Parliament Considers Action Over Islamic State Funding Terror Through Trafficking Art And Antiquities
A parliamentary debate on the issue of antiquities trafficking in Syria and Iraq is due to take place soon in… Read More
11 February 2015
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Picasso Hoard Couple In Court Over £50m In Undocumented Artworks
The trial opened yesterday of the former handyman of the artist Pablo Picasso and his wife in Paris. They are… Read More
11 February 2015
Jeremy Deller, Simon Starling, Anish Kapoor And Other Artists Condemn Tania Bruguera’s Detention
A total of 14 artists has written an open letter to the Guardian, in which they condemn Cuban artist Tania… Read More
10 February 2015
Tsibi Geva Chosen To Represent Israel At The 56th Venice Biennale
Tsibi Geva has been selected for this year’s Israeli Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. The artist will present a… Read More
10 February 2015
Hayward Gallery’s exhibition History Is Now: Offers Provocative Take On Recent British History
Seven UK based artists of different generations and backgrounds—John Akomfrah, Simon Fujiwara, Roger Hiorns, Hannah Starkey, Richard Wentworth, and Jane… Read More
10 February 2015
Alfred Morris Momaday Artwork Worth $33,000 Discovered In US Police Sweep
A police officer searching a former meth lab in Albuquerque, New Mexico has discovered an illicit trove of artwork by… Read More
9 February 2015
Yayoi Kusama Retrospective Opens At Taiwan’s Kaohsiung Museum Of Fine Arts
The Japanese art star Yayoi Kusama, is probably the ultimate outsider artist – now her highly popular retrospective “A Dream… Read More
9 February 2015
Ai Weiwei Set To Direct Short Film In Berlin Remotely Via Skype
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei is planning to remotely direct a short film via Skype, although still living without a passport… Read More
9 February 2015
Andy Warhol Owned George Bellows Painting Bought By The Barber Institute
A work of art formerly in the collection of the late great master of Pop Art, Andy Warhol has been… Read More
9 February 2015
Anselm Kiefer Artist’s Rooms Exhibition Moves North To Cumbria
Anselm Kiefer is one of the most important post-war European artists. Born in Germany in 1945, he now lives and… Read More
9 February 2015
Wolsey Angels Saved for the Nation By Heritage Memorial Fund
The recovery of Wolsey’s angels is one of those miracles that historians pray for; something that seems irrevocably lost has… Read More
8 February 2015
Etchings Created By Queen Victoria And Prince Albert For London Original Print Fair
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were passionate patrons of the arts. But what might surprise a number of people is… Read More
8 February 2015
Body and Matter: The Art of Kazuo Shiraga and Satoru Hoshino In New York
Body and Matter, introduces the all too often insular New York art world to a legendary Japanese artist, Kazuo Shiraga… Read More
7 February 2015
Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian Girls Becomes The World’s Most Expensive Artwork
A painting of two Tahitian girls by Paul Gauguin has become the world’s most expensive work of art, after a… Read More
7 February 2015
National Gallery’s Rembrandt: The Late Works Exhibition Attracts 265,000 Visitors
The National Gallery, which is currently on strike over privatisation, has reported that 265,000 people visited the Rembrandt: The Late… Read More
6 February 2015
Peter Doig Exhibition Announced To Coincide With 2015 Venice Biennale
An exhibition by Peter Doig in the Palazzetto Tito, Venice scheduled to coincide with the opening of this year’s Venice… Read More
6 February 2015
Gustav Klimt: Previously Unknown Drawing Discovered By San Francisco Gallery
A previously-unknown drawing attributed to the Gustav Klimt has been discovered by a San Francisco gallery that was stunned to… Read More
6 February 2015
Damien Hirst For Valentine’s Day Pop-up Show At Paul Stolper
When you think of Damien Hirst you usually think of rotting cows heads, sharks, skulls, dead flies, spots, and general… Read More
6 February 2015
Vintage NASA Photographs Go Under The Hammer In London
A rare selection of prints from a previously unseen private collection of vintage photographs by NASA’s pioneering astronauts, taken in… Read More
5 February 2015
Christie’s Surrealism Sale Breaks The £100m Mark
Christie’s has held the first ever Surrealism sale to break the $100 million mark.
5 February 2015
Converse/Dazed Emerging Artists Award 2015 Shortlisted Artists Announced
Converse and Dazed have announced the artists shortlisted for the fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artists Award. The five 2015… Read More
5 February 2015
Richard Long: The Spike Island Tapes At Alan Cristea Gallery
The ‘Spike Island Tapes’ is Richard Long’s first solo exhibition at the Alan Cristea Gallery, where the artist is presenting… Read More
5 February 2015
Hermann Nitsch Exhibition Cancelled Over Animal Rights Petition In Mexico
A little context: The privately owned, Museo Jumex holds the most important collection of contemporary art in Latin America. Unpacked… Read More
4 February 2015
Adrian Ghenie Chosen To Represent Romania At 56th Venice Biennale
Painter Adrian Ghenie has been selected by Romania to represent the country at the 56th Venice Biennale, which opens to… Read More
4 February 2015
Eric Ravilious: Artist and Designer Exhibited At Dulwich Picture Gallery
A major show of work by the celebrated artist and designer, Eric Ravilious (1903-42) with a unique focus on his… Read More
4 February 2015
John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows To Be Exhibited In Constable Country
Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831, one of the great masterpieces by John Constable’s will go on display in Ipswich… Read More
4 February 2015
Sir Peter Blake Commissioned To Create Mersey Dazzle Ship
The third in the series of Dazzle Ship commissions will see Sir Peter’s design entitled Everybody Razzle Dazzle to cover… Read More
4 February 2015
Iconic Warhol Portraits Of Basquiat, Mapplethorpe, Copley For Bonhams Auction
Three works which are probably Andy Warhol’s most iconic portraits from the 1980s will go to auction at Bonhams in… Read More
4 February 2015
Sotheby’s Sets New Record For Highest Total At A London Auction
Sotheby’s Auctioneers has set a new record for the highest total for a London auction. Helena Newman, Sotheby’s Co-Head, Impressionist… Read More
3 February 2015
Alex Hartley Wins £10,000 Arts Foundation Award For Working With The Elements
Last week artist Alex Hartley took to the stage at Notting Hill’s 20th Century Theatre to collect one of six… Read More
3 February 2015
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey bans export Of Claude Lorrain Painting
UK Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, has placed a temporary export ban on a 17th century painting by Claude Lorrain, which… Read More
3 February 2015
Tom Butler Second Solo Exhibition At CHARLIE SMITH LONDON
In this new exhibition at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON Tom Butler continues to evolve his ongoing series of appropriated Victorian cabinet… Read More
3 February 2015