Glasgow School Of Art Destroyed In Second Devastating Blaze
Fire crews have spent a third day at the scene of the latest fire to hit the historic Glasgow School of Art.
17 June 2018
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Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné An Update By Richard Polsky
With another ten years (1976-1986) of Warhol’s paintings to document before it’s completed, here are the positives, the negatives, and the controversies — so far. By Richard Polsky
12 June 2018
Frieze Sculpture Announces 2018 Artists For London’s Regent’s Park
Frieze has announced the artists participating in this year’s Sculpture Park. The event which opens in July is again curated by Clare Lilley Director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
9 June 2018
Heather Phillipson Unveils New Art on the Underground Commission
A major commission by British artist Heather Phillipson for the disused platform at Gloucester Road Underground station has been unveiled by Art on the Underground.
7 June 2018
Antwerp Baroque 2018: Rubens Inspires – Sue Hubbard
A small jewel of a city that dates back to the Middle Ages, Antwerp is Belgium’s only port.
5 June 2018
Malcolm Morley Pioneering Photorealist Painter Dies Age 86
The first Turner Prize winner, the painter Malcolm Morley, has died at age 86.
5 June 2018
The London Group Announces Three Exhibitions For Waterloo Festival
St John’s Waterloo is an Anglican church with a big heart and an open door. This year, The London Group will mount three new group exhibition.
2 June 2018
FIAC Paris Announce Exhibitors List For 45th Edition
FIAC, the leading international Contemporary and Modern art fair, held each year in Paris has announced their exhibitor list for the 45th edition.
31 May 2018
Tate Britain Reunites Two Burne-Jones Masterpieces For Retrospective Exhibition
Two celebrated series of Pre-Raphaelite paintings will be brought together in their entirety for Tate Britain’s Burne-Jones retrospective this autumn.
30 May 2018
London Open Triennial 2018 Announces Exhibiting Artists At Whitechapel
The London Open 2018 is again upon us bringing critical work by some of the most dynamic contemporary artists in the capital today. The latest edition of this triennial summer exhibition offers a free, lively space to discover new work
30 May 2018
Collishaw, Rego and Wylie Shortlisted For 2018 Southbank Award
The South Bank Sky Arts Award (originally The South Bank Show Award) has announced the three shortlisted visual artists for the 2018 award.
29 May 2018
Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine Ceases Trading After 50 Years
Interview magazine has ceased publishing with immediate effect and closed their New York office. The 50-year old stalwart of NY chic was founded by Andy Warhol has suffered months of turmoil, with lawsuits filed by former employees of the magazine.
22 May 2018
Prison Charity Koestler Trust Curates Exhibition Touring London churches
The Koestler Trust, the UK’s best-known prison arts charity, has curated an exhibition which has been touring central London churches.
20 May 2018
Understated Hats For Princess Eugenie And Beatrice By Fulham Designer
Princess Eugenie And Beatrice Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson daughters opted for understated hats after the whimsical fascinators by renowned London milliner Philip Treacy for Prince William and Kate’s wedding in April 2011.
19 May 2018
Christie’s Record $1.79 Billion Spring Auction Season
Christie’s Spring auction series in New York achieved a grand total of $1.79 billion across two weeks of sales, marking another crowning achievement in the company’s more than 250-year history.
19 May 2018
Royal Academy Renewed: Integrating Culture With Daily Life – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Royal Academy’s radical extension of its premises including some splendid new exhibition spaces and an imposing new lecture-theatre excites me, but also generates some doubts and mixed feelings.
17 May 2018
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Totals $415,852,500
Another successful Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale has topped expectations with record prices for Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) and Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935).
16 May 2018
Picasso Self Portrait Belonging To Casino-Boss Steve Wynn Damaged At Christie’s
A Picasso self-portrait belonging to the Las Vegas casino-boss Steve Wynn has been seriously damaged ahead of a Christie’s sale.
15 May 2018
Modigliani Nu Couché Tops Sotheby’s Highest Ever Record Price At $157m
Amedeo Modigliani Nu Couché has become the most valuable work ever sold at Sotheby’s—selling for $157 million in the 14 May Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale.
15 May 2018
Griffin Gallery To Close As Elephant Magazine Expands Media Empire
The Griffin Gallery in West London which has been a stalwart of inspiring exhibitions and programmes is to close its doors on 24 May.
15 May 2018
Stik To Erect Gender Neutral Sculpture In Hoxton Square
Stik, is an instantly recognisable and much loved London based Street Artist. His style is known for depicting brightly coloured figures which appear on murals from London to New York to Japan.
11 May 2018
Drink-Up Pay-Up F-Off: Tales from the Colony – London’s Lost Bohemia
Darren Coffield’s new book “Tales from the Colony: the Lost Bohemia of Bacon, Belcher and Board” is an authorised history of London’s most notorious arts club.
9 May 2018
Rockefeller Sale Misses Billion Dollar Mark Despite Monet And Matisse Records
It wasn’t the billion dollar sale that Christie’s optimistically predicted but it was an evening of fierce bidding and record prices for both Matisse and the stalwart of Impressionism Monet.
9 May 2018
Britain’s Leading Artists Protest Against The Decline Of Art In Schools
Over 100 artists, including Tracey Emin, Jeremy Deller, Antony Gormley, Lubaina Himid, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, Sam Taylor Johnson, Mark Wallinger and Rachel Whiteread, have written to The Guardian to protest against the decline of art in schools.
8 May 2018
Mai 68: Posters from the Revolution Marking 50 Years – Lazinc
On the fiftieth anniversary of the student protests that kicked off the Mai 68 Paris riots, London gallery Lazinc will present over fifty posters created and employed during the protests.
8 May 2018
Kanal Centre Pompidou Brussels Launches In Former Art Deco Citroën Garage
The French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen inaugurated a temporary exhibition launching the Kanal-Centre Pompidou, Brussels’ museum of contemporary art.
7 May 2018
Dame Joan Collins To Be Sculpted Live by Royal Artist Frances Segelman
The iconic actor Dame Joan Collins will be sculpted live by royal sculptor Frances Segelman (Lady Petchey) at the London Film Museum, in support of Penny Brohn UK.
5 May 2018
Linda McCartney Photographs Gifted To V&A By Husband Paul
The V&A has announced a major gift of 63 photographs by Linda McCartney, generously gifted by Paul McCartney and his family.
3 May 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 Artists Announced
New Contemporaries has announced this year’s selected artists with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
3 May 2018
The Art Of Smug Turner Prize 2018 – Edward Lucie-Smith
This year’s list of finalists for the Turner Prize has just been announced. While the names on the shortlist are virtuously unfamiliar, the general artistic direction is not.
30 April 2018
Yves Klein 90th Birthday Exhibition Announced for Blenheim Palace
The largest exhibition ever mounted of the French artist Yves Klein has been announced for Blenheim Palace. It will coincide with what would have been the artist’s ninetieth birthday.
26 April 2018
Modigliani Nude Predicted To Break Artist’s $170m Auction Record
Sotheby’s has unveiled plans to auction Amedeo Modigliani’s largest painted work, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche).
24 April 2018