Now this rare masterpiece, “The Deposition from the Cross”, has been sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in a transaction brokered by Sotheby’s. However, Britain’s ...

As McQueen told The Art Newspaper earlier this year ... it’s set in London during the Battle of Britain, and recreates the population’s nightly retreat to the stations of the Underground ...

The decorated hero was the last surviving Battle of Britain pilot. He was shot down four times during World War Two, and flew Hurricanes during the battle for Britain’s skies in the summer of 1940.

The ensuing Battle of Britain would feature some of the most intense aerial dogfighting in history while occurring over England, France, and the Channel that separated them. With its trademark ...

Mr. Hemingway, who was known as Paddy, piloted Hurricane fighters in the battle, which took place in the skies above Britain between July 10 and Oct. 31, 1940. Hitler had planned a September 1940 ...