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News Stories from December 2007
Jazzman immortalised in painting
Legendary jazzman Mick Potts has been immortalised in a painting.Following an appeal for a memorial to the Carlisle musician, Dave...
Organic US firm launches new collection
An American company specialising in organic products has just launched a new luxury home fashion collection.Under the Canopy has c...
Bloom goes black
Lord of the Rings star Orlando Bloom has reportedly shocked neighbours by painting the outside of his house black.The British-born...
Maths adds up for teacher
A maths teacher certainly got his sums rights when a £60 purchase of raffle tickets won him a signed and dated original Damie...
The future is contemporary
Two famous auction houses have decided that the future is contemporary and are both holding sales in February.The market for the a...
Terminator may start painting
Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger is contemplating becoming an artist when his term as Governor of California ends in 2011.The...
Miro painting sells for 11.6 million euros
A Miro painting has fetched €11.6 million at auction - a record for one of his works.The work entitled Blue Star by the renow...
Llewelyn-Bowen 'toughest task' yet
Floppy-haired flamboyant Welsh interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has admitted that doing up his own house was his "to...
Russian paintings guaranteed immunity
A collection of paintings from Russia has been guaranteed immunity and is no longer in danger of being confiscated by the authorit...
Locals not amused at Banksy art
Resident of Jesus' birthplace in Bethlehem did not see the funny side when graffiti artist Banksy painted a satirical mural on a w...
Picasso painting stolen
Two paintings including one by iconic artist Picasso have been stolen in a daring dawn raid on a museum in Brazil.Police have conf...
Hitler painting sells for $40,000
A watercolour painted by Hitler has fetched $40,000 at auction.Manion's International Auction House sold the 1911 picture of Vienn...
Looted picture returned
A portrait of a man's mother has been returned to him in England 65 years after it was looted by the Nazis.Rudolf Beran, 94, from ...
$1mn painting kept in storeroom
A painting believed to be worth up to AUS$1 million was kept rolled up gathering dust for 15 years in the storeroom of a remote Au...
'Sexy' roof for gallery
A celebrity gardener is going to transform the top of Walsall's new art gallery into a "sexy" new roof space.According t...
Italy to display reclaimed art
Ancient works of art will go on display in Rome later this week after the authorities successfully reclaimed them.The Italian gove...
Art highlights plight of children
An American freelance photographer has won Unicef's photograph of the year.Stephanie Sinclair captured the image of a 40-year-old ...
Lowry painting sells for £1.4 million
Matchstick-man painter LS Lowry's depiction of Blackpool pleasure beach has been sold for £1.4 million.The picture entitled T...
Churchill painting sells for £468,500
A painting given by wartime leader Winston Churchill to US president Harry Truman has sold for £468,500.The work, a landscape...
Actress launches art exhibition
Ex-Eastenders actress Michelle Collins today launched a charity art exhibition which brings to prominence the plight of the 3.8 mi...
Mendes and Arquette help children paint
Film stars Eva Mendes and Patricia Arquette are helping hospitalised children to paint.The Art of Elysium charity has invited the ...
Interior design incentive
Style-conscious house buyers can now 'hand pick' the interior design of their new houses before moving in.Persimmon Homes, based i...
Spencer paints stadium
Renowned English contemporary artist Liam Spencer has been asked to paint a picture of a football stadium.Football website Uefa.co...
Painting looted by Nazis going home
A long-lost 17th-century painting looted by the Nazis from a Montreal art dealer is on its way back home to Canada.The Max Stern A...
Top hotel restaurants get makeover
Three of London's most prestigious hotels have had their restaurants renovated.The building firm Lambro Contracts oversaw the rede...
Bono helps organise fundraising
U2 front-man Bono has leant his support to artist Damien Hirst in organising a charity fund raising event.The pair have persuaded ...
Tate gets £50 million boost
The Tate Modern art gallery has received an early Christmas present with the news that it is to receive a £50 million windfal...
Whiteley painting sells for $1.68 million
Australian artist Brett Whiteley's sole painting of his daughter, Arkie, has fetched $1.68 million at auction in Sydney.It did not...
Macca 'obsessed' with oil painting
Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney is reportedly 'obsessed' with an oil painting entitled The Guitar Player.He is said to be mesmerised ...
Bear bags turner prize
An artist whose repertoire includes dressing up as a bear to wander around a museum after closing time has scooped this year's Tur...
Amy, Kate and Posh get pop-arted
Three iconic stars of the last few years have been given the classic pop-art treatment.Singer Amy Winehouse, supermodel Kate Moss ...
Holy land gets banksy treatment
Notoriously illusive graffiti artist Banksy has been plying his trade in the holy land.He has reportedly been painting murals on t...