Marisa Merz Exponent Of Arte Povera Movement Dies Age 93
Marisa Merz (born 1931, Turin, Italy) the only woman artist closely associated with the Arte Povera movement has died age 93.
22 July 2019
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Export Ban: Glyn Philpot Painting Of Nijinsky No Great National Loss
A temporary export bar on a painting depicting the Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinksy by the English artist Glyn Philpot has been placed by Arts Minister Rebecca Pow, in a bid to keep it in the country.
22 July 2019
Constantin Brancusi: Elderly New York Art Collector Sues Lawyer Over Deceit
An elderly New York art collector has taken his Philadelphia attorney to court for cheating him out of millions.
21 July 2019
Ai Weiwei Wins Court Case Against Volkswagen In Denmark
In 2017, SMC a Volkswagen dealership in Copenhagen shot a photo of a new Volkswagen Polo parked in front of an installation by the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. The photograph was subsequently used to promote a new model of the Polo car on its website and inhouse magazine.
18 July 2019
Louvre Removes Sackler Name From Galleries After PAIN Protest
Musée du Louvre has removed or taped over all references to the Sackler Family in response to protests from organisations including Nan Goldin’s PAIN (Prescription Addiction Intervention Now group.
17 July 2019
Tate Directors Make A Stand On Climate Change
The directors of Tate have come out emphatically declaring a climate emergency. In a letter dated today, the organisation hopes to spread the word that our fragile planet has reached a breaking point.
17 July 2019
V&A Annual Report Records Over 4.2m London Visitors
The V&A has had a terrific year with a London gate of over 4.2m visitors and the successful launch of their first outpost in Dundee.
16 July 2019
Leon Kossoff – 1926-2019 – By Edward Lucie-Smith
As already stated on this site, Leon Kossoff’s death on July 4 marked pretty much the end of an epoch. Of the for artists who led the so-called School of London – Bacon, Freud, Kossoff and Auerbach – only Auerbach now survives.
7 July 2019
Leon Kossoff Leading School Of London Painter Dies Age 92
The death of Leon Kossoff, who died on 4 July after a short illness is nearly the end of an era for the great wave of British painting known as the School of London.
6 July 2019
Hastings Contemporary: An Optimistic New Chapter For A Popular Gallery
Hastings Contemporary, (the former Jerwood Gallery) launched as an independent gallery on Tuesday with three notable exhibitions, Roy Oxlade alongside works by his tutor David Bomberg, Contemporary Danish Artist Tal R, and new works by artist/illustrator Quentin Blake.
4 July 2019
St Fagans National Museum of History Wins Museum of the Year 2019
The Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2019 has been awarded to St Fagans National Museum of History, near Cardiff…. Read More
4 July 2019
Sculpture In The City London Unveils Edition Nine
Sculpture in the City, the annual public art programme set amongst well-known architectural landmarks, has launched, celebrating their ninth edition. Nineteen artworks make up this year’s outdoor sculpture park in the Square Mile, to include a new artwork by Jonathan Trayte to be unveiled in Autumn 2019.
1 July 2019
Recommended London Art Exhibitions July 2019 – Paul Carey-Kent
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended Contemporary and Modern art exhibitions for July 2019 in London now.
30 June 2019
Masterpiece London: How The Other Half Live – Edward Lucie-Smith
I have always had ambiguous feelings about the annual Masterpiece London fine art and antiques fair, now under the umbrella of the Art Basel Group.
29 June 2019
Actor/ Collector Russell Tovey To Guest Curate Margate Now Arts Festival
To celebrate the 19th edition of the Turner Prize presented this year at Turner Contemporary, Margate is to host Margate… Read More
27 June 2019
Christie’s Contemporary Evening Auction Sees Cecily Brown, Dubuffet and Basquiat Soar
The London Summer Art week which includes Contemporary auctions at both Christie’s and Sotheby’s, Masterpiece London the art fair recently acquired by Art Basel as well a Olympia and newcomer FairForSaatchi is well on the way.
27 June 2019
Bacon, Freud and Saville Top Sotheby’s Evening Contemporary Sale
Sotheby’s London Evening Sale of Contemporary Art has realised £69,143,300/ $87,811,991/ €77,440,496 (est. £58-82.8 million/ $73.5-105 million / €64.7-92.4 million).
27 June 2019
Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled By Architect Junya Ishigami
The Serpentine launched their annual Pavilion this morning with a press view attended by the architect Junya Ishigami and the artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries Hans Ulrich Obrist.
20 June 2019
Controversial Caravaggio Goes Under The Hammer In Toulouse
A long lost painting attributed by a French provincial auction house to Caravaggio, which languished in a chateau attic in… Read More
20 June 2019
Refugee Week Marked With Art Exhibition Highlighting Global Migration
Sink Without Trace presents works by seventeen artists on the subject of migrant deaths at sea. The exhibition held during… Read More
19 June 2019
Yana Peel Quits Serpentine After Negative Lobbying Campaign
Yana Peel, the Serpentine Galleries CEO has resigned from her role, after three years, following a concerted lobbying campaign against her husband’s recent investment in NSO, a surveillance technology company.
18 June 2019
Sotheby’s Sold To Private French/Israeli Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi
Sotheby’s has been sold to the French/Israeli Media Tycoon Patrick Drahi for $3.7 Billion, taking the second largest Auction House in the world from public ownership to private.
18 June 2019
UK Museums Now Protected From Court-Ordered Seizure For Loaned Artworks
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has vowed to protect objects on loan from abroad in temporary exhibitions in UK museums from seizure by the UK courts.
17 June 2019
Art Basel 2019 Bubble-Wrap What The Dealers Said
Art Basel closed the doors on the 2019 edition reporting buoyant sales to private collectors and public institutions by galleries across all market sector. The fair attracted buyers from over 80 countries and an overall attendance of 93,000.
16 June 2019
UK Regains Number Two Position In Annual UBS Art Market Report
Each year during Art Basel in Switzerland, UBS publishes its annual art market report. The document has become one of the most essential barometers in the art world.
12 June 2019
Da Vinci Salvator Mundi Not Onboard Saudi Prince’s Yacht
I think it’s hilarious that Kenny Schachter’s ‘April-fool-style’ reporting of Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi hiding aboard Saudi Prince MBS’s yacht… Read More
12 June 2019
Lost Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Film Found In BFI Archive
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s long ‘lost’ optical sound film, Tönendes ABC / ABC in Sound (1933), missing for over 80 years has been rediscovered and restored at the BFI.
11 June 2019
BP Portrait Award 2019 Won By Charlie Schaffer
Charlie Schaffer has won the prestigious BP Portrait Award 2019. It was announced last night at the National Portrait Gallery,… Read More
11 June 2019
Antoni Gaudi Sagrada Familia Granted Building Permit After 137-year Hiatus
The city of Barcelona has issued a building permit for one of Spain’s most famous tourist attractions. After 137 years the church, designed by the iconic Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi
10 June 2019
Da Vinci Notebooks Displayed Together In British Library First
To mark the 500th anniversary since the death of Leonardo da Vinci, the British Library is to mount an exhibition of the Renaissance master’s notebooks. ‘Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion’ at the British Library will reveal how he believed motion to be the cause of all life’.
6 June 2019
Stonewall Uprising 50th Anniversary Celebrated With Felix Gonzalez-Torres Billboard Reboot
The Public Art Fund is presenting the iconic billboard “Untitled”, 1989 by Felix Gonzalez-Torres (American, b. Cuba, 1957-1996) to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and WorldPride in New York City this June.
5 June 2019
Spencer Tunick Nude Protest Challenges Facebook Censorship Rules
About 100 people stripped naked in front of Facebook’s New York offices as part of a censorship protest against Facebook and Instagram’s policies
4 June 2019