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Sienna Miller praises London women's dress sense

22.09.09
Sienna Miller paid tribute to the dress sense of London women as she took centre stage at one of the world's most prestigious fashion shows... more

Weird world of the arty hedgie

26.03.09
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Leibovitz gives up rights to her life's work for £10m loan

25.02.09
Photographer Annie Leibovitz has borrowed £10 million in exchange for the copyright, negatives and contract rights of her pictures... more

Bacon bought in 1971 to fetch £6m

14.01.09
A painting by Francis Bacon bought for £31,500 nearly 40 years ago is returning to the market with an estimate of up to £6million... more

The making of modern America through the eyes of its artists

09.04.08
Sixty years of social and political change that transformed America are explored in a new exhibition featuring some of the country's most influential 20th century artists... more

Modern America through the eyes of its artists

09.04.08
The American Scene exhibition at the British Museum incorporates some of the key moments that helped form an American artistic identity.... more

Big art month kicks off with £100m auction

05.02.08
Paintings worth more than £100 million have been sold at auction on the first day of London's most expensive month of art sales.... more

Art brings home the Bacon in £38m sale

15.11.07
The American love affair with 20th-century British art saw £38 million spent on two paintings by Francis Bacon at Sotheby's in New York.... more

Rosco raises record £36.8m

16.05.07
A Mark Rothko abstract painting became the most expensive work of post-war art sold at auction when it went for $72.8 million (£36.8 million ) at Sotheby's in New York. ... more

£14m Bacon sale crowns record auction week

09.02.07
An American art dealer helped send art records tumbling yet again when he paid £14 million for a Francis Bacon painting at Christie's.... more

Record £127m for modern art

16.11.06
Art continued to break records with a Christie's sale of Andy Warhol paintings in New York making £127 million.... more

Paint drips snapped up for £73 million

03.11.06
It may look like the work of a demented five-year-old let loose in a paint factory - but this is the most expensive painting in the world.... more

Rock and an art place

31.08.06
Never mind punk rock, get ready for Tate rock. Tate Modern has joined forces with names from the music industry who have written and recorded songs inspired by their favourite works of art.... more

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