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Canaletto's Venice masterpiece sets new auction record with €37.8m sale at Christie's London

The 18th-century masterpiece captures Venice in full splendour on Ascension Day, with the Doge’s golden barge - the Bucintoro - at its centre.

Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model

Jeff Beck’s iconic Oxblood Les Paul made history as the most expensive LP to sell at auction – now it’s been revived as an Epiphone signature model

The legendary 1954 LP starred alongside Beck for much of his career and sold for more than $1 million at auction. Now, Epiphone has launched a $1,200 replica

Influential German 'nail artist' Günther Uecker dies aged 95

Influential German 'nail artist' Günther Uecker dies aged 95

A leading voice in German post-war art, Uecker's work turned acts of destruction into powerful symbols of peace and reflection.

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Five Turner works to be auctioned on 250th anniversary of painter’s birth

A watercolour titled Lake Brienz, With The Setting Moon, is estimated to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000.

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Historic Scottish hotel to reopen in July after being sold to travel firm

CHRISTIE & Co has announced the sale of a 17th-century hotel in Stirlingshire to Caledonian Travel

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NHS could start offering breast cancer checks to women in their thirties

Currently women are only eligible for breast screening from the age of 50, but thousands are diagnosed younger

The Guardian - UK

Rétromobile Partners With Gooding Christie's Auction House

Organised by Comexposium, one of the world’s leading event organisers, Rétromobile is gearing up for an exceptional year in 2026, for two reasons. In Paris, the show will celebrate its 50th anniversary, while on the other side of the Atlantic, the first American edition will be held in the heart…

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Les Arts Florissants/Christie review – austere and exquisitely beautiful Charpentier for Holy Week

Les Arts Florissants/Christie review – austere and exquisitely beautiful Charpentier for Holy Week

Candlelight set the tone for the ensemble of superb focus, great refinement and real depth of feeling

The Guardian - UK

Greek vase ‘looted’ in Italy removed from sale by London gallery

Greek vase ‘looted’ in Italy removed from sale by London gallery

Contact from the Observer prompts withdrawal as dealers urged to do more to stop illicit trade in antiquities

The Guardian - UK

Queens Gambit: How the Mets Stole Juan Soto From The Yankees

Queens Gambit: How the Mets Stole Juan Soto From The Yankees

The Mets are eternal underdogs, but the franchise vibes are changing, thanks to a billionaire owner who bleeds orange and blue.

Sports Illustrated

MF Husain painting surfaces after 70 years and sells for historic $13.8m

MF Husain painting surfaces after 70 years and sells for historic $13.8m

The 1954 mural-sized painting nearly quadrupled its estimated value

The Independent UK

If we fully engage with how generative AI works, we can still create original art

If we fully engage with how generative AI works, we can still create original art

Even before the recent protest by a group of well-known musicians at the UK government’s plans to allow AI companies to use copyright-protected work for training, disquiet around artists’ rights was already growing.

The Conversation

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

The Guardian - UK

Christie's First AI Art Auction Sees Hits... And Plenty Of Misses

Christie's First AI Art Auction Sees Hits... And Plenty Of Misses

Christie's first auction of art made by artificial intelligence (AI) ended Wednesday with mixed results, providing scant clues as to the future of the new and controversial medium.

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‘No longer on the margins’: how women are outperforming men in Africa’s art market

In 2024, the top five highest-priced sales of African art were all by women, according to research, reflecting increased recognition and demand for their work

The Guardian - UK

British Library acquires torn-out drafts of Edward Elgar masterpiece

Exclusive: sketches for Introduction and Allegro for Strings had been removed from sketchbook by composer in 1930

International Business Times

Christie's First-ever AI Sale Angers Some Artists

Christie's has launched its first-ever sale dedicated to artworks created with artificial intelligence, riding the AI revolution wave -- a move by the famed auction house that has sparked anger among some artists.

Christie's first AI art auction provokes fierce debate – and it's hard to pick a side

Artists are protesting, but have they chosen the wrong fight?

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‘Mass theft’: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled

Letter says many of works being sold by Christie’s are made by AI models trained on pieces by human artists, without a licence

The Independent UK

Two Jeff Beck guitars sell for £1m each as musician’s collection raises £8.7m

A 1954 Oxblood Gibson Les Paul and a white Fender Stratocaster, known as Anoushka, both went for a million or more.

“Testament to the legacy of a genius”: Jeff Beck's guitar collection has sold for an astounding $10.7 million at auction – complete with a record-breaking Les Paul sale

The mega-auction, which included over 130 guitars, amps, and ‘tools-of-the-trade,’ saw some of Beck's most noteworthy guitars – including his ‘Oxblood’ Gibson Les Paul and ‘Anoushka’ Strat – go under the hammer

“The McLaughlin Strat was stolen after Beck absentmindedly left it in an open-top hot rod”: The highlights of the Jeff Beck guitar auction – from the story of Seymour Duncan’s Tele-Gib hybrid to his legendary Oxblood Gibson Les Paul

Christie’s Jeff Beck Auction offers a revealing look at numerous iconic instruments from the guitar hero’s entire career – from the Yardbirds to Johnny Depp

The Independent UK

Einstein love letters pit billionaire against top auction house in high-stakes feud

Exclusive: The wealthy banking heir and Encyclopedia Britannica owner blames the auction house for sloppily offloading his collection in what he dubs a “fire sale.”

“Tina Turner signed it with a flick knife after he recorded for her in London. Then they all went out to dinner”: What the auction of Jeff Beck’s best-loved electrics tells us about the late guitar icon

We join the experts from Christie’s auction house to take a closer look at the ‘Oxblood’ Les Paul, ‘Tele-Gib’ and other historic instruments from Jeff’s career – and discuss the portrait they paint of apragmatic, restless yet peerlessly gifted talent and his musical legacy

Iconic Rock Guitars Of Jeff Beck On Display In London

Iconic guitars from Jeff Beck's collection, including a 1954 Gibson Les Paul, up for auction at Christie's in London.

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