Art Controversy
Economic and political challenges threaten London’s art market
It has been a cruel summer for London’s art market. Emerging art galleries that have closed in the capital include Parafin, Addis, Vitrine and Sundy, most citing the challenging economic landscape for the low-margin businesses of selling contemporary art. London’s June auction season, a long-standing fixture in the art market calendar, felt more of an afterthought this year as Christie’s dropped its evening sale while Sotheby’s and Phillips posted lacklustre results. Marlborough Gallery, a Mayfair stalwart for nearly 80 years, has shut its doors, leaving a vast property for sale.
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Art Controversy
Dramatic moment art collector’s son is arrested for stabbing family maid he believed was a demon
Dramatic footage shows the moment the son of a wealthy art collector was arrested after he stabbed the family’s maid who he believed was a ‘demon’.
Maximillian Bourne, 26, attacked Joselia Pereira Do Nascimento with a kitchen knife at the family’s five-bedroom, £20million home in Justice Walk, Chelsea, on February 25 last year
Police are appealing for information after the theft of two high-value paintings from a house in Penzance.
The paintings by west Cornwall artist Gill Watkiss were taken from an “empty but secure” home in Morrab Road between 1 February and 13 February, according to Devon and Cornwall Police.
The oil paintings, titled Sunday Walkers, Hayle, and Autumn Days, Penlee Park, were worth £6,000 each, the force said.
Both canvases are sized around 70cm by 50cm (27 ins by 19ins).
Art Controversy
Sarah Cunningham: Body found on tracks at London Underground station after search for missing artist
Police say the family of a missing artist have been informed after a body was found on the tracks at a London Underground station.
The last sighting of Sarah Cunningham, 31, was on Jamestown Road, in Camden in north London, at 3am on Saturday.
