How to move a masterpiece: the secret business of shipping priceless artworks
What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? By Andrew Dickson
What happens when a forklift goes through your Picasso? By Andrew Dickson
Jeff Koons heads to Oxford, Tracey Emin shows new work in London and the V&A debuts a sumptuous survey of Christian Dior – all in our weekly dispatch
This historic acquisition will bring King François I’s Book of Hours, an outstanding artwork, back to France. Last year, this unique masterpiece, listed as a French National Treasure, has been put up for sale by its London owner. In order to add it to the French national collections, the Louvre initiated a campaign to … Read more
Five global cities, two weeks and one traveller. That’s the once-in-a-lifetime prize being offered by Swiss watch manufacturer Maurice Lacroix and the globally-active travel organisation Kuoni. Under the slogan “Never Stop Moving”, the idea for the competition was created to help launch Maurice Lacroix’s new automatic masterpiece models which are based on the principle of … Read more