Banksy’s Folkestone ‘Art Buff’ Mural Has Been Removed Amid Protests
Just over a month since Banksy’s mural ‘Art Buff’ appeared in Folkstone – and was subsequently vandalised – by the… Read More
4 November 2014
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Forger’s Forgeries Attributed To Elmyr de Hory Withdrawn From Auction
Two oil paintings attributed to the renowned Hungarian art forger Elmyr de Hory have been witdrawn from sale at a… Read More
4 November 2014
Flavin Fans Angered Over Unauthorised Appropriation Of Work
The Dia Art Foundation’s has plans to allow artist duo Allora and Calzadilla to use an artwork by the acclaimed… Read More
3 November 2014
100 Artists Take Part In Scotland’s Largest Street Art Project
Up to 100 artists will take part in a project culminating in Scotland’s largest street art project. The graffiti artists… Read More
3 November 2014
Avalanche Of Lawsuits Threatened Over Gurlitt Trove By Jewish World Congress
Jewish World Congress president Ronald Lauder has publicly threatened the Kunstmuseum Bern with an “avalanche” of lawsuits if the institution… Read More
3 November 2014
Julian Opie Juxtaposes Work With Traditional British Portraiture In New Exhibition
Julian Opie: Collected Works is a new exhibition at the The Bowes Museum which juxtaposes Opie’s contemporary work with his… Read More
3 November 2014
Vanitas: New Exhibition Explores Contemporary Reflections Of Love And Death
Vanitas refers to the futility of achievement, love, knowledge, riches. In the 14th century, the pandemic of plague commonly known… Read More
3 November 2014
Britain’s Position In Global Art Market Threatened
New figures show sales decreasing in the UK but growing globally; Britain’s status as a centre for the international art… Read More
3 November 2014
Fathers For Justice Protester Deface Gillian Wearing Birmingham Family Sculpture
Gillian Wearing’s ‘Real Birmingham Family,’ a sculpture dedicated last week, in front of Birmingham’s library, has been defaced by a… Read More
2 November 2014
LGBT History Month Invites Artists To Join The Art Trail
The University of Kent is planning to make LGBT History Month, in February 2015, the country’s largest university LGBT History… Read More
2 November 2014
Shanghai Biennale 2014: Landmark Tenth Edition Explores The Social Factory
The Shanghai Biennale 2014 will be hosted at Power Station of Art, China’s foremost state-run institution for contemporary art. Held… Read More
1 November 2014
Lost Masterpiece Discovered In French Attic At Christie’s Auction
Two works by the artist John Duncan Fergusson were recently rediscovered in France by a brother and sister while they… Read More
1 November 2014
Polish Museum Celebrates A Millennia Of Jewish History
The Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews, a new museum dedicated to the history of Jews in Poland,… Read More
31 October 2014
Mr. Turner On Film – Chipping Away At The Art Biopic
With the opening of Mike Leigh’s film ‘Mr. Turner’, starring Timothy Spall as the great British painter Joseph Mallard William… Read More
31 October 2014
Mairead McClean Wins £20k MAC International Art Prize 2014
The winner of the MAC International Art Prize has gone to the London-based artist, Mairéad McClean, who wins the £20,000… Read More
31 October 2014
Damien Hirst And Yayoi Kusama Pumpkins For An Artistic Halloween
The warmest Halloween since UK records began is heating up and what better way to celebrate than to get a… Read More
31 October 2014
£100 Million Added To Scottish Arts Funding
The national development agency for the Scottish arts, screen, and creative industries – Creative Scotland – has announced the 119… Read More
31 October 2014
Film Producer Sues Warhol Icon’s Widower Over Image Copyright
Film producer David Weisman and the widower of Edie Sedgwick; Michael Post are fighting a bitter legal battle over the… Read More
31 October 2014
Banksy’s New York Residency Turned Into Documentary
Just over a year ago that infamous and celebrated Bristol street artist Banksy began a self-described ‘residency’ in New York… Read More
30 October 2014
Gillian Wearing Immortalises Real Birmingham Family In New Public Sculpture
The Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing has used a ‘Real Birmingham Family’ as the subject for a new public… Read More
30 October 2014
Absolut Art Award 2015: 37 Nominees Announced In Artwork Category
Absolut has announced the nominees for the 2015 Absolut Art Award. This year is exceptionally diverse in terms of nationality,… Read More
30 October 2014
C/O Berlin Venue Reopens In Germany
It has been nearly two years since C/O Berlin has had a space of its own or hosted an exhibition,… Read More
30 October 2014
Artist Creates Huge Melting Wax House in London
With a sizeable piece of public art; the British artist Alex Chinneck has created a two-story house made from wax… Read More
30 October 2014
Allen Jones – Pop Artist Returns From PC Induced Isolation
Allen Jones has been vilified by a generation. Coming across as a kind Duchampian fetishist with misogynistic tendencies – Jones… Read More
30 October 2014
Cranach Altar In Germany Unveiled after Half Century Wait
The famous Cranach Altar (1555) which is located the Weimarer Stadtkirche, Germany has finally been restored to its former glory…. Read More
30 October 2014
Damien Hirst In Orkney Jeff Koons In Norwich: Culture Moves To The Hinterlands
In an unprecedented programme bringing cutting edge art to the masses the National Galleries of Scotland and Tate have announced… Read More
30 October 2014
Juan Fernando Herran Wins Fifth Prix Pictet Commission For Photography
The Fifth year of the Prix Pictet Commission, with the theme of Consumption has been awarded to Colombian Photographer Juan… Read More
30 October 2014
Juergen Wolf And Matt Smith – Winners Of Young Masters Art Prize 2014
German artist Juergen Wolf has today been announced as the winner of this year’s Young Masters Art Prize, taking home… Read More
29 October 2014
Recovered Matisse And Its Forgery Displayed Together For First Time In Venezuela
A Henri Matisse masterpiece is back on display at Venezuela’s Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber (MACCSI), alongside… Read More
29 October 2014
Artists Protest New UK Instagram Legislation As Carte Blanche For Copyright Infringement
UK Photographers and Artists are up in arms at changes to the law over ‘orphan works’ passed quietly in Parliament… Read More
29 October 2014
Millions Of Orphan Artworks Are Now Free To The Public
Millions of artworks and historically important documents that have previously remained hidden from public view for centuries due to copyright… Read More
29 October 2014
Chapman Brothers Tattoo Gallery Visitors Alongside Tracey Emin’s Tent
The Chapman brothers are known for their provocative and often confrontational art, and this time you may well be going… Read More
29 October 2014