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Magritte painting sells for record $121m at auction

A painting by René Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121m at Christie’s in New York.The seminal 1954 painting had...

Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture

In a darkened corner of the Prado, not far from an outsized crucifixion and a sculpture of a...

Minecraft enters real world with $110m global theme park deal

The global gaming phenomenon Minecraft is coming to the real world for the first time in a global...

‘Happy hour in reverse’: where dynamic pricing may creep further

Paying a premium for a flight during the school holidays or a cab at peak hours might be...

After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor

It’s Mary Tudor – by a nose. Not in a horse race, but from a comparison of portraits...

The Spoils director says film forces art world to confront ‘loaded issue’ of restitution

From the Benin bronzes to the Parthenon marbles, debates over the restitution of cultural artefacts are now a fact of life in an international...

Anne Hathaway and Zendaya are latest to join Christopher Nolan’s new film

Anne Hathaway and Zendaya are set to star in Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated next movie.According to Deadline, the two actors will join the previously announced...

Ashmolean Museum raises £4.8m to keep rare Fra Angelico work in UK

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has raised £4.48m to prevent a rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving the country after two centuries.Fra Angelico’s The...

Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz up for auction 20 years after theft

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz are on the auction block nearly two decades after a...

Pedro Almodóvar and Jacques Audiard lead European Film Awards nominations

A genre-bending musical about a trans cartel boss and a Spanish veteran director’s English-language debut lead the nominations for this year’s European Film Awards,...

Let the panic begin! Glastonbury reveals new process for online ticket purchases

For many music fans it’s the most stressful few minutes of the year: the online scramble to secure Glastonbury tickets. And while 2025’s event...