Time and Space

The United States returned to Colombia 38 ancient artefacts plundered over decades by a private American collector described as a ‘modern-day Indiana Jones.’ The artefacts are the pre-Colombian ceramic pottery from the southern Narino highlands and the Caribbean.

On November 15, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale will be highlighted by Francis Bacon’s Study of Henrietta Moraes Laughing. It comes from the Collection of S.I. Newhouse, one of the greatest connoisseur art collectors of the 20th Century.

The buyer of street artist Banksy’s work, ‘Girl with Balloon’ that was partially destroyed moments after it was sold at Sotheby’s action, has proceeded with the purchase at the price agreed on the night.

The National Gallery has received a £4 million gift from Julia and Hans Rausing towards the refurbishment of its largest and one of its most visited rooms. It houses the Gallery’s world-class collection of Italian 17th-century paintings.

The Frick Art Museum is showcasing ‘Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper’ featuring life-size paper sculptures based on historic clothing, created from artfully painted, pleated, crumpled, and manipulated paper by Isabelle de Borchgrave.