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Original Chinese Girl portrait goes to auction

Vladimir Tretchikoff's original painting of the Chinese Girl, believed to be the world's most reproduced print, is to go on sale in London.

Four in ten kids have never visited an art gallery

Visit Birmingham has revealed in a study that as many as four in ten children have NEVER been to an art gallery, with half of parents saying they make little effort to educate their kids about culture.

MADE - Brighton's Arts and Crafts Fair

Made, Brighton's number one Art and Craft fair, will this year run from 22nd to 25th November and will feature 120 innovative and inspiring designers, offering their unique goods to visitors.

Rock n Gem Show 2012 to be held in Brighton

The Rock n Gem show will bring together the most comprehensive selection of stunning, natural stones in one place, including mineral specimens, meteorites, jewellery, beads, fossils and crystals.

Pre-Raphaelites come to Tate Britain

The Tate Britain will be bringing together more than 150 works of Pre-Raphaelite works in January next year, combining rebellion, beauty, scientific precision and grandeur.

Tiny prices at The National Theatre

A partnership between The National Theatre and Travelex mean that almost half the seats for a new set of productions will cost just £12.

Canterbury Festival to be the best ever

With a sponsorship link to Canterbury's own Christ Church University, a fantastic mix of professional and student performances will dominate this two week festival, with live music, comedy, theatre, drama, talks, family days, fringe style sets and so much more.

Warhol's Queen portraits to be displayed

A set of limited edition prints of The Queen by the artist Andy Warhol are to go on display at Windsor in November.

David Bowie exhibition unveiled by V&A

An exhibition charting the career of British singer David Bowie will open at the V&A in London in March next year.

Jarvis Cocker lends Hirst to Graves

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has loaned a Damien Hirst painting to a gallery in his home city of Sheffield, to show his support after its funding was slashed.

Inspector Clouseau boss Herbert Lom dies

Pink Panther star and veteran actor Herbert Lom has died at the age of 95.

Munch: more than The Scream

When the name Edvard Munch is mentioned, two words instantly follow in the majority of cases; The Scream. One of the world's most recognisable paintings, Tate Modern sets out to show Munch's oeuvre beyond The Scream.

Crosby beach iron men get new kits

A couple of British sculptor Antony Gormley's iron men dotted across Crosby beach in Merseyside have been given a bright and woolly makeover by a New York knitwear artist.

Tate given Hockney and Freud works

Nine works of modern art from artists including David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Rachel Whiteread have been donated to the Tate to fill gaps in its collection.

Stolen Chinese treasures recovered

The jade bowl and porcelain figure stolen from the Durham museum heist have been recovered more than a week after the break in at the Oriental Museum.

Banksy auction fetches £400k

A collection of art by Banksy has been sold at an auction in London, fetching more than £400,000.

Damien Hirst works will be 'worthless'

Art critic and former curator Julian Spalding has slated conceptual artists' work, saying Hirst's work in particular is 'the sub-prime of the art world' and will soon become 'worthless'.

Ian Davie - feather art

With an especially unusual canvas, Ian Davie crafts his unique wildlife paintings onto swan feathers. Meticulously painted onto the snow white swan feathers, these artworks really are fit for a Queen.

Warhol Elvis art to sell for $50m

Andy Warhol's Double Elvis could be sold for up to $50m when auctioned in New York in May.

Sachs' £20m collection to be auctioned

Almost 300 art works belonging to the late Gunter Sachs are to be auctioned by Sotheby's in London with a total asking price of more than £20m.

Pete Doherty Bloody Art Exhibition

Artwork that has been painted using musician Pete Doherty's blood has gone on display as the troubled singer reinvents himself as an artist.

Porcelain seeds bought by gallery

Tate Modern has bought eight million of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds work.

Titian masterpiece saved

Titian's Diana and Callisto has been saved following a £45m deal agreed with owner the Duke of Sutherland.

Tree carvings leave residents stumped

Residents of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire have been left puzzled by elaborate tree carvings, thought to be created by Yorkshire's answer to Banksy.

The Space Arts Council project

In the run up to the 2012 Olympics, a multi-platform initiative has been launched to showcase some of the best digital art work in Britain.

Iconic Scream painting to be auctioned

One of four versions of Edvard Munch's The Scream is to be sold at auction with a guide price of $80m.

Stolen art found in British warehouse

Over 400 pieces of the Dutch artist Karel Appel's work has been discovered by a storage firm.

Bacon nude sells for £21m

A nude portrait of the Soho model Henrietta Moraes by Francis Bacon has sold for £21m in London.

Chinese hoarder art exhibition

Chinese artist Song Dong lovingly arranges 10,000 items of his mothers at Barbican show called Waste Not helps Britain 'understand the reality of Chinese history and culture in the 20th century'.

Liz Taylor paintings fetch £14m

Three paintings from the late actress Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection have been sold by Christie's in London for £13.7million.

Gallery strike to disrupt Da Vinci show

Gallery assistants stage walkout over job cuts and new rules which could put valuable artworks at risk.

Picasso painting stolen from gallery

A Picasso original, gifted to the Athens National Gallery in Greece by the painter himself, was stolen on Monday along with two other valuable paintings and sketches.

Hockney denies Hirst criticism

Artist David Hockney denies criticising Damien Hirst for his use of assistants to complete works.

140000 visitors turn up for Turner Prize

Gateshead's Baltic Gallery has attracted 140,000 visitors to see pieces of art produced for this year's Turner Prize.

New Banksy religious sculpture unveiled

British street artist Banksy has installed a new sculpture called Cardinal Sin, a vandalised bust of a priest in Liverpool.

Tate unsure of BP sponsorship renewal

Following environmental protests, Tate may not renew BP sponsorship deal which is due to expire next year.

Top artists create mobile artwork

Limited edition contemporary art, designed by contemporary artists including British artist Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, is available to buy online for a small fraction of the original price.

Walkable rollercoaster in Germany

A colossal sculpture has opened in Germany that is, essentially, a walkable roller coaster.

Lowry's Piccadilly Circus auctioned

LS Lowry's most famous painting depicting Piccadilly Circus in London has sold at auction for £5.6m and was one of 14 works by the painter auctioned.

Turner 'used science to paint the sun'

Artist JMW Turner may have had his paintings influenced by scientific theories, according to new research gathered from the study of one painting in particular.

Lowry brought to life in Manchester

An infamous painting by LS Lowry is to be brought to life in Manchester and Salford using ordinary people passing by.

Gursky photograph sets new record

A photograph of the Rhine by German artist Andreas Gursky has set an auction record for a photograph, selling for $4.3m (£2.7m) at Christie's in New York.

Lichtenstein sets new auction record

A painting by the infamous pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein, has set a new record for his work by selling at auction for $43m (£27m) this week.

Cleaner ruins valuable 'dirty' artwork

An overzealous German cleaner scoured off a layer of paint on a sculpture by the late Martin Kippenberger, valued at £690,000.

Nazi-looted Klimt sold for £25.4m

A Gustav Klimt landscape which was recently returned to the owner's family after being looted by the Nazis has been sold at auction for $40.4m (£25.4m) at Sotheby's in New York.

Crowds flock to Turner Prize exhibition

Crowds are flocking in their droves to this year's Turner Prize exhibition at Gateshead's Baltic Art Gallery.

Queen Victoria portrait up for auction

An oil painting of Queen Victoria and her servant John Brown, by one of her favourite artists, could fetch up to £30,000 at auction next month.

Van Gogh 'did not commit suicide'

New evidence surrounding Van Gogh suggests he did not kill himself, but rather he was killed accidentally by two young boys with a 'malfunctioning gun'.

McQueen portrait displayed at gallery

A portrait of the late British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen and the late magazine editor and style icon Isabella Blow has been put on exhibition by the National Portrait Gallery.

Ai Weiwei 'most powerful artist'

Chinese artist and political activist, Ai Weiwei, has been nominated in a ArtReview magazine poll as the most powerful person in the art world.