The New York Times profiles recent efforts to save the former country home of J.M.W. Turner, which has fallen into disrepair in recent years, and which is the subject of a £2.4 million restoration project.  “The house has very much reached the point where it needs a major overhaul,” said Gary Butler of Butler Hegarty Architects, who leads the renovation. “It’s not going to fall down in the next one or two years if you did nothing, but it’s dilapidated to the point where continued occupation would be difficult.” (more…)

Experts believe that a painting purchased eight years ago at a golf club in Kent may be a lost JMW Turner painting. Specialists will present the research at a conference on Wednesday at The Dulwich Picture Gallery. They believe it is Turner’s “Fishing Boats in a Stiff Breeze” from 1805. An art fund investor saw it and bought it for £3,700; the new research puts the value at around £20 million. (more…)