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Pre-emptions in Paris: Four of the latest museum purchases at the Drouot auction centre
05 November 2018The right of French museums to claim a lot offered at auction as soon as the final price is determined by the fall of the hammer always adds an extra dimension to any auction in France.
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Museums hit out at Titanic artefacts auction process
12 October 2018The National Maritime Museum and National Museums Northern Ireland claim the bidding process in the sale of more than 5500 artefacts from the wreck of the doomed Titanic prevented them from submitting a formal offer.
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Palace of Versailles buys Chinese silver ewer in private deal
24 September 2018A rare 17th century Chinese silver ewer has been acquired by the Palace of Versailles in a private treaty sale conducted by the auction firm Beaussant Lefèvre. It is the only known surviving piece of silverware from a lavish diplomatic gift presented to Louis XIV by the King of Siam (Thailand) in 1686.
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British descendant donates silver teapot to Colonial Williamsburg museum
19 September 2018A silver teapot that belonged to the last colonial governor of Virginia has been donated by a British descendant to the Colonial Williamsburg collection.
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Unveiling of Salvator Mundi at Louvre Abu Dhabi delayed
04 September 2018Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism is postponing the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ at The Louvre Abu Dhabi.
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Welsh connections: Christie’s brokers sale of Augustus John portrait of Dylan Thomas to National Portrait Gallery
22 August 2018Christie’s has helped broker the sale of portrait of a young Dylan Thomas by Augustus John (1878-1961) to the National Portrait Gallery.
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London as the Duke of Wellington knew it: Museum of London acquires huge panorama from Sotheby’s
14 August 2018A large 19th century panorama of London, completed towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars, has entered the Museum of London’s permanent collection after the institution acquired it at a recent Sotheby’s auction.
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Ancient antiquities seized from dealer returned to Iraq after British Museum research
10 August 2018Eight Sumerian antiquities seized by the Metropolitan Police from a London dealer in 2003 are to be returned to Iraq after identification by the British Museum.
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London events celebrate British love of art and the garden
10 August 2018Along with national characteristics such as moaning about the weather, constantly saying sorry and an eagerness to join a queue, the British love of gardening is very well known.
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Movers and Shakers: the latest arts and antiques appointments
06 August 2018Our latest look at new roles in the art and antiques trade.
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ATG letter: Got an early Grayson Perry?
06 August 2018MADAM – Have ATG readers got a Grayson Perry pot or plate from the 1980s lurking in their living rooms? If they have, then the Holburne Museum in Bath wants to hear from them.
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Museums and film-maker James Cameron team-up to buy Titanic wreck artefacts
31 July 2018A group of museums, with the backing of film-maker James Cameron, has teamed up to buy artefacts from the wreck of the 'Titanic'.
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Seven summer exhibitions: a selection of art and antiques showcases across the UK
30 July 2018As the top auctions and fairs take their summer break there are still opportunities to view stand-out art and antiques at museums and galleries across the country. Here Hannah Stokes selects seven from London to Edinburgh.
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Bronzed in London: sculptures take centre stage as heat rises during capital’s big sales week
09 July 2018Important works of European sculpture were stars of the London auction season’s highpoint last week.
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National Gallery acquires record-setting self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi for £3.6m from London gallery
06 July 2018A recently discovered self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi, the celebrated Italian Baroque artist, has been acquired by the National Gallery in London for £3.6m.
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Dreweatts, Mallet and Saatchi Gallery team up to remember Berenice in mod Brit exhibition
03 July 2018Dreweatts 1759, Mallett and SALON, the project space at Saatchi Gallery, have teamed up to stage an exhibition of the paintings of British artist Berenice Sydney (1944-83), her first major UK show in 30 years.
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British Museum accepts 550-piece collection of ivory works of art ahead of UK trade ban
28 June 2018A vast collection of ivories from The Sir Victor Sassoon Chinese Ivories Trust will be going on display at the British Museum after it acquired the collection earlier this year.
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Fitzwilliam Museum raises £1m to secure Queen Victoria sculpture
21 June 2018The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) after raising the required £1.01m to prevent it from export.
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5 Questions
11 June 2018Tom Davies is director at the Mayfair gallery Daniel Katz, specialist in Old Master sculpture and paintings. It is a participant in 'London Art Week', hosting an exhibition titled Defining Elegance.
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Sotheby’s brokers sale of John Singer Sargent painting to National Trust
06 June 2018A painting of a game of bowls by John Singer Sargent previously in the collection of the late A Alfred Taubman has sold to the National Trust’s Ightham Mote, the manor house in Kent depicted in the picture.
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