Art Athina 2018 – Curatorial Strategies Support Strong Artistic Statements – George Micallef Eynaud
Art Athina 2018: When a city like Athens, Greece, is undergoing some form of economic crisis, a paradoxical trend tends to emerge.
3 July 2018
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Lucian Freud Landscape Discovered Under Suffolk Sign Painter’s Canvas
A landscape painting depicting trees and a bridge over a stream attributed to the British artist Lucian Freud has been… Read More
3 July 2018
Art Night 2018 – What To See – What To Do
London once again is gearing up for Art Night this Saturday 7 July from 6 pm to 6 am. Art Night is London’s largest free contemporary arts festival. Each year the festival partners with a leading cultural institution and curator, focusing on a different area of London to explore its distinctive identity, culture and architecture through various forms of art.
2 July 2018
International British Artists Release Prints To Support London’s Busiest NHS Hospitals
Peter Blake, Jeremy Deller, Tom Hammick, Mona Hatoum, David Mach, Elizabeth Magill and Chris Orr have released limited edition prints in time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, on 5 July 2018.
2 July 2018
Guy Wildenstein Cleared Of Tax Fraud After Second Paris Trial Collapses
The French billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been cleared of tax fraud after a second trial collapsed in Paris on Friday.
30 June 2018
Masterpiece London – Affair To Remember – Or Not – Edward Lucie-Smith
The initial omens are not good. As you go into Masterpiece 2018, the first thing that greets you – though ‘greets’ is the wrong word, it stands there as if trying to block your entry
28 June 2018
New Record For Lucian Freud Painting At Sotheby’s London
A painting by the British Artist Lucian Freud from his ‘last great nudes’ series, Portrait on a White Cover has sold at Sotheby’s London for £a record 22.5million / $29.8 million.
27 June 2018
Government Earmarks £20m For Culture and Creative Industries In England
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has launched a £20 million fund aimed at helping culture, heritage and the creative industries to benefit towns and cities across England.
21 June 2018
Christo Launches Mastaba His First UK Public Artwork
To coincide with a new exhibition of Christo and Jeanne Claude, at the Serpentine Gallery, the 83 year old artist has launched his amazing London Mastaba, a temporary sculpture in Hyde Park
18 June 2018
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
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