David Mellor, the former Tory minister, lost his High Court bid yesterday to avoid buying a stake in an antique company which he accused of doctoring heirlooms to drive up the price.

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An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.

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An exhibition of paintings by a seven-year-old artist from Norfolk sells out, fetching about £150,000 in half an hour.

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Artists are the central nervous system of a city and Los Angeles is no different.

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NEW YORK (AP) A 1912 painting that was stolen by the Nazis and became the subject of a lengthy legal dispute has gone on display. The small, brightly colored painting called “Portrait of Wally” by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele will be at the Museum of Jewish Heritage for three weeks.

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Edinburgh’s arts festival begins in the capital for its seventh year and will run until 17 October.

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Glass photo negatives bought for $45 (£34) are in fact the lost work of Ansel Adams – and valued at $200m, claims a California painter.

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Pfizer Inc. , the worlds largest drugmaker, didnt want to take any chances when rules requiring screening of all U.S. air cargo take effect next week. Neither did Racine Berkow Associates, a shipper of fine art.

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Spend a day making art and craft pieces inspired by Chelsea Physic Garden, including printing, dyeing, painting and model-making. The art session, for children aged seven and over, is being held in the garden in Royal Hospital Road, on Sunday August 8, at 10.30am.

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Artists are told regularly that they must take an active role in the development of their careers, that they must invest their time and energy…

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Beautiful Impressionist paintings of Normandy by artists such as Monet, Pissarro and Boudin.

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Glass photo negatives bought for $45 (£34) are in fact the lost work of Ansel Adams – and valued at $200m, claims a California painter.

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A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana. Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bou…

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Gardens are an enduring motif in artwork, usually as a picturesque setting for a picnic scene, tea on the lawn or a child picking flowers. But for the Impressionists in Paris in the 19th Century, a movement which coincided with an explosion in enthusiasm for domestic horticulture, gardens became a subject in their own right and not simply a convenient backdrop.

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The third and final event in the Patrick’s Harvist summer series of art shows from Organart and an ambitious gathering of 100 pieces of work in the gallery space is happening now.

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Crocodiles, old boats and the wild life of the territory are the stuff of art at the Tin Shed.

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Mr. Ohlson was Inspired by the vistas of his native Iowa and used color on a grand scale.

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RADLETT artist Derek Howarth is taking part in a landmark exhibition in Harlow until August 8 featuring the work of four sculptors who worked with Henry Moore and his Foundation.

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LETTERS From Dr Michael Bishop, curator, Carisbrooke Castle Museum, Carisbrooke: The question that is posed by Charlotte Hoftons attack on the IW Councils decision to withdraw some of the paintings at Northwood House ( CP, 09-07-10 ) appears to be whether it is philistine or not to exercise a duty of care over valuable and unique works of art’

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Winter 2011 exhibition could be most complete presentation of the artist’s paintings ever seen The National Gallery plans to mount one of the most ambitious exhibitions of paintings by Leonardo da Vinci ever undertaken, it announced today. Given that there are arguably only 14 surviving Leonardo panel paintings anywhere in the world, it is clearly a difficult show to put on. But inspired by the …

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A 1971 painting by fantasy artist Frank Frazetta has sold for $1.5 million, two months after the Pennsylvania artist’s death. Frazetta’s managers said this week that a private collector bought “Conan the Destroyer” from a family trust. Managers Robert Pistella and Stephen Ferzoco call it the price the …

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Street artist ’shocked’ to be in the White House

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An exhibition of artworks painted by serving soldiers is opened in the US.

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I’M SITTING in an immaculate white cube of a gallery, watching The Time Machine In Alphabetical Order, a brand new and rather fun piece of video art by the artist duo Thom

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A painting of The Virgin and Child by the Spanish Old Master Murillo is temporarily barred from export while efforts are made to keep it in the UK.

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The Vatican has discovered what could be a perviously unknown painting by Caravaggio among its archives as Rome marked the 400th anniversary of the Renaissance master’s death.

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The Vatican has discovered what could be a perviously unknown painting by Caravaggio among its archives as Rome marked the 400th anniversary of the Renaissance master’s death.

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Artists can’t take it for granted that we deserve funding. Now is the time to prove that arts have something to say about society There seems to be only one script doing the rounds in theatreland at the moment, and it has the word “cuts” written all over it. Artistic directors and producers are listening nervously to the sound of axes being sharpened in the Treasury and at DCMS and everyone is …

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Artists can’t take it for granted that we deserve funding. Now is the time to prove that arts have something to say about society There seems to be only one script doing the rounds in theatreland at the moment, and it has the word “cuts” written all over it. Artistic directors and producers are listening nervously to the sound of axes being sharpened in the Treasury and at DCMS and everyone is …

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What’s Your Reaction’ ROME The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master.

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What’s Your Reaction’ ROME The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master.

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Things are looking a bit different on the waterfront of the Thames this week.

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While auction houses have struggled to find a good inventory of Old Masters, art dealers in London are currently offering a wealth of high quality work.

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SAO PAULO (AP) – Police say a painting by Candido Portinari, one of Brazil’s best-known painters, has been stolen from a museum. Inspector Manoel Martins says the 1959 painting “O Enterro,” or “The Burial,” is worth about 1.5 million reals ($850,000). Guards noticed it missing Wednesday from the Contemporary Art Museum in …

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As an investment advisor to high net worth individuals, I often encourage clients to consider diversifying their portfolios into alternative asset classes such as fine art and antiques.

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Arman Tateos Manookian (1904-31) “Red Sails,” one of seven Manookian oil paintings formerly on display at the Hotel Hana-Maui It has been reported that…

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Arman Tateos Manookian (1904-31) “Red Sails,” one of seven Manookian oil paintings formerly on display at the Hotel Hana-Maui It has been reported that…

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There must be two or three souvenir stores on every city block in Sydney’s CBD and many of them display bizarre representations of Australian fauna that could have been conceived by confused explorers or conceptual artists.

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There must be two or three souvenir stores on every city block in Sydney’s CBD and many of them display bizarre representations of Australian fauna that could have been conceived by confused explorers or conceptual artists.

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A painting by Leonardo da Vinci restored by the National Gallery is now thought to be the result of the artist working alone without the help of assistants in his Milan workshop.

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A painting by Leonardo da Vinci restored by the National Gallery is now thought to be the result of the artist working alone without the help of assistants in his Milan workshop.

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BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country’s traumas and uncertainty over its future. They have a lot to deal with: A change of regime, foreign occupation, …

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Iraq’s artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country’s traumas and uncertaint…

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Iraq’s artists are using their work to try to process the turmoil since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and what they are producing shows a profound anger over their country’s traumas and uncertaint…

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Artist turned film-maker Sam Taylor-Wood has a baby girl with actor fiance Aaron Johnson.

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In Baghdad, the National Museum of Modern Art is a museum in name only; what works remain from a once impressive collection are in storage, neglected.

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It is impossible to write about the impressionist art inside the museums of Normandy without describing the natural beauty and scenes from everyday life…

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An exhibition at the National Gallery in London is out to instruct us in the chemistry of painting and ends up suggesting how elusive art remains despite all the gadgets that we devise to master it.

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A commission set up by Austria’s Culture Ministry has recommended that four paintings contained in a Vienna art collection should be returned because they were seized by the Nazis. …

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The imam of the main mosque in Saddam Hussein’s former stronghold Tikrit has been arrested for spray-painting the late dictator’s name on the mosque.

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