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LOOKING for something a little different or edgy perhaps to decorate your home? Look no further; an up and coming auction of a ‘curious collector’ may well be just what you need. A painting, ‘Frolics in the harem’, a cow horn day bed, a pair of ‘fully inflated Porcupinefish’ (blowfish) and a ‘Gharial Crocodile head mount’ are all included. Described as ‘The Curious Collector Sale’ the items were all amassed by one man to furnish a private residence. There are more than 400 items up for sale offering what Tennants Auctioneers describe as an ‘eclectic mix’ includin...

Published: 7:00 PM January 28, 2021    Artwork depicting animals, created by (left to right) Iggy and Romey is displayed in the windows of a row of houses to launch The Great Big Art Exhibition, the nation's largest ever exhibition, an initiative by Firstsite. - Credit: David Parry/PA Wire People across East Anglia are being invited to make works of art to put up in their front windows to create the nation’s largest ever exhibition – a celebration of creativity to counter the gloom of the pandemic. People are being encouraged to draw, paint, sculpt, build or create their own artwork and...

Uniquely Signed Painting By Decourt Discovered In London A miniature painting – bought ‘unseen’ during lockdown in 2020 has been positively attributed to the 14th- century court painter  Decourt. The 57mm tall likeness was originally described as Sir Walter Raleigh, but experts at Philip Mould & Co soon discovered it was an image of Henri III, King of France (1551-1589), whose remaining contemporary images are extremely scarce. A second transformative discovery was made when a conservator opened the painting’s delicate frame and found the signature, ‘Decourt’ along with the dat...