Arts
Prince Charles tapestry depicting Native Americans dubbed racist
A "racist" British tapestry finished by Prince Charles portraying Native Americans has been slammed by campaigners who want it banned from public display. The 267ft New World Tapestry depicting US colonisation between 1583 and 1642 has been accused of portraying indigenous people as "subhuman, warlike savages". The work took 20 years to make by 256 volunteers from Devon and Dorset and Its final stitch was sewn by Prince Charles in 2000. Volunteer Conservator Tilly Trotter looks at the New World...
Rolls-Royce owner plasters £250k car in Star Wars Stickers
A Star Wars fan has gone over to the marque side of customisation and plastered stickers from the sci-fi classic -- all over his £256,000 Rolls Royce. The 155mph Rolls-Royce Dawn is one of the world's most expensive and desirable convertibles. But having a luxury British car wasn't enough for the owner of this Roller - who might feel the force of the style police when they see it. The owner of a brand-new Rolls-Royce has covered their luxury car...
Picture of flies mating wins international photo competition
A picture of a pair of flies in the throes of love has won an international photography competition. The snap, taken by Irish photographer Larry Doherty scooped the top prize in the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Spirit of Nature competition. Highly commended in the Spirit of Nature Photo competition. Labyrinth spider entrance taken by Larry Doherty from Ireland. Other runners up included pics of diving kingfishers, a polar bear on the ice a colourful portrait of a...
Car booter unwittingly buys stolen £30,000 painting for £40 before handing it to police
A shopper bought a £40 painting at a car boot sale - and discovered it was a £30,000 original by Dame Joan Collins’ son stolen from a multimillionaire. Lee Broadway, 42, unintentionally found himself at the centre of the international art theft when he innocently bought a rolled up canvas from a Bank Holiday car boot. It was only when he pulled the painting depicting the devil playing cards out of the cardboard tube at home he realised the true...
Francis Bacon painting to sell for record…£60 million!
A landmark painting by Francis Bacon which has been hidden from the public for almost half-a-century is set to sell a record-breaking £60 MILLION. Study of Red Pope, from 1971 is the grand finale to Bacon’s celebrated body of Papal portraits. It is also the only painting which unites the Pope with the artist’s great love, George Dyer, who is depicted in the shadow. Dyer and the Pope were the British artist’s two biggest obsessions and it the painting became...
GUESS WHO?: ‘Horrendous’ celebrity tribute blasted by critics on social media
Can you guess who this artistic collage is meant to be? It's a tribute to a deceased celebrity in Chesterfield town centre that has been causing a right royal kerfuffle. Is that enough of a clue? It's a face that has graced the front cover of the Daily Express more times than the weather has? The artist - it could be said doesn't hold a candle to other famous artists that captured this face - from Lord Snowdon to Mario...
Three of Banksy’s earliest displays of work set to disappear forever from defunct nightclub
Three of Banksy's earliest public displays of work are set to disappear forever from a defunct nightclub - according to administrators. Administrators at The Arches nightclub and event space in Glasgow have confirmed financial restraints will mean the works will not be restored. The Arches is home to three original works by famed street artist Banksy. A faded Banksy mural outside the Arches nightclub, Glasgow, which will not be saved by administrators. September 11 2017. They were first painted in...
New Banksy appears on bridge in Gloucestershire
Graffiti artist Banksy is believed to have struck again with a mural taking aim at a curator he branded "disgusting" for flogging his work for millions of pounds. The new artwork - daubed on a former railway bridge in Cheltenham, Glos., - appeared overnight on Friday (8/9). A piece of street art resembling the style of Bansky has appeared on a former railway bridge which now forms the Honeybourne Line in Cheltenham. It shows an elderly person, wearing an audio...
Race to save £1.45 million Queen Victoria sculpture from leaving the UK
The government yesterday (Fri) placed an export bar on an "extraordinary" sculpture of Queen Victoria to prevent it leaving the country. Arts Minister John Glen is hoping a buyer can come forward with £1.45 million to save the 1887 bust made by master sculptor Alfred Gilbert. The export ban on the "remarkable" depiction of the ageing monarch will remain in place until December. But if a serious buyer comes forward the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport may...