Van Gogh art on sale for $30m

A Vincent van Gogh work, painted weeks before he killed himself, is going on the market for the first time in more than 90 years, valued at $30m . L’Enfant a l’Orange – or The Child With An Orange – will go on sale… Read full story

Art sales: Stirrings of a slumbering giant

Frank Cohen, the ebullient Mancunian art collector, too often dubbed the “Saatchi of the North” for his own liking, is chuffed to bits. In three weeks, his exhibition of contemporary Indian art from his own collection, which he is calling Passage to India, opens in Wolverhampton. “It’s a major thing,” he says, referring to the … Read more

Important painting lost to Falmouth

Falmouth Art Gallery made a brave attempt to acquire at auction an important painting by Charles Napier Hemy RA (1841-1917) for the town’s collection. Sadly the painting went for £100,000 plus commission and import taxes to a private buyer via telephone. A disappointed Falmouth Art Gallery curator Brian Stewart said… Read full story