First Minister’s Christmas Card Resurrected From Glasgow School Of Art Fire
A festive creation that survived the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) fire has been chosen as the Scottish First Minister’s… Read More
17 December 2014
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New Project Space The Ryder Launches With British Artist William Mackrell
The Ryder, a new project space for contemporary art is to present its inaugural exhibition ‘Steam horses’ by British artist… Read More
17 December 2014
German Art Dealer Gives Partial-Confession In £18 Million Fraud
The trial of German art dealer Helge Achenbach began last week after the 62-year-old was accused of defrauding one of… Read More
16 December 2014
Wassily Kandinsky: Google Pays Homage With New Doodle
Today Google has paid homage to Wassily Kandinsky with a new Doodle. Kandinsky 1866-1944 was a Russian-born painter, wood-engraver, lithographer…. Read More
16 December 2014
Banksy’s Art Buff Fails To Sell And May Return To Folkestone
Campaigners say that Banksy’s ‘Art Buff’ mural could return to Folkestone, after the work reportedly failed to sell at Art… Read More
16 December 2014
Tate Puts Unpublished Archival Material Of British Artists Online
The Tate Gallery has announced that intimate love letters from Paul Nash to his wife, touching family photographs of Jacob… Read More
16 December 2014
Provenance Of ‘Early Mona Lisa’ Traced To English Country House
The provenance of a painting dubbed the “Early Mona Lisa” which is also known as the “Isleworth Mona Lisa” has been traced back to an English noble
16 December 2014
Stephane Aquin Appointed Chief Curator Of Hirshhorn Museum
Stéphane Aquin, curator of contemporary art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art since 1998, has been named chief curator… Read More
16 December 2014
Steve McQueen Makes Statement On US Racial Tensions
The British filmmaker and artist Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director of 12 Years A Slave, says he is “very, very… Read More
15 December 2014
National Gallery Acquires Corot Masterpiece With Generous Art Fund Grant
The Four Times of Day c1850 by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot has been purchased for the nation with the help of a… Read More
15 December 2014
Olafur Eliasson: Major Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris Exhibition Unveiled
Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris is presenting a major new exhibition, launching the second phase of its inaugural program, with an… Read More
15 December 2014
Estorick Collection Crowd Funding Restoration Of Futurist Masterpiece
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, is launching its first crowd funding appeal to restore a Futurist masterpiece… Read More
15 December 2014
Art Fund Announces Judges For 2015 Museum Of The Year Award
The YBA Artist Michael Landy has been selected as a judge for this years £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the… Read More
15 December 2014
Young Gods! Graduates From London Art Colleges: Selected Artists Announced
Zavier Ellis is a young artist/curator who runs the highly regarded CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, a gallery that identifies some of… Read More
15 December 2014
Lost Baroque Masterpiece Found In The UK After 70 Years
A long lost painting by the Spanish Baroque artist Sebastián de Llanos Valdés, which was missing for over 70 years,… Read More
15 December 2014
50 Paintings Stolen In Audacious Madrid Gallery Heist
Some 50 paintings worth an estimated €400,000 or £317,000, were stolen by three men who broke into an art gallery… Read More
15 December 2014
V&A Dundee Museum Of Design Set To Tour Scotland In 2015
The new V&A Dundee museum of design is set to tour around Scotland in 2015 in preparation of the building… Read More
14 December 2014
Most Expensive Photo Sale Called Into Question
News that the work of Australian landscape photographer Peter Lik’ photographic work, ‘Phantom’ had become the most expensive photo in… Read More
13 December 2014
Vladimir Putin Presents Faberge Egg Worth £9m To The Hermitage
President Vladimir Putin has had the honour of presenting a £9m Fabergé egg to the Hermitage Museum in celebration of… Read More
13 December 2014
Gauguin Masterpiece Stolen From M&S Heiress Awarded To Factory Worker
Ownership of A £28 million (35 million euros) Gauguin painting, stolen in London 40 years ago and purchased by an… Read More
13 December 2014
James Turrell Installation So Intense Viewers Must Sign A Waiver
A new retrospective exhibition of the American artist James Turrell (born 1943) at the National Gallery of Australia is so… Read More
12 December 2014
Zabludowicz Collection Celebrates 20 Years With Landmark Exhibition
The Zabludowicz Collection is celebrating 20 years of activity with a landmark exhibition titled, “20 Years of Collecting: Between Discovery… Read More
12 December 2014
Michel Du Cille Pulitzer Winning Photographer Dies At 58
The three-time Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Michel du Cille, has died unexpectedly on Thursday of a heart attack while on assignment in Liberia.
12 December 2014
Paul Durand-Ruel The Man Who Invented Impressionism Explored In New Exhibition
The National Gallery London presents the UK’s first major exhibition devoted to ‘the man who invented Impressionism’, Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922)…. Read More
12 December 2014
MoMA NY Announces First Yoko Ono Official Survey For 2015
40 years after Yoko Ono staged a guerrilla “One Woman Show” in its galleries, the Museum of Modern Art New… Read More
12 December 2014
Warhol Nephews Defend Alleged Liz Portrait’s ‘Patient Thief’
In October it was reported that the Andy Warhol Foundation filed a lawsuit against former Warhol bodyguard Agusto Bugarin after… Read More
12 December 2014
Artist Edna Hibel Celebrated For Her Sentimental Paintings Of Children Dies
The popular Boston (USA) Artist Edna Hibel known for her sentimental paintings of children has died in Palm Beach Florida… Read More
11 December 2014
Christie’s Americas President Doug Woodham Steps Down
Christie’s incoming CEO Patricia Barbizet Hasn’t hesitated in putting her plans for Christie’s in place. It is only a week… Read More
11 December 2014
£4.1 Million Landscape Is World’s Most Expensive Photo Upsets Critics
The Australian landscape photographer Peter Lik’s photographic work, ‘Phantom’ is now the most expensive photo in history at an impressive… Read More
11 December 2014
Heavy Handed HM Revenues and Customs Officers Raid Germany’s Faberge Museum
British investigators from HM Revenues and Customs have raided the Faberge Museum, in downtown Baden-Baden, in Germany. This is a… Read More
11 December 2014
Andy Warhol Foundation Elects Three New Board Members Plus Chair
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced the election of board chair, Lawrence Rinder, plus three new… Read More
11 December 2014
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Nude Watercolour Sets Auction Record At Sotheby’s
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour painting, Venus Verticordia has sold this afternoon at Sotheby’s for £2,882,500 / $4,522,931, soaring above its… Read More
10 December 2014