Eugene Delacroix Defaced In Act Of Mindless Vandalism At Louvre
A woman has been detained accused of damaging a masterpiece by the French romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, at a branch… Read More
9 February 2013
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Van Gogh Sunflowers Projected Onto National Gallery To Celebrate Your Paintings Project
Oversized images of publicly owned masterpieces were projected on to the National Gallery building in Trafalgar Square last night, as… Read More
9 February 2013
Tracey Emin Blanket Added To Latest Ben Uri Feminist Exhibition
The Ben Uri has just announced the new addition of Tracey Emin’s appliquéd work, Something’s Wrong (2002), on loan from… Read More
8 February 2013
First Elisabeth Frink Catalogue Raisonne Of Sculpture To Be Published
The first catalogue raisonne of the sculptural works of the 20th century British artist Elizabeth Frink is to be published…. Read More
7 February 2013
Guy Wildenstein Charged With Tax Evasion In Scandalous Billion Euro Case
Guy Wildenstein the French/American art dealer and foundation trustee has been charged with tax evasion and money laundering
7 February 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat A New Major Exhibition At Gagosian New York
Fifty works from public and private collections will be featured in a new exhibition spaning Basquiat’s brief but meteoric career,… Read More
7 February 2013
Modigliani Masterpiece Realises £26.9m At Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Sale
Amedeo Modigliani’s portrait of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne was the top selling lot at Christie’s evening Impressionist and Modern sale… Read More
7 February 2013
Mark Wallinger Spearheads London Underground’s Largest Art Commission
Mark Wallinger has been chosen as the artist to spearhead the largest ever commission for London Underground. 270 permanent art… Read More
7 February 2013
Cindy Sherman’s Startling Portrait Featured On Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Magazine
The latest cover of Garage magazine, the art, fashion and lifestyle glossy edited by Mrs Roman Abramovich, (Dasha Zhukova), includes… Read More
7 February 2013
Laura Cooper’s Personal And Collective Actions Displayed In New Exhibition
A new exhibition from Laura Cooper at Space In Between, in London’s E8 explores her practices and takes on her… Read More
6 February 2013
Todd James Makes A Play For World Domination At Lazarides Gallery
New York artist Todd James presents a new solo exhibition ‘World Domination’, which includes a selection of work in different… Read More
6 February 2013
Picasso Potboiler: Marie Therese Portrait Sells For £28m In London
A portrait by Picasso’s of Marie-Therese Walter, has been sold at Sotheby’s London for £28.6m. Painted in 1932 the work… Read More
6 February 2013
Man Ray and His Contemporaries New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
A new exhibition of portraits by one the 20th century’s most inventive photographers, Man Ray opens at the National Portrait… Read More
6 February 2013
Art 13 London Launches A Dedicated Platform For Performance Art
Art 13 London, has just announced their Art13 Performances, a dedicated platform for the presentation and discussion of performance art…. Read More
5 February 2013
New Zaha Hadid Middle East Centre in Oxford Breaks Ground
The Iraqi born British architect, Dame Zaha Hadid, was in Oxford last week to mark the start of work on… Read More
5 February 2013
Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum Exhibits Contemporary Chinese Artist Xu Bing
Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum’s first major exhibition of contemporary art opens with Xu Bing, one of China’s best known and critically… Read More
5 February 2013
Andy Warhol Museum Celebrates 100 Years Of Brillo With Free App
In 1964 Andy Warhol created his now iconic Brillo Soap Pads Box sculpture. Now nearly 50 years later the relationship… Read More
5 February 2013
Art Basel 44 Announces Unparalleled 2013 Gallery Line Up
Art Basel today announced the details of its 44th edition in Basel, Switzerland, taking place June 13 to June 16,… Read More
5 February 2013
Save Cork Street Receives 13,000 Signatures But Still Endangered
Artlyst reported back in June 2011 that rent rises and retail gentrification could displace the art galleries in London’s Cork… Read More
4 February 2013
Bacon and Rodin in dialogue: New Exhibition For February
At the beginning of September 1959, Francis Bacon travelled to Cornwall, seeking to escape the distractions of London, and took… Read More
4 February 2013
The Showroom Celebrates Thirty Years Of Innovative New Art
Since 1983, The Showroom has been at the forefront of its field, taking risks in producing exhibitions with artists in… Read More
4 February 2013
Lucian Freud Bequeaths Masterpieces in lieu of tax To Nation
The Lucian Freud estate has bequeathed works by Degas and Corot to the nation, under the government’s acceptance in lieu… Read More
4 February 2013
Yoko Ono’s Skyladders In Exhibition At Liverpool’s Walker
Yoko Ono is represented along with other important contemporary artists in a new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in… Read More
4 February 2013
Goodbye Haunch of Venison Christie’s Shuts International Gallery Brand
Christie’s International have announced the closure of its Haunch of Venison galleries. The struggling operation, Christie’s first undertaking (in its… Read More
4 February 2013
London Art Auctions Forecast Half Billion Sales In February
Over half a billion in Art goes under the hammer in London this month with the launch of Christies, Sothebys… Read More
3 February 2013
Etch A Sketch Inventor Andre Cassagnes Dies Aged 86
Andre Cassagnes the inventor of the classic 1950’s art toy the ‘Etch A Sketch’ has died in Paris, age 86…. Read More
3 February 2013
Hungary Is Powerless To Keep Stolen Art From Nazi Restitution
International pressure is mounting for Hungary to offer a settlement to the descendants of the Jewish industrialist Baron Mór Lipót… Read More
3 February 2013
Tracey Emin Gets Her Name Up In Lights On Broadway
The British artist Tracey Emin has been commissioned to do a project in New York City to tie in with… Read More
2 February 2013
Ed Vaizey Announces Competition To Find 2017 UK City of Culture
A nationwide competition to find the UK’s next City of Culture has been launched by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey. The… Read More
2 February 2013
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2013 All You Need To Know About Entering
Call For Enteries: The RA Summer Exhibition 2013 Submissions Close 8 March The 245th edition of the Royal Academy Summer… Read More
1 February 2013
New Sculpture To Replace Stolen £1m Dulwich Barbara Hepworth
Helen Nisbit, Art Consultant at the Contemporary Art Society has announced the shortlist for a new sculpture commission to replace… Read More
1 February 2013
Yinka Shonibare: POP – New London Exhibition At Stephen Friedman Gallery
Stephen Friedman Gallery has announced a new solo exhibition of new works by Yinka Shonibare, MBE.This exhibition of all recent… Read More
31 January 2013