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William Morris Gallery launches Bauhaus exhibition fundraising campaign
08 August 2019An exhibition exploring links between William Morris and Bauhaus, two of the most important names in the last 150 years of design, is set to launch in London provided enough money is raised.

Museum curators win funding to bolster collections including antique coins, ceramics and works on paper
07 August 2019A curator of archaeology at the Yorkshire Museum in York and an assistant curator of ceramics at The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent are among the winners of theArt Fund’s latest annual New Collecting Awards.

Medieval oak sculpture collection goes on public display in Derbyshire for the first time
06 August 2019A Derbyshire family will host a new exhibition showing a private collection of medieval sculptures in Haddon Hall in Bakewell this autumn.

Three exhibitions about women and photography in London this weekend plus other places to see and buy art
02 August 2019Women get behind and in front of the lens (and sometimes both at once) at three exhibitions on show in London this weekend.

Turner’s Walton Bridges heads to Norwich Castle after being saved for the nation
19 July 2019JMW Turner’s oil painting ‘Walton Bridges’ which sold at Sotheby’s in July last year has been bought for the nation after funding was secured by Norfolk Museums Service.

Museum appeals for final £10,000 to secure Jane Austen handwritten letter
19 July 2019Jane Austen's House Museum in Hampshire has launched an appeal to raise the remaining funds needed to buy a fragment of a letter written by the great novelist in 1814.

Palace of Versailles buys back €4m rococo commode from US collector
15 July 2019A Louis XV period rococo commode made in 1744 for the Château de Versailles has returned home after more than 30 years out of France.

Seven museums marking ‘The Year of the Dealer’
01 July 2019A year-long programme aimed at bringing the history of British antiques dealing to the public has launched with the support of seven UK art institutions.

Six places to see and buy art in London this weekend including Summer Olympia and Sorolla at the National Gallery
21 June 2019In the closing weeks of June, London is packed with commercial shows, museum exhibitions and art fairs.

Victoria and Albert Museum acquires Chippendale's Harewood House pier tables and mirrors for the nation
18 June 2019A set of pier tables and mirrors from the Thomas Chippendale workshop has been accepted in lieu for the nation and allocated to the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Burne-Jones sketches head to Delaware museum via Cambridge
17 June 2019Two studies by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones for his 1868 oil Hymenaeus will soon be reunited with the finished painting.

Six places to see and buy art in London this weekend and beyond including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
14 June 2019Chelsea and Mayfair are two major centres for the art trade, particularly in the summer when events like Masterpiece and London Art Week (respectively) arrive.

Bought for £5 in 1964: 'Lewis Chessmen' piece comes to auction with estimate of up to £1m at Sotheby’s
03 June 2019Dating from the 12th and early 13th centuries, the Lewis Chessmen collection was rediscovered on Lewis in 1831 and is among the most famous archaeological finds.

Stolen Asian art recovered but much still missing from museum's collection
03 June 2019Police have recovered a haul of stolen Asian artworks and returned them to the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath.

Hogarth painting saved for the nation and can stay at its Leicester museum home
31 May 2019A William Hogarth (1697-1764) painting that has been on loan to the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery in Leicester since 1943 has been purchased for the gallery.

Speculation mounts over whether Louvre in Paris will label Salvator Mundi as a ‘workshop’ picture
30 May 2019The question regarding the authorship of Leonardo's ‘Salvator Mundi’, the world’s most expensive painting, has again been the subject of media attention this week after it was claimed that experts at the Louvre in Paris are reluctant to exhibit it as a fully autograph work.

Five places to see and buy art in London next week including a Cedric Morris flower exhibition in Mayfair
24 May 2019A look at the top quality works on view at commercial galleries and major institutions in the run-up to London’s busy summer schedule of art fairs and events.

Madness donates costumes and memorabilia to Victoria and Albert Museum for theatre gallery
23 May 2019To celebrate 40 years since the release of Madness’ ‘One Step Beyond’ - the 1979 debut album by the British ska-pop group - the V&A has unveiled a collection of memorabilia.

Getty Museum snaps up ancient gems cache at Christie’s New York
13 May 2019The Getty Museum has emerged as the mystery buyer of close to half of a collection of ancient engraved gems sold by Christie’s New York.

Jerwood Collection buys Michael Ayrton picture from Hertfordshire council auction at Cheffins
10 May 2019The Jerwood Collection of Modern British art has emerged as the buyer of ‘Encounter No 1’, an oil painting by Michael Ayrton (1921-75). After selling at the recent auction it will now go on public view.

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