Tag: Painting
Monet exhibition set to wow Sydney
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NSW gallery hosts an impressive collection of Monet masterpieces on loan from Boston.[MORE]
Abstract works on display in Hobart
A new exhibition featuring the work of the late Grace Crowley, has opened at the Tasmanian Museum and Art gallery. [MORE]
'Banksy' works fail to sell
Five works thought to be by cult graffiti artist Banksy failed to sell at a weekend auction after doubts were raised about their authenticity.[MORE]
Moss lipstick self-portrait sells
A self-portrait drawn in lipstick by supermodel Kate Moss fetches over 33,000 pounds.[MORE]
Stolen Renoir nude found after 33 years
Italian police have recovered stolen oil painting of a naked woman by French master Pierre-Auguste Renoir, nabbed from a private collection 33 years ago.[MORE]
New trial ordered for suspected Scream thief
A suspected mastermind of the 2004 theft of Edvard Munch's expressionist masterpiece The Scream will receive a new trial, a Norwegian appeals court ruled on Thursday (local time).[MORE]
Warhol exhibition cancelled
An exhibition of Andy Warhol prints in the only museum in Europe dedicated to the American pop icon has been cancelled due to a hole in the roof.[MORE]
Natural art exhibition opens
A exhibition of the top entries in Australia's second most lucrative art award, The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, has opened at the National Archives in Canberra.[MORE]
Thorpe's 'Pain' up for auction
A painting by Australian swimming champion Ian Thorpe will go under the hammer in Hong Kong next month.[MORE]
Chemical cocktail to protect Indigenous artworks
A West Australian PhD student creates a chemical cocktail to protect Indigenous artworks.[MORE]
French art thief gets 62 months in prison
A US court sentenced a Frenchman on Wednesday (local time) to more than five years in prison for conspiring to transport stolen works of art, including a painting by French impressionist Claude Monet.[MORE]
Tate hosts major Rothko show
The Tate Modern gallery in London will shine a light on Friday (local time) on 50 works by the abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko.[MORE]
Warhol's Head After Picasso sells for $1.5m
Andy Warhol's Head After Picasso painting sells for $1.5m at a Sydney art auction.[MORE]
Munch's Vampire to set auction record
Sotheby's expects a painting by Norwegian symbolist Edvard Munch to fetch a new record for the artist at an auction in New York in November.[MORE]
NSW gallery acquires $16.2m Cezanne
The most expensive artwork ever bought by an Australian gallery has been unveiled.[MORE]
Picasso sets record for GoMA
The final days of the Brisbane Picasso exhibition have set new crowd records for the Gallery of Modern Art.[MORE]
NT museum to restore Indigenous artworks
Curators and researchers are beginning a $300,000 restoration project of early artworks from the Papunya community in central Australia.[MORE]
Exhibition to show how Picasso learned from masters
Manet's Olympia, Titian's Venus Delighting Herself With Love And Music and Goya's La Maja Desnuda are to hang with other illustrious nudes alongside Picasso's very own in an unprecedented exhibition next month on "painting learning from painting."[MORE]
Authenticity of Chagall paintings questioned
A Japanese museum is pulling three oil paintings attributed to Franco-Russian avant-garde painter Marc Chagall after claims they are forgeries.[MORE]
Galleries scramble to save Titian
Two galleries scramble to find 100 million pounds to buy a pair of Titian paintings.[MORE]
Cubist masterwork goes missing
An elite women's liberal arts college outside Boston has lost a painting by early 20th century French cubist Fernand Leger, whose work has sold for tens of millions of dollars.[MORE]
'Prudish' council bans nude artwork entries
A SA council rejects two nude artwork entries because children may see them.[MORE]
Bradman painting gifted to National Portrait Gallery
A portrait of cricket legend Donald Bradman has been donated to the national collection.[MORE]
Drysdale portrait sells for nearly $2m
Russell Drysdale's popular Rocky McCormack portrait fetches $1.89 million at auction.[MORE]
Hindley portrait used in London's Olympic video
Uproar after London's tourism body uses child murderer's image in Olympics video.[MORE]
