Grumpy Art Historian

Picture: The Art Fund The Art Fund has launched an appeal to buy this picture for £16 million for the National Maritime Museum. It might...

Picture: Sotheby's This Orazio Gentileschi is a supreme masterpiece. It's coming up for auction with an estimate of $25m - $35m...

Picture: University of Cambridge Margaret Thatcher's archives were recently transferred to the nation in lieu of tax, under a sch...

The Art Institute of Chicago has acquired a collection of contemporary art that they describe as the 'largest' in their history (...

Picture: Getty It's reported that the remainder of the Rau collection, which he left to Unicef, is going to be sold by Sotheby...

Picture: BBC This collection of renaissance silver looks like a great acquisition at the Ashmolean, although weirdly there doesn't ...

The Prado website announces the donation of a rare group of Spanish gothic paintings.  Looks like a spectacular acquisition, and there ...