It is one of the most famous paintings in the Prado—but since the end of 2008, The Colossus has been attributed to a follower of Goya, not the master himself. Now, a study from a professor at the University of Zaragoza argues that the work…
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The future of Chelsea is in question. Most of its galleries, which number around 200, now sit squarely in one of the worst flood-hazard zones in New York City, according to a new map released by the Federal…
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It’s not often you see the headline-hitting UK author Salman Rushdie rendered as a dozing 3-D digital animation. But visitors will get the chance to see this Warhol-esque, somnolent spectacle, Sleep Al-Naim, in an exhibition due to open at…
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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum is due to fully reopen on Sunday 23 September after eight years’ of work. The original 1895 building of the Modern and contemporary art museum has been refurbished and an extension added that overlooks the city’s…
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Christie’s is standing by its attribution of a painting to the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev, which is at the centre of a long-running authenticity battle after a judge in London ruled last week (28 July) that “the likelihood is that…
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An ancient Roman alabaster sarcophagus, which was stolen more than 20 years ago from a church south of Rome, was returned to Italy on 18 July. It came from the London-based collection of an unnamed antiquities, flown back to Rome on a cargo flight…
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Henry Moore’s The Arch, 1980, is due to be unveiled in London’s Kensington Gardens on 20 July—nearly 20 years after it was encased in scaffolding and dismantled. The Royal Parks, which manages the gardens, has finally restored the huge marble…
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Henry Moore’s The Arch, 1980, is due to be unveiled in London’s Kensington Gardens on 20 July—nearly 20 years after it was encased in scaffolding and dismantled. The Royal Parks, which manages the gardens, has finally restored the huge marble…
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Artists in Tunis still feel under threat following protests by hundreds of hard-line Salafi Islamists last month against a number of works shown at the Printemps des Arts contemporary art fair. According to state media, the Islamist demonstrators…
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An Iranian artist arrested by the authorities in Tehran has been released. It is unclear why the photographer Tahmineh Monzavi, 24, was detained but she recently contributed images of homeless women to the book Iranian Photography: Reflections…
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