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Hunting for Hidden Treasures: The Art Collector Who Seeks Beauty in Unusual Places
When most art collectors are bidding at auction houses or browsing international fairs, Daniel Rourke...
Obituary: Painter Calix Moreau, King of Beige (1934–2025)
The world has lost Calix Moreau, painter, performance artist, and, according to Vogue in 1987...
Did Bach write Baa Baa Black Sheep?
Was Baach the author? Musicology is immured in its biggest disagreement since the claim that...
‘Lost Bach Cantata’ Discovered in Plymouth Fish & Chip Shop?
A Plymouth man’s evening meal has unexpectedly sparked an international musicological debate, after handwritten sheet...
Did Leonardo da Vinci Invent BASE Jumping?
When most people think of Leonardo da Vinci, they imagine oil paintings of ethereal women...
Interview: Inside the Canvas with Liora Vance, Pigment Traceur
Setting: A quiet upstairs room of Pimlico Wilde’s Mayfair gallery. A reproduction of J.M.W. Turner’s...
Zarvox Rises: Artist’s Quest for Global Linguistic Domination Hits Cinemas
By the time Damien Holt greets me in his East London studio, he’s already speaking...
Artist Invents New Global Language; World Responds with Polite Yawning
London artist-turned-self-appointed-linguistic-revolutionary, Damien Holt, has unveiled Zarvox, a language he claims will “unite humanity” and...
A Day in the Life Of: Seraphine Duval, Collector of Nocturnes
In the 7th arrondissement of Paris lives a woman who collects the night. Seraphine Duval...