In brief: Abramovich and Dasha fare poorly on art power list

Roman Abramovich and his girlfriend Dasha Zhukova (above, centre) may well have splashed out millions of pounds on Bacons and Freuds, and even opened a contemporary arts centre in Moscow (her enthusiasm, his money, it is believed), but all this effort appears to count for very little. In ArtReview's list of the most powerful people in the art world, the pair have been ranked only joint 54th. Topping the list, which is published today, is Damien Hirst, whose auction at Sotheby's last month made him a cool £111m.…………Two former housekeepers of David and Victoria Beckham have been arrested on suspicion of theft from their Hertfordshire mansion. Eric Emmett and his wife June were held after items belonging to the footballer and his wife apparently appeared on eBay.......... Guillaume Depardieu, son of the French actor Gerard Depardieu, has died aged 37 from complications related to pneumonia. As a teenager and young adult, Depardieu junior, who was also an actor, faced problems with drugs, alcohol and violence that led to convictions for traffic violations, insults and narcotics. In 2003 he had his right leg amputated to end years of pain from a bacterial infection that followed a motorcycle accident…………. A portrait by Lucian Freud of his good friend Francis Bacon, valued at £7m, goes on show at Christie's London tomorrow, prior to auction on Sunday. The only other portrait of Bacon by Freud was stolen from an exhibition in Berlin in 1988...........Meanwhile, the battle to keep two monumental Titian paintings in Britain – as reported here, the works are owned by the Duke of Sutherland who is offering them at a knock-down price of £50m - has begun in earnest with a £1m donation from the British Art Fund. The National Galleries of Scotland and the London National Gallery, who are behind the efforts to keep them in the UK, called the grant "a huge boost" to its campaign…………