Rembrandt Masterpiece Underwent Secret Radical Alteration In The 18th Century
A shocking discovery was made during the recent restoration of a Rembrandt masterpiece ‘Susanna and the Elders’ (1647), Focus reports…. Read More
5 March 2015
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Fourth Plinth’s Dinosaur Like Gift Horse Unveiled By Hans Haacke
Mayor Boris Johnson along with Ekow Eshun, Chair of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, and the German/US based artist Hans… Read More
5 March 2015
Callum Innes To Exhibit New Works At Frith Street Gallery
Frith Street Gallery has announced an exhibition of new paintings by the Scottish painter Callum Innes. One of the most… Read More
5 March 2015
Artists For Palestine UK’s Boycott Of Israel Condemned As Anti-Semitic
After the Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller told the press that he never intended to sign an open letter in… Read More
5 March 2015
People’s Art Prize UK Wide Community Arts Prize Competition Launches
The UK’s first ever community arts prize has launched 1 March, in the face of the Government’s £83m* worth of… Read More
4 March 2015
Leon Golub Opens At The Serpentine Gallery
Serpentine Galleries present the exhibition Leon Golub: ‘Bite Your Tongue’. This survey exhibition of the American figurative painter, his first… Read More
4 March 2015
German State-Owned Portigon Collection Plan To Save Works From Deaccession
In January of this year the German state-owned bank Portigon AG of North Rhine-Westphalia, the rebranded successor of the WestLB… Read More
4 March 2015
Peter Pan Sculpture by Sir George Frampton To Be Sold At Bonhams
A reduction bronze statuette of Peter Pan, “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up”, is to be sold on 11 March… Read More
4 March 2015
Sean Scully To Exhibit New Works During The 56th Venice Biennale
A major new exhibition dedicated to the Irish artist Sean Scully, is planned for Venice this May to coincide with… Read More
4 March 2015
Art Basel Switzerland Announce Their 2015 Gallery Lineup
Art Basel has announced details of its 46th edition in Basel, Switzerland, taking place June 18 to June 21, 2015…. Read More
3 March 2015
Two Frank Auerbach Works From The Estate Of Lucian Freud For Courtauld Gallery Collection
The Courtauld Gallery has announced the most significant addition to its modern collections in over a decade – two masterpieces… Read More
3 March 2015
Thieves Steal Priceless Gold And Bronze Artworks From Château De Fontainebleau, Paris
French authorities are searching for 15 gold and bronze artworks stolen from the Château de Fontainebleau in an early morning… Read More
3 March 2015
Art Fair Fatigue Causes 7 Percent Drop in Attendance At Big Fairs
The best known art fairs such as Art Basel and FIAC are slipping in popularity. Skate’s Art Market Research have… Read More
3 March 2015
Pussy Riot Protest To Fictional Russian President On House Of Cards
Members of the Russian art-punk protest group Pussy Riot Nadezhda “Nadya” Tolokonnikova and Maria “Masha” Alyokhina appeared on Season 3… Read More
3 March 2015
German Artist Nasan Tur To Open First Solo Show At Blain/Southern London
Blain/Southern presents Nasan Tur’s first-ever UK solo exhibition. Tur’s work often reflects the social conditions in which it is produced,… Read More
2 March 2015
Sotheby’s Release 2014 Figures Showing A 19 Percent Increase To $6.1 Billion
Sotheby’s have officially released their 2014 figures which show a (20%) adjusted Operating Income profit over the prior year, reflecting… Read More
2 March 2015
Whitechapel Gallery Announces Artists For 2015 London Open Triennial Exhibition
From a record number of 2,133 applicants, 48 artists have been selected from open submission by a panel of high… Read More
2 March 2015
Henry Moore’s Daughter Attacks Damien Hirst As A Major Setback To British Art
According to the daughter of Henry Moore – the artist who transformed the nature of British sculpture forever – Damien… Read More
2 March 2015
Grayson Perry Conceptual Holiday Home Causes Traffic Jams In Rural Essex
An Essex house designed by the Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry has proved so popular with fans that it… Read More
2 March 2015
Unveiling: Hans Haacke Gift Horse Replaces Blue Cockerel On Fourth Plinth
A bronze and electroluminescent film horse by the German/US artist Hans Haacke is set to be unveiled in Trafalgar Square… Read More
2 March 2015
Last Banksy Work In Germany Destroyed By Vandal
Germany had one last remaining Banksy work of art – it has now been vandalised Süddeutsche Zeitung reports. The elusive… Read More
2 March 2015
Andy Warhol Documentary Shot By Family Members To Be Kickstarted
Photographer and filmmaker Abby Warhola the niece of the Pop artist and her partner the visual artist and filmmaker Jesse… Read More
2 March 2015
Tracey Emin Commissioned To Redesign Book-jackets For Henry Miller’s Tropic Novels
The Turner prize nominated artist Tracey Emin has been commissioned to redesign covers for the Penguin editions of two classic… Read More
1 March 2015
Artist Nidaa Badwan Creates Her Own Internal World As A Response To Gaza’s Plight
After the famous street artist Banksy’s appearance on the ruined streets of Gaza, with graffiti stencils on concrete rubble popping… Read More
1 March 2015
Steve McQueen: Turner Prize Winning Filmmaker Set To Direct Paul Robeson Biopic
Turner Prize-winning artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen’s next big project will be to direct a biopic on American actor, singer,… Read More
28 February 2015
Edward Snowden’s Destroyed Computer And Hard Drive Exhibited In New V&A Exhibition
To tie in with the General Election, the V&A is presenting ‘All of This Belongs to You’, a free exhibition… Read More
28 February 2015
Stolen Picasso Cubist Painting Recovered In US Fedex Depot
A stolen Picasso cubist masterpiece has been recovered in New York fourteen years after dissappearing from the storage room at… Read More
28 February 2015
French Cartoonist Conference Cancelled After Cyber Attacks
The Le Mémorial de Caen Museum in Normandy, France has decided to cancel a planned cartoonists’ conference in April due… Read More
27 February 2015
Anti-Social Realism: New Exhibition For CHARLIE SMITH LONDON
The exhibition ‘Anti-Social Realism’ soon to open at CHARLIE SMITH, LONDON, will attempt to pose new pictorial possibilities through artworks… Read More
27 February 2015
Jeremy Deller: Artists For Palestine Petition Involvement Was A Mistake
With Jeremy Deller’s recent inclusion, as part of a total of 14 artists, in an open letter submitted to the… Read More
27 February 2015
David Hockney Landscape Reveals UNESCO Beauty Spot Blighted By Fly-tipping
David Hockney has shown a landscape painting inspired by fly-tipping for the first time. The semi abstract depicts an idyllic… Read More
27 February 2015
Banksy Works Appear In Gaza To Highlight ‘World’s Largest Open-air Prison’
The famous Bristol street artist has been on the move, with graffiti stencils on concrete rubble popping up in Gaza… Read More
26 February 2015