Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld was perhaps his greatest creation. Born in Hamburg in 1933, he made his way to Paris in the 1950s to embark on an unprecedented career in …
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Martin Parr, who is now recovering from a cancer diagnosis in 2021, will be celebrated as Photo London’s Master of Photography when the UK’s largest photography fair returns to London’s …
What are you worth? New report reveals salaries across the art world, from £22,500 for gallery assistants to over £250,000 for top sales managers
Salaries in the art industry are a sadly opaque subject. Indeed, there are still those who remember that wealthy families sometimes used to pay the big auction houses to hire …
A large mosaic depicting Karl Marx and celebrating the founding of East Germany and “working class unity” has been officially handed over to the city of Halle by the private …
Unexpected archaeological finds at a 1,500-year-old Buddhist site near Kabul underscore missed opportunities to invest in Afghanistan’s historic sites due to the country’s isolation and lack of funding. Conservation work …
In his recent autobiography The Tastemaker: My life with the legends and geniuses of rock music, Tony King recalls sitting with Queen star Freddie Mercury in his final days. “So …
Fugitive art dealer convicted of selling counterfeit art 14 years ago has been extradited to the US
British citizen Angela Catherine Hamblin, 74, has been extradited from Germany to the United States to serve a prison sentence for selling more than $400,000 in counterfeit artwork, according to …
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and civil rights activist inspired by artists’ involvement in social causes, has died aged 96
Harry Belafonte, the legendary civil rights champion, singer and movie star, has died aged 96. Belafonte, whose memory is closely associated with the political and social activism of Martin Luther …
A lawsuit has been filed to block the university’s sale of Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting to fund dormitory renovations
A lawsuit to stop the planned sale of three of Valparaiso University’s most notable works of art Brauer Art Museum permanent collection was filed April 24 in Porter County Superior …
The very first insider trading trial in the United States involving digital assets is ongoing, and the focus is on art, not stocks. Former product manager at OpenSea, the largest …