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Life & CultureComedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2019 Winners Announced

Life & CultureSteve McQueen Encapsulates the Future of London in New Exhibition at Tate Britain

Life & CultureNational Portrait Gallery Will Close For Three Years For Redevelopment

Life & CultureComedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2019 Winners Announced

Life & CultureSteve McQueen Encapsulates the Future of London in New Exhibition at Tate Britain

Life & CultureNational Portrait Gallery Will Close For Three Years For Redevelopment

Keith Flint Auction ‘Surpasses Expectations’ and Raises £347k

Eccentric possessions of late Prodigy singer Keith Flint have sold for a total of £347,750. His belongings, which included his bespoke bed and nose piercings went up for auction with Cheffins Fine Art on the 7th November. Flint, who was a singer, dancer and motorcycle racer, died in March 2019. See Also: Olivia Newton-John Leather Outfit Fetches Nearly $500,000 at Julien’s auction Three MTV awards were the most expensive, selling for £16,000, while his custom...

Land Artist Saype Marks 30th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall

Two remarkable frescos, each more than 2,000 square meters, were unveiled by the MTArt Agency artist, Saype on 5th November in Berlin’s Treptower Park and Wachturm Schlesischer Busch to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The massive land artworks will mark the fourth of 20 Saype is completing for his international series Beyond Walls. The project launched in June 2019 on the Champ de Mars, Paris with a 600-metre-long painting...

Olivia Newton-John Leather Outfit Fetches Nearly $500,000 at Julien’s Auctions

Julien’s Auctions saw Olivia Newton-John’s leather outfit, worn during the famous number You’re The One That I Want in Grease, sell for $405,700, more than double the expected bid. The Property From the Collection of Olivia Newton-John auction was held in Hollywood on the 2nd November and sold items from the actress’ career. See Also: Property From The Life and Career of Marilyn Monroes to Include Medicine Bottles, Costumes and Photographs The famous outfit is...

Treasures of Tutankhamun On Show in London for the Last Time at the Saatchi Gallery

The treasures of the famous Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun are on display at London’s Saatchi Gallery from 2nd November until May 2020. The exhibition, The Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, holds more than 150 artefacts found in the king’s tomb. The precious artefacts were carefully buried with the ‘Boy King’ to ensure his safe passage into the afterlife and to prevent any harm coming to him as he began his next life (considered by the ancient...

Life & Culture Modern CollectablesFolio Society Titles Range from Alice In Wonderland to Kung Fu

New titles from luxury book publisher The Folio Society include a children’s classic, a colourful social document and a kung fu bestseller. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Charles van Sandwyk, is a glorious new gift edition of Lewis Carroll’s immortal tale. No artist is better suited to illustrate this extraordinary dream world than Charles van Sandwyk. A self-taught calligrapher and illustrator, he has been compared to artists as diverse as Arthur Rackham,...

Life & CultureTaschen Celebrates its 200th Basic Art Book With Gerhard Richter

Book publisher Taschen celebrates the 200th title in its Basic Art series with a volume on the work of Gerhard Richter. The series began in 1985 with the very first original Taschen publication and inaugural Basic Art title, Picasso. Since then 200 titles, translated into some 20 languages, have offered an introductory who’s who of art history, architecture, and design, claiming to be the world’s best-selling art book collection. Each title from the Basic Art...

Rare Arthur Conan Doyle Goyard Trunk Offered by Timothy Oulton