Popular American painter, LeRoy Neiman dies, aged 91

The American painter LeRoy Neiman, who recorded major events such as the Super Bowl and Olympic Games on his brightly coloured canvases, died on Wednesday 20 June, aged 91. Neiman was a popular artist, comparable to Norman Rockwell and Andrew Wyeth,…
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Denmark’s Right Royal Painter

Here’s a sentence you don’t see very often: “The Queen will be present during this part of the press opening and will answer questions from the press.” The information comes courtesy of a statement from the Arken Museum of Modern Art in Denmark…
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Prized works by Czech painter Emil Filla stolen

Prague. One of the Czech Republic’s most famed Cubist painters is dominating the country’s headlines this week. Emil Filla, a leader in Prague’s avant-garde and an early Cubist painter, has been at the centre of three separate stories, including a…
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