Rare Warhol Once Owned By U2 For Auction At Bonhams
The Pop Art principle of Andy Warhol was reproduction; so, to find a work that is the one and only… Read More
15 November 2014
News
Vincenzo Trione Chosen To Curate 2015 Italian Pavilion At Venice Biennale
Vincenzo Trione, 42, a champion of new media is to curate Italy’s Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale. His proposed… Read More
15 November 2014
£158 Million Appropriation Ensures New Berlin MoMA
Berlin’s new modern and contemporary art museum is to be built behind the existing Neue Nationalgalerie – the art scene… Read More
14 November 2014
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards Large Grants To Winning Artists
During last night’s awards ceremony, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) announced that Bonnie Camplin, Michael Dean, Rosalind Nashashibi, Katrina Palmer,… Read More
14 November 2014
£150 Million Turkish State Art And Sculpture Museum Heist Was An Inside Job
It has now been revealed that an organised crime syndicate stole up to 302 works of art from Turkey’s State… Read More
14 November 2014
Heirs Of Cornelius Gurlitt Pledge Restitution Of Munich Art Trove To Rightful Owners
The family heirs of Cornelius Gurlitt, the German recluse and art collector who was discovered to have a hoard of… Read More
14 November 2014
Figurative Painters Working In Britain In The 1950 Explored In New Exhibition
This exhibition brings together for the first time the work of five powerful, individual, figurative painters working in Britain in… Read More
14 November 2014
Ikon Presents Exhibition Imran Qureshi Deutsche Bank Artist of the Year
Ikon In Birmingham is presenting a solo exhibition by the Pakistani artist Imran Qureshi, Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year”… Read More
14 November 2014
Elmgreen & Dragset’s Prada Marfa Vandal Settles Criminal Damage Case
A Waco Texas artist who vandalised Elmgreen & Dragset’s Prada Marfa installation has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal… Read More
13 November 2014
Twin Peaks Fans Ecstatic As David Lynch Brings Art Exhibition To MIMA
With the return of a new series of Twin Peaks announced fans will be overjoyed as David Lynch brings his… Read More
13 November 2014
Early Bird’s Eye Landscape Up For Auction At Sotheby’s Old Masters Sale
Sotheby’s London will offer the earliest known bird’s-eye view painting of a British garden for $950,000 or £600,000 at its… Read More
13 November 2014
Spanish Politicians Implicated In Money Laundering Involving Two Goya Paintings
Six former high ranking Spanish government officials are being investigated by authorities over alleged corruption surrounding the sale of government-owned… Read More
13 November 2014
Christie’s Sets Record For Highest Total For Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale
Christie’s has made history with its Post-War and Contemporary Art sale by setting the record for the highest total achieved… Read More
13 November 2014
Two Sigmar Polke Works Saved From Liquidation
The state bank of Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia has decided against selling two Sigmar Polke works of art following a countrywide… Read More
12 November 2014
Jasper Johns’ Flag Fetches $36 Million At Sotheby’s And Sets New Auction Record
Co-Head of Sotheby’s Global Contemporary Art Department Alexander Rotter, commented to Art Daily: “It has been a wonderful start to… Read More
12 November 2014
David Titlow Is The Winner Of The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
The fashion photographer David Titlow, was named the winner of the 2014 Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize at an awards… Read More
12 November 2014
Art15 Appoints Kate Bryan As Fair Director For Third Edition
Art15 has announced that Kate Bryan will be the Fair Director for the third edition. Following two successful editions of… Read More
12 November 2014
Billionaire Steve A Cohen Purchases Alberto Giacometti $100m Chariot
It was an astronomical result by anyones estimation Alberto Giacometti’s “Chariot,” which sold for $100,965,000 broke the hundred million dollar… Read More
12 November 2014
Howard Hodgkin Gouaches Recently Discovered In Wilshire Workshop Exhibited
A new exhibition of recently discovered gouaches by the 82 year old, Turner Prize winning artist Howard Hodgkin, titled Indian… Read More
12 November 2014
Art Basel Film Sector Announces 2014 Programme Selected By David Gryn
Art Basel’s Film sector has announced that this year’s programme will include over 80 films and videos selected by David… Read More
11 November 2014
Powerful Qatari Art Player Sheikh Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Thani Dies At 48
Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al-Thani of Qatar was considered a powerful player on the global art market, rumour would have it that on the news of his impending presence “art dealers
11 November 2014
Damien Hirst Unveils New Series Of Black Scalpel Cityscape Paintings
Damien Hirst has unveiled his new series of paintings in Brazil, following his universally panned exhibitions at the Wallace Collection,… Read More
11 November 2014
Sotheby’s Bunny Mellon Auction Sells Out With £100 Million Haul
Sotheby’s placed under the hammer the prestigious collection of Rachel “Bunny” Mellon on Monday night, the auction houses experts called… Read More
11 November 2014
The Public Bids Farewell To London’s Poppy Installation
November 11 is observed each year as Remembrance Day in the UK, or more generally as Armistice Day; to mark… Read More
11 November 2014
Ina Ginsburg Friend To Andy Warhol And Patron To The Arts Dies At 98
Ina Ginsburg was a prominent Washington D.C. society hostess; for more than half a century she strived to elevate the arts and also the art of socialising
11 November 2014
Over 300,000 People Attend 25th Anniversary Of Fall Of Berlin Wall Art Installation
Many thousands of Berliners celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall yesterday, reported Der Spiegel. The… Read More
10 November 2014
Gurlitt Art Trove Taskforce To Miss Restitution Deadline
The Bavarian culture ministry has announced in a statement that the taskforce charged with discovering the rightful heirs to the… Read More
10 November 2014
British Artists And The Spanish Civil War Examined In New Exhibition
The first major exhibition to examine the response of British visual artists to the Spanish Civil War is to take… Read More
10 November 2014
Clacton Council Banksy Mural Removal Branded “A Crass Act Of Cowardly Authoritarianism”
A council which destroyed a mural by Banksy has been branded “moronic”, “useless” and “cretinous”, reports the BBC. The work… Read More
10 November 2014
Gavin Turk’s Neon Art Opens At New Art Centre In Salisbury
The exhibition ‘We Are One’ consists of many of Gavin Turk’s recent neon works; these signature works by the artist… Read More
10 November 2014
Iconic E.H. Shepard Drawing For Poohsticks Goes Under The Hammer
E.H. Shepard’s original ink drawing of Christopher Robin, Piglet and Pooh on the famous ‘poohsticks’ bridge, first published in A.A…. Read More
10 November 2014
Leading Artists In Sotheby’s Charity Auction For Elton John AIDS Foundation
A large number of leading contemporary artists have very generously donated no less than 12 artworks, all of which will… Read More
10 November 2014