Jeff Koons Retrospective Travels To Paris For Centre Pompidou Extravaganza
The Jeff Koons retrospective in Paris, which opens at the Centre Pompidou 26 November is designed to take stock of… Read More
9 November 2014
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David Cameron And Wife Samantha Visit Poppy Installation Ahead Of Remembrance Day Today
‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’; the installation that has been created in the Tower’s famous dry moat. Which… Read More
9 November 2014
William Blake’s Lambeth Studio To Be Rebuilt For New Ashmolean Exhibition
The house which contained the studio of William Blake; the impressively named 13 Hercules Buildings, in Lambeth, south London, was… Read More
8 November 2014
Turner Contemporary In Margate Exemplifies 20 Years Of National Lottery Success
It has been 20 years since the first National Lottery draw and Culture Secretary Sajid Javid visited Margate this week… Read More
8 November 2014
Iconic Blondie Punk Photos On View At Somerset House
The Punk/New Wave band Blondie’s celebrates their 40th anniversary by showcasing a series of iconic and previously unpublished photographs by… Read More
8 November 2014
Ashmolean Museum Announces Seven Figure Gift From Anonymous Donor
The director of the Ashmolean Museum, Dr Alexander Sturgis, has announced that an anonymous UK benefactor has pledged a seven-figure… Read More
7 November 2014
Nazi Looted Old Master Returned To Heirs By Canadian Gallery
The painting, Portrait of a Lady (1652) by Dutch Old Master Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, which is part of the permanent… Read More
7 November 2014
Sixth Annual Passion for Freedom Art Festival Launches in London
The 6th annual Passion for Freedom Art Festival takes place in London from 5th -15th November in the Embassy Tea… Read More
7 November 2014
Plaster Casters: V&A Relaunch Cast Court First Opened In 1873
The V&A have announced the re-launch of the newly refurbished Italian sculpture Cast Court. Measuring 24 metres in height, the… Read More
7 November 2014
Ai Weiwei In Collaboration That Shocked Fashion World
Ai Weiwei has caused a confused reaction from the fashion world after he responded to the request to photograph a… Read More
7 November 2014
Hitler Watercolour To Be Auctioned By Weidler In Nuremberg
A painting by Adolf Hitler’s will be auctioned off at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, Germany later this month,… Read More
7 November 2014
Deptford Stories Launches Mini Arts Festival To Showcase Legends of Deptford
Deptford Stories is more than an exhibition mounted by some very talented artists from the local scene. It is in… Read More
7 November 2014
Manet Painting Breaks Artist’s Record With £40 Million Sale
A work by Edouard Manet has set a new auction record for the French impressionist. ‘Spring’, a portrait of a… Read More
6 November 2014
Tutankhamun Legend Howard Carter’s Paintings To Be Sold At Bonhams
Howard Carter, the English archaeologist who discovered the tomb of the Boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922 was also a watercolourist… Read More
6 November 2014
Fiona Banner Curates Rarely Seen V-A-C collection Works At The Whitechapel
Fiona Banner chooses rarely seen works from the V-A-C collection by artists including Gerhard Richter, Richard Avedon, Claude Monet and… Read More
6 November 2014
Olivia Colman Portrait Unveiled As Taylor Wessing Prize Exhibition Opens
The celebrated British actress Olivia Colman is the subject of a striking, newly commissioned photograph which will go on display… Read More
6 November 2014
Glasgow School Of Art’s Phoenix Bursary To Aid Student Fire Victims
In May of this year when the now infamous fire that broke out devastated Glasgow School of Art’s iconic Mackintosh… Read More
6 November 2014
Boris Johnson Warns Against London Art Funding Cuts
London Mayor Boris Johnson has warned against cutting the capital’s arts funding after a group of MPs asked Arts Council… Read More
6 November 2014
Chinese Film Mogul Purchases Van Gogh’s Masterpiece For £39m
Wang Zhongjun, the chairman of Huayi Brothers film studio in China has purchased Van Gogh’s painting “Still Life, Vase with… Read More
6 November 2014
Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson Present Immersive Audio-visual Work At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) premieres Song for Coal, this Winter. The work is an immersive audio-visual work by Nick… Read More
5 November 2014
Nam June Paik South Korean Video Art Pioneer Displayed At Tate Modern
A new display of the work of the pioneering South Korean artist Nam June Paik (1932-2006) opened on Monday at… Read More
5 November 2014
Fringe! Queer Film And Art Programme Announced For 2014
The Fringe! festival programmers have announced the feature films, short films, art exhibitions, events and workshops which will be showcased… Read More
5 November 2014
Alberto Giacometti $101m Chariot Sculpture Leads Sotheby’s Modern Sale
Sotheby’s Autumn Impressionist and Modern sale in New York has realised $422 million, against presale expectations of $316.5–424.9 million. This… Read More
5 November 2014
Accused Picasso Thieves To Finally Stand Trial After Fresh Evidence Comes To Light
News flashed around the world in 2010. “Never before has such an important ensemble of works – completely unknown until… Read More
5 November 2014
Paris Tableau Old Masters Fair Opens In Paris
The old master trade will be gathering for Paris Tableau, the only exclusively Old Master fair in the world, which… Read More
5 November 2014
North Korean UK Embassy Opens Its Doors With Unprecedented Exhibition Of The Country’s Art
An exhibition of paintings in London gives an new insight into the work of artists in, almost certainly, the world’s… Read More
5 November 2014
Chris Bracey Neon Artist And Collector Dies Aged 59
The neon artist and designer Chris Bracey has passed away in his sleep on Saturday, the artist had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
4 November 2014
German Government To Create Department To Hunt For Stolen Nazi Art
The German Government has approved funds for a center to search for and return art looted by the Nazis. The… Read More
4 November 2014
Alfred Munnings Lost Art Found In Garden Shed
A lost painting by British artist Alfred Munnings being auctioned off by Bonhams next month after being discovered in a… Read More
4 November 2014
Andy Warhol Absolut Collaboration Celebrated With Digital Art Exchange
Original digital artworks will be entered into The Andy Warhol Art Exchange by Absolut. for the world’s largest online art… Read More
4 November 2014
Study Finds Artist Resale Rights Depressing UK Market
New figures show sales decreasing in the UK but growing globally; Britain’s status as a centre for the international art… Read More
4 November 2014
Elvis Presley’s Graceland Home Set To Invade London’s O2 Centre – Exhibition
Just in time for Xmas, the largest collection of Elvis Presley’s personal possessions from his Graceland home is set to… Read More
4 November 2014