Category: Art
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Arty escape: must-see cultural highlights in Nice and the Côte d’Azur, France
Along one of the world’s most beautiful coastlines lies an abundance of awe-inspiring architecture, contemporary museums and independent galleries. Here’s where to find the best cultural treasures from Nice, Cannes, Antibes and Monaco
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Three Peter Lanyon artworks acquired in lieu of inheritance tax
Two gouaches and landscape allocated to settle £900,000 owed on Cornish artist’s estate
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Left to rot: the new global effort to preserve lost monuments
From a railway run by children in Ljubljana to brutalist monuments in the Balkans, the Nonument Group maps abandoned 20th-century architecture
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Major New Prize announced for The Venice Glass Week 2019
THE VENICE GLASS WEEK (7-15 September 2019) is an international art & design festival dedicated to the art of glass, with a particular focus on that of Murano. New York Modern Decorative + Design Department to Sponsor Major New Prize at The Venice Glass Week. The Modern Decorative Art + Design Department of…
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Fantastique beasts: cult art from the Lalannes’ private collection to go on sale
Surreal works from the home of François-Xavier Lalanne and his wife Claude expected to fetch up to £20m
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Yogi Berra’s baseball bat and a $17,500 typewriter: a visit to the auction of Philip Roth’s estate
The great American novelist died last year – and a huge stash of personal effects went on sale last week. J Oliver Conroy went along