Like a beautiful patchwork quilt of pink this algae farm looks not unlike an abstract painting from the air. The colour is the result of micro-org...
It was a "healthy" night of sales at Sotheby's yesterday evening as a contemporary art auction brought in more than £74 million - the auction house's...
A man has been jailed for two years for defacing a painting by artist Mark Rothko. Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, also known as Vladimir Umanets, defaced...
There are only about three paintings on this planet that I am able to say that I 'like', but last week Vladimir Umanets, the Yellowist, decided that one of them wasn't quite good enough. So he decided to improve it, with the addition of some half-legible scribbling in one of its corners.
Art throughout history has proven itself to be thought-provoking and beautiful but how far can we go in trusting and ingesting it as a source of truth?
A man has been charged with criminal damage after a Mark Rothko painting was defaced at London's Tate Modern gallery. Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, also...
A man who claimed responsibility for defacing a Mark Rothko painting a the Tate Modern has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage. V...
Vandalised paintings, of course, leads us down only one path: tighter security measures at galleries, lenders being more reluctant to send works to Britain, and art becoming less accessible for you, me and generations to come.
As much as I loved the artworks, I don't find myself angry at the act of vandalism per se. The thing which bothers me is the knock on effects of vandalism - the fact that there will be people who are furious and that fury could end up limiting the physical enjoyment of Rothko's work.
A man has claimed responsibility for defacing a valuable Mark Rothko at the Tate Modern art gallery, but denied he is a vandal. Scotland Yard has l...
A vandal who walked into the Tate Modern art gallery and defaced a valuable painting by Mark Rothko is being hunted by police. The visitor daubed b...
