Damien Hirst

Joseph Crawhall's Cock Pheasant with Foliage and Berries goes on show at National Galleries Scotland after being accepted by the UK Government in lieu of inheritance tax. PIC: Photo by Nick Mailer.

Wealthy families settle tax bills of £10m as artworks 'gifted' to Scotland

The acquisition marks the third time that Groucho has changed hands since it was founded in 1985 (file image). Picture: Mark Robert Milan/Getty Images.

Owner of The Fife Arms in Braemar acquires London's Groucho Club for £40m

The Resurrection of Christ by Paolo Veronese is displayed at an exhibition of his work at the National Gallery in London (Picture: Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

Did missing 'masterpiece' face the ultimate judgement in Peterhead?

Rachel Ashenden of National Galleries Scotland views Steven Campbell’s painting Portrait of Rorschach Testing Himself and Finding Himself Guilty. Picture: Neil Hanna

Art treasures worth up to £20m brought together for Edinburgh exhibition

The Butterfly Rainbow print will be on display in the Tayside Children’s Hospital in Dundee.

Internationally-renowned artist Damien Hirst donates exclusive print to NHS Tays...

Edinburgh artist Peter Doig.

BA selling art off its collection - including works by Edinburgh's Peter Doig

Sea Creatures: Life Beneath The Ocean exhibition comes to Scotland from September 21 to October 18, 2018, at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston

Video: Behind the scenes with creatures of the deep

Smart way to score intelligent laughs

The Palazzo Grassi, where the Damien Hirst show Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is on display. Picture: Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images

Travel: The art treasures of Venice

A photograph of Bowie by Gavin Evans. Picture: PA

David Bowie's private art collection to be sold

City of Glasgow College. Picture: Edmund Sumner

City of Glasgow College shortlisted for architectural prize

Sha Nazir's Two Hipsters in the Car

Art review: Comic Invention | The Dead Teach The Living

Brian Sewell, Art critic with a profound passion for his subject and an acerbic turn of phrase loved by reader. Picture: TSPL

Obituary: Brian Sewell, art critic

Away from the Flock, Damien Hirst. Picture: Contributed

Art review: Artist rooms: damien hirst

A visitor passes by artworks by late US artist Roy Lichtenstein. Picture: Getty

Roy Lichtenstein works to go on show in Edinburgh

Shaun Leane. Picture: Isidora Bojovic/ITP Images

Jeweller Shaun Leane, a diamond geezer

Picture: Matthew Booth.

Art collector David Roberts on his new gallery

Picture: PA

Thieves steal Damien Hirst art from London gallery

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Preserved Gaelic

Don't be wondering if Vettriano's exhibition at the Kelvingrove represents 'good' art. Picture: Robert Perry

Jackie Kemp: Vettriano’s sexy art not for snobbish

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Guard for Hirst’s Brits trophies

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Sheilagh Tennant: Art is nice to look at, but is it a good earner?

Art reviews: Mariusz Tarkawian: Anticipating the Future | The 7th Street Level O...

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Art for art’s sake, or for the sake of a loan

Tiffany Jenkins: The good, the bad and the non-judgmental

Tiffany Jenkins: The good, the bad and the non-judgmental

Interview: Will Gompertz author of What Are You Looking At: 100 Years of Modern ...

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Tim Cornwell: ‘Real’ art remains an inexplicable concept

Art review: Edvard Munch: Graphic Works from the Gundersen Collection

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Claire Prentice: The question always asked – whether Hirst is any good – is mea...

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Letter: Toilet humour

Art attack: Britain’s most controversial artists

Baby rocks the crowds

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Hockney tears a strip off Hirst ahead of exhibition

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Vet school in from fringe

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Leader: Bar venture may prove to be a cut above the rest

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Michelin star Wishart defies downturn with new capital brasserie

Tim Cornwell: Beaten with book of hidden art treasures

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Hall's art works sell for £2.5m

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At a brushstroke, prize money for Jolomo's award rises to £35,000

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Big names fight to save arts funding

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Sculpture takes centre stage
WORKS by Damien Hirst, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore are to feature in the first major 20th-century sculpture exhibition for 30 years at the Royal Academy of...

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Controversial artwork to star in capital exhibition

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Saatchi picks Scots for new sensation

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Top Scots artist, John Bellany is losing his sight

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Cow autopsy at Edinburgh's Science Festival slated as throwback to Dark Age...

Anthony d'Offay interview: Art of gold

Scotsman Review Interview: Anthony d'Offay - Opening the hoard

Lily Allen interview: Rebuilding the Lily

Market Frieze? More like slow cooling

Sarah Thornton - Swimming in shark infested waters

Busy doing nothing

Painting a dark picture

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries