Art and Artifice

Three paintings, described as "rare examples by the Mexican border-artist formerly known as El Hombre Sin Nombre" ("The man w...

The world’s first stock exchange for art opens in Paris on 3 January 2011. Art Exchang e will sell shares in contemporary works of art f...

Art & Artifice blogger Simone really started something when she published an article in the Entertainment Law Review on the impact (or ...

Installation art from B&Q, taxable at the same VAT rate as Dan Flavin's works Writing for The Guardian ("Call that art? No, ...

A collection of stolen art worth millions of pounds which was stolen from a warehouse in Madrid back in September has been recovered. Spanis...

Despite this bad news , as we have previously noted here and here , there are a number of other organisations dedicated to locating and ...

More bad news for those seeking to reclaim ownership of a number of artworks which were sold in dubious circumstances during the Second Worl...

From one controversial artist to another – news that Banksy is to donate the proceeds from the sales of his “Choose Your Weapon” prints to...

"Wojnarowicz’s Ant-Covered Jesus: Blasphemy or Religious Art?" is the title of an essay by S. Brent Plate, posted here on Religio...

Tate Britain’s Christmas tree has become a staple of the art calendar for many years (see here for the photographic archive). The trees h...