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An archive of British Art news from publications from all around the world.

20th Century British Art Continues to Make World Records at Bonhams (Art Daily)

Sir Alfred James Munnings (1878-1959), `The Start, Newmarket' sold for £524,000. Photo: Bonhams. LONDON.- Bonhams sale of 20th Century British Art once more exceeded expectations yesterday when it made a £2 million total and a brand new world record price for a Helen Bradley picture sold at auction, for £144,000.


6 Cars So Alluring They're in an Art Museum (Wired News)

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta launches an exhibition celebrating the beauty of the automobile.


British Label Champs Hill Joins the Naxos Family of Distributed Labels (Marketwire)

FRANKLIN, TN and SUSSEX, UK--(Marketwire - March 19, 2010) - Beginning on April 1, 2010, Naxos of America will begin distribution of the British boutique label Champs Hill in the United States and Canada.


British Label Champs Hill Joins the Naxos Family of Distributed Labels (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

FRANKLIN, TN and SUSSEX, UK--(Marketwire - 03/19/10) - Beginning on April 1, 2010, Naxos of America will begin distribution of the British boutique label Champs Hill in the United States and Canada. Located in the West Sussex countryside, Champs Hill has become a venue of choice for recitals and chamber music, both for live concerts and for recordings. In the fall of 2009, Champs Hill Records ...


CTV British Columbia unveils Olympic legacy set (CTV British Columbia)

For the first time since the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, our newscast is back in our fourth-floor studios at Robson and Burrard, but with a brand new, state of the art set.


British poet laureate writes ode to Beckham (Sports Illustrated)

LONDON (AP) - O Beckham, where art thou?


Asian Art on View, Tea on the Table (New York Times)

New York dealers have formed competing consortiums to promote walking tours of their galleries during the traditional spring Asia Week.


Erotic Art, Bob Dylans Paintings, David Bailey Photos for Sale (Bloomberg)

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Sex, the oldest subject in art, is the newest theme to be explored by auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. in its specialist sales of contemporary works.


British poet laureate pens ode to injured Beckham (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

O Beckham, where art thou? David Beckham has become an unlikely muse to Britain's poet laureate, who has written a verse about the soccer star's career-threatening injury. The former England captain tore his Achilles' tendon in a game on Sunday and will miss the World Cup in June as he recovers from surgery.


British poet laureate pens ode to injured Beckham (AP via Yahoo! News)

O Beckham, where art thou?



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