Kunstmuseum Bern Releases First Details Of The Gurlitt ‘Munich Art Trove’
The Kunstmuseum Bern has released a preliminary list that begins to itemise some of the works in their controversial Gurlitt… Read More
28 November 2014
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Maggi Hambling Returns To The National Gallery With Walls Of Water
The National Gallery presents Maggi Hambling, with a new series of dramatic paintings, Hambling was the first National Gallery Artist… Read More
28 November 2014
Art On The Underground Commissions Tube Map Cover From French Artist Daniel Buren
Art on the Underground has commissioned French artist Daniel Buren to create a new artwork for the 21st edition of… Read More
28 November 2014
Yorkshire Sculpture Park To Mount Major New Henry Moore Exhibition In 2015
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is to show a fresh perspective of the work of the British sculptor Henry Moore in… Read More
28 November 2014
Mexican Tycoon’s Collection Breaks Record For Latin American Art Sale
The art collection of the late Mexican tycoon Lorenzo Zambrano was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York earlier in the week;… Read More
27 November 2014
£28 Million Tapestry Breaks The World Record For Chinese Art
A Tibetan ‘thangka’ tapestry went under the hammer at Christie’s Hong Kong on Wednesday for HK$348.4 million, or £28 million,… Read More
27 November 2014
Kunstmuseum Bern’s Gurlitt Research Unit Receives Private Donation
A Bern patron has pledged a “seven-figure sum” to help the Kunstmuseum Bern create a research unit dedicated to the… Read More
27 November 2014
Student’s Degree Show Caused The Fire That Destroyed Glasgow School Of Art’s Building
For many an art student, the creation of their degree show is not only a defining moment in what could… Read More
27 November 2014
Outgoing Sotheby’s Chief William F. Ruprecht Gets $4 Million Severance
Following the announcement by Sotheby’s on Thursday November 19th that William F. Ruprecht, their chairman and chief executive of Sotheby’s… Read More
26 November 2014
Armory Show New York Announces Its 2015 Gallery Line-Up
One of New Yorks leading art events, The Armory Show 2015 returns for its seventeenth edition. Several London galleries are… Read More
26 November 2014
9/11 Memorial Finally Receives Date For Permanent Display In The UK
A sculpture made with material sourced from the wreckage of New York’s Twin Towers is to be permanently displayed in… Read More
26 November 2014
Exploration Of One Of Peter Blake’s Most Iconic Portfolios Opens At Paul Stolper Gallery
Paul Stolper Gallery announces the exhibition ‘Side-Show’, an in-depth exploration of one of Peter Blake’s most iconic portfolios, the show… Read More
26 November 2014
New and Established Names Under The Hammer At Phillips’ “Under The Influence” Auction
Phillips auction house continues with its particular niche of offering recently executed works by younger, emerging artists
26 November 2014
Art Basel Miami Announces 2014 Talks Programme Featuring Feminist Lynda Benglis
This year’s 2014 Art Basel Miami Beach will feature artists, museum directors, collectors, and curators, Art Basel’s series of talks… Read More
26 November 2014
Seminal American Landscape Photographer Lewis Baltz Has Died Aged 69
American landscape photographer Lewis Baltz who helped lead the New Topographics movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, died… Read More
25 November 2014
£118 Million Jean Nouvel-Designed Art Island For Paris
It has been revealed that the Île Seguin – an island on the Seine in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt,… Read More
25 November 2014
John Moores Prize Winner Rose Wylie Co-Curates Chantal Joffe At Jerwood Gallery
The Jerwood Gallery is beginning the New Year with a major exhibition of Chantal Joffe works featuring Hastings and St… Read More
25 November 2014
Henri Matisse Portrait Of Famous Muse Could Fetch £12 Million At Sotheby’s
An exquisite portrait by Henri Matisse depicting Princess Nézy-Hamidé Chawkat, the great granddaughter of the last Sultan of Turkey, Odalisque… Read More
25 November 2014
Major New Public Sculpture By Ryan Gander For East Manchester
‘Dad’s Halo Effect’ will be a major new public sculpture in East Manchester by renowned contemporary artist Ryan Gander. Installed… Read More
25 November 2014
Kunstmuseum Bern Accepts Gurlitt’s Munich Art Trove – Art Recovery International Makes Statement
Kunstmuseum Bern (Museum of Fine Arts Bern), Switzerland has agreed, today, to accept artworks from the collection of Cornelius Gurlitt’s… Read More
24 November 2014
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2014 Opens At ICA London
From today the ICA will be presenting the ‘Bloomberg New Contemporaries’ – welcoming back the exhibition of fresh talent to… Read More
24 November 2014
Curator Nicholas Baume Returns For Art Basel Miami 2014
Nicholas Baume, Director and Chief Curator of ‘Public Art Fund’, is returning for his second year curating Art Basel’s Public… Read More
24 November 2014
Anne Harild For Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award Residency At The Bluecoat, Liverpool 2015
Danish artist Anne Harild has been chosen to undertake the 2015 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award (ARMA) Artist Residency at the… Read More
24 November 2014
Hitler Watercolour Goes Under The Hammer For £102,000 In Nuremberg
A century old painting by Adolf Hitler was finally auctioned off at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg. The work… Read More
24 November 2014
Cousin Of Cornelius Gurlitt Lodges Claim As True Heir Of ‘Munich Art Trove’
A relative the of late Cornelius Gurlitt, the famed German Art collector, has lodged a claim Friday for his inheritance,… Read More
23 November 2014
Sotheby’s Chief William F. Ruprecht Resigns After Pressure From The Board
It was announced by Sotheby’s on Thursday (November 19) that William F. Ruprecht, their chairman and chief executive of Sotheby’s… Read More
23 November 2014
Georgia O’Keeffe $44.4m Painting Sets New Record Price For A Female Artist At Sotheby’s
The $15 million or £9.5 million estimate for Georgia O’Keeffe’s work was shattered after a rather intense bidding war between… Read More
22 November 2014
Anri Sala Is The Winner Of The Vincent Award 2014
Albainian/French artist Anri Sala has been revealed as the winner of the 2014 Vincent Award by the Gemeentemuseum, at a… Read More
21 November 2014
Chudamani Clowes Is 2014 Winner Of The Griffin Art Prize
Chudamani Clowes has been named as the winner of the Griffin Art Prize 2014. Chudamani is a recent graduate of… Read More
21 November 2014
Minecraft Comes To The Tate As Art Collides With Popular Culture
Brave new Minecraft Worlds inspired by Art invade Tate who have teamed up with leading Minecraft mapmakers to create virtual… Read More
21 November 2014
Prince’s Drawing School To Receive Royal Status
The Royal Drawing School – formally known as the Prince’s Drawing School – located in London’s Shoreditch area and co-founded… Read More
21 November 2014
UK Museums Display Empty Vitrines In Protest Over Orphan Works Copyright Law
The Imperial War Museums, the National Library of Scotland, and other institutions across the UK, are exhibiting empty museum cases… Read More
21 November 2014