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Mat Collishaw is art’s Mr Nasty

25.09.09
He was raised in a strange Christian cult and dates a taxidermist. No wonder, then, that Mat Collishaw is fêted as the most macabre of the YBAs... more

Mervyn is bold enough to speak his mind at last

26.03.09
So what's got into Mervyn King? Months of fuming and frustration at the posturing and point-scoring by politicians finally seem to have got the better of the Bank of England Governor - hence, at last, he has spoken his mind. He can do so in the knowledge his position is nigh impregnable.... more

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

Hockney's Housewife to make even bigger splash

20.02.09
One of the first paintings produced by David Hockney when he moved to California in the Sixties is set to make a world record at auction... more

Rare Bacon is set to fetch £6m

05.02.09
A Francis Bacon painting bought for £31,500 nearly 40 years ago has gone on public show before an auction where it is expected to fetch up to £6 million... more

Here’s how to grab yourself a guy after 40, sisters

23.01.09
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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

Cameras roll at Tate to put works on film

02.01.09
The Tate galleries have joined forces with film-makers to cast new light on its exhibitions... more

Art world prices evaporate

07.11.08
The once booming international art market suffered another major hit from the global economic downturn last night... more

FDR – the last saviour of American capitalism

01.10.08
With stock markets reeling after the rejection of President Bush's $700 billion rescue bid, the economic picture seems bleaker than ever... more

Ruth Kelly’s exit overshadows PM

24.09.08
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Rothkos reunited at Tate

24.09.08
The children of artist Mark Rothko are coming to London to see the reunion of 15 of his most famous paintings at Tate Modern... more

Dog Soup raids Miles' cookbook

11.09.08
The sounds of Robbie Robson's new band Dog Soup are entirely palatable, being inspired by his principal muse, the late great Miles Davis.... more

Twombling Free

20.06.08
A marvellous retrospective at the Tate Modern unravels the career of an American who mounted a mind-blowing assault on the act of painting, explains Ben Lewis... more

Bacon hailed the new Picasso as triptych sets £43m record

15.05.08
A Francis Bacon masterpiece has sold for £43 million, smashing the record price for a contemporary artwork... more

Rothko's orange earner

14.04.08
A post-war painting by the American Mark Rothko which is expected to make more than $30 million (£15 million) at auction has gone on show in London... more

Liz nets Hugh £9 million (that's his Taylor by Warhol)

14.11.07
Hugh Grant is £9 million wealthier after the sale of his Andy Warhol portrait of Elizabeth Taylor in New York.... more

Warhol sets new record price ... for 15 minutes?

17.05.07
Nearly £200 million of art went under the hammer at Christie's in New York with an Andy Warhol painting of a car crash selling for a record £36.04 million.... 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

£125m worth of masterpieces go on show

18.04.07
The most expensive post-war painting to come to auction is among £125 million worth of art going on show in London.... 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

Tate to acquire £100m modern art collection

27.09.06
The Tate is set to acquire jointly a modern art collection worth more than £100 million. The gallery has entered talks with powerful art dealer Anthony d'Offay to buy his collection.... more

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