring works on paper, as a new exhibition showcasing purchases over the past 20 years demonstrates

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Chess set inspired by 1980s strike goes on display at National Coal Mining Museum

04 June 2024

Pieces feature key political figures such as Margaret Thatcher and Neil Kinnock

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New book commemorates D-Day landings in 80 objects

03 June 2024

'D-Day in 80 Objects' tells the story of the famous operation through objects selected by museums in the UK and US

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Interview: how a museum raises funds from auction guarantees

03 June 2024

The existence of third-party guarantees has been a notable feature in the auction market for more than two decades now. Indeed, it is now the most common form of guarantee issued by salerooms, in particular on high-value artworks.

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Museum makes $500,000 from auction guarantees

03 June 2024

A museum in the US has revealed that it made $500,000 by acting as a third-party guarantor at high-profile sales.

British Museum's Recovery Programme

British Museum recovers more stolen works but over 800 objects still missing

24 May 2024

The British Museum has recovered a further tranche of stolen and missing objects from its collection.

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Ancient gold objects stolen in brazen theft at Ely Museum

21 May 2024

Two valuable Bronze Age gold artefacts have been stolen from Ely Museum in Cambridgeshire.

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Caravaggio rediscovered in a small Madrid auction house to go on display in The Prado

07 May 2024

An artwork attributed to a pupil of José de Ribera and offered with an estimate of just €1500 (£1300) is actually by Caravaggio.

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