New V&A Museum Director Appointed
Top Job goes to German curator and academic Professor Martin Roth Professor Martin Roth a German curator and academic has… Read More
22 April 2011
Art News
Stolen Klimt Worth 26m Returned After 70 Years
A stolen Gustav Klimt painting worth £26m that was confiscated by the Nazis must be returned to the heirs of… Read More
22 April 2011
Easter Weekend Top 10 Free Art Exhibitions & Events London
Southbank Centre celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain. This is going to be a beautiful holiday weekend… Read More
22 April 2011
Turner Prize Artists Team with Royal Ballet For Olympiad Event
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 is set to pair Turner Prize artists with Royal Ballet choreographers for National Gallery ROH collaboration for… Read More
21 April 2011
Stolen Van Gogh Museum Curator Jailed
A Cairo court has jailed up to eleven local Government officials, including Mohsen Shaalan the head of the culture ministry’s… Read More
21 April 2011
Contemporary Artists Paint The Queen
The Queen at 85 How Contemporary Artists Depict The Monarch Happy 85th Birthday ‘Ma’am’. The Queen celebrates her 85th birthday… Read More
21 April 2011
Turner Prize 2011 Shortlist Announcement
The announcement of the Turner Prize 2011 shortlist took place on Wednesday 4 May at Tate Britain. These are the… Read More
20 April 2011
Royal Wedding Photographer Shortlist Revealed
Say Cheese! Who will be chosen as the official Royal photographer for the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton… Read More
19 April 2011
London’s National Gallery Goes Green
Twenty years ago London’s National Gallery introduced a new, balanced, warm and cool tungsten lighting system, which was state of… Read More
19 April 2011
New Contemporary and Modern Galleries For National Museum Cardiff
The Welsh Assembly Government, Trusts, Foundations and individuals have made possible major building and refurbishment work to the Cardiff National… Read More
18 April 2011
Miroslav Tichy Pioneering Czech Photographer Dies at 84
The Czech photographer Miroslav Tichy, a pioneer who only recently became internationally known, after achieving major success abroad, has died age 84.
17 April 2011
Tracey Emin Opens Turner Contemporary Gallery Margate
Plans for Emin Solo Show In May 2012 An emotional Tracey Emin gave the opening speech to a crowd of… Read More
17 April 2011
Stolen Goya and El Greco Recovered in Spain
Police officers with the Civil Guard in Spain have uncovered two priceless paintings. The “La Anunciación” by El Greco and… Read More
15 April 2011
Chinese Art Market In Danger Of Crash
The reported 10 billion dollar market for Chinese art is in danger of crashing after auction houses around the world… Read More
15 April 2011
Ai Weiwei The Truth Behind His Detention
When Mr Ai was arrested on the 3 April while attempting to board a plane for Hong Kong several key… Read More
14 April 2011
BP Portrait Award Shortlist 2011 Announced
Why the BP Portrait Prize has gone downhill Every year the National Portrait Gallery in London holds a portrait painting… Read More
14 April 2011
Art Fund To Help Cash Strapped UK Museums
The Art Fund announced today plans to increase its funding for museums and galleries for exhibitions and purchases. The increase… Read More
13 April 2011
Turner Contemporary Art Shed Opens In Margate
New Art Monument For Margate Turner Contemporary which had its unofficial opening last night is an ambitious arts centre hoping… Read More
13 April 2011
Beck’s Art Crawl Hits Shoreditch Free Beer
Beck’s the brewers of excellent beer is sponsoring an Art related pub-crawl to celebrate their commitment to art and design…. Read More
13 April 2011
Stolen Syd Barrett Painting Recovered
ArtLyst were among the first to report that a self-portrait by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett had been stolen… Read More
13 April 2011
Joan Miro Tate Modern Video Tour 2011
I had a unique opportunity to explore the new Joan Miro exhibition at Tate Modern today. “The Ladder of Escape” is the aptly titled theme of this body of Miro’s politically motivated legacy.
13 April 2011
Syd Barrett Painting Stolen First Photo
Here is the first glimpse of the Syd Barrett painting that was stolen from the the Idea Generation Gallery in… Read More
12 April 2011
Joan Miro Lateral Thinking Tate Modern
New Miro Exhibition “The Ladder of Escape” Opens At Tate Modern Tate Modern’s new exhibition of Spanish born Artist Joan… Read More
11 April 2011
Syd Barrett Painting Stolen From London Gallery
A self-portrait by former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett has been stolen from the Idea Generation Gallery in London’s Shoreditch… Read More
11 April 2011
Hedda Sterne: The Last First Wave Abstract Expressionist Dies at 100
Hedda Sterne,The last living artist, of the original New York Abstract Expressionist group who were immortalized in the Life magazine portrait known as, ‘The Irascibles’,
10 April 2011
John McCracken American Fusion Painter/Geometric Sculptor Dies At 76
John McCracken, one of the the most challenging California artists from the 1960’s has died in New York, he was 76.
10 April 2011
Michael Jackson Fans Insulted By ‘Jeff Koons’ Style Sculptures
A new sculpture of the Late “King Of Pop” Michael Jackson by Swedish-born artist Maria von Köhler has outraged Jackson… Read More
6 April 2011
Mona Lisa Tomb Raiders Search for Corpse
Controversy surrounds plans to dig up the grave of a Florentine woman thought to be the sitter of the Mona Lisa.
6 April 2011
Artist Ai Weiwei Arrested and Missing In China
The artist, Ai Weiwei,best known for his collaboration on the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing has been arrested in… Read More
5 April 2011
Gauguin Painting Attacked By Lunatic In Washington
A key Post Impressionist painting by Artist Paul Gauguin, valued at over 100 million pounds was attacked and pulled from… Read More
5 April 2011
Zaha Hadid Design Rejected in Eleventh Hour U-Turn
South of California’s state capital Sacramento, in the small town of Elk Grove (population 153,000) controversy is brewing. It all… Read More
3 April 2011
Is Justin Beiber A Warhol Style Icon?
The answer is yes. If this were were 30 years ago Andy Warhol would embrace Beiber fever as he did… Read More
2 April 2011