National Gallery Security To Be Updated In Light Of Attacks
Improved Security Measures at the National Gallery will take effect immediately following Just Stop Oil and pro-Palestinian protests…
17 October 2024
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Space Odyssey: Elizabeth Line Wins Stirling Prize for Architecture
The latest addition to London’s transport network, the Elizabeth Line, has won the Stirling Prize for the UK’s best architectural project…
17 October 2024
Stop Protests Targeting Artworks Says National Museum Directors’ Council
UK museum directors have written an open letter calling for an end to protests which target galleries and artworks. The demonstrations
12 October 2024
National Gallery: Picasso Targeted By Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators
A Picasso painting at London’s National Gallery became the focus of a protest by pro-Palestinian activists….
10 October 2024
Tate Acquires New Works From Frieze London 2024
Tate has acquired a new selection of works from Frieze London 2024, thanks to the ongoing support of the Frieze Tate Fund, backed by Endeavor.
10 October 2024
Mire Lee: Tate Unveils Turbine Hall Hyundai Commission 2024
Tate Modern has unveiled a new large-scale sculptural installation by artist Mire Lee. Lee reimagines the Turbine Hall as the inside of a body
8 October 2024
Shepard Fairey: Pro-Palestinian March Delays US Ambassador’s Mural Visit
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the unveiling of a mural by the U.S. Street Artist Shepard Fairey in east London
7 October 2024
Just Stop Oil Activists Spared Jail After Glueing Themselves To Turner Painting
A Manchester Magistrates’ Court judge has spared jail for two activists from Just Stop Oil who had glued themselves to a JMW Turner painting at Manchester Art Gallery…
3 October 2024
Picasso Discovered In Capri By Italian Family Sparks Debate
For decades, a Cubist-style painting hung on the wall of Luigi Lo Rosso’s home in Capri. The artwork had a signature scrawled “Picasso”…
2 October 2024
Lady Gaga Visits The Louvre To Launch JOKER: Folie à Deux
Are today’s madmen the same as those of the past? This is one of the many questions posed by the Louvre’s new major autumn exhibition….
30 September 2024
Just Stop Oil Targets Van Gogh Exhibition At National Gallery
Just Stop Oil Activists have targeted the National Gallery’s Van Gogh ‘Poets and Lovers’ exhibition with another vandalistic climate protest.
27 September 2024
Banksy’s Chelsea Elephants Restored After Being Vandalised
One of Banksy’s latest works, an image of two elephants nudging their heads out of blocked windows, has been cleaned up after being vandalised.
25 September 2024
40th Turner Prize Exhibition Launches At Tate Britain
Tate Britain today opens its highly anticipated exhibition featuring the work of the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2024
24 September 2024
Ai Weiwei: Man Deliberately Smashes Sculpture At VIP Reception
A member of the public deliberately destroyed a porcelain sculpture by the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on Friday night during the opening reception for an exhibition in Bologna, Italy.
23 September 2024
Fourth Plinth 2024: Teresa Margolles Unveils Tribute To The Trans Community
A new powerful sculpture on London’s Fourth Plinth has been revealed by Teresa Margolles dedicated to the Trans Community…
18 September 2024
Fondation Cartier: New Jean Nouvel Gallery Announced For Central Paris
Paris: A bold new landmark building for the heart of the French capital to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has been announced….
17 September 2024
Controversy Over King’s Cross Development Grows As Antony Gormley Joins Criticism
The proposed development of a 3,000-square-foot “grab-and-go” coffee shop in London’s King’s Cross area, currently under review by Camden Council, is facing growing opposition.
13 September 2024
Apollo Magazine Bought By GB News Hedge Fund Magnate Paul Marshall
Paul Marshall, the co-owner of right-wing news channel GB News, has added the prestigious art journal Apollo to his growing media stable….
12 September 2024
Vincent van Gogh Exhibition Marks 200th Anniversary Of National Gallery
The National Gallery in London is celebrating its 200th anniversary with a landmark exhibition of Vincent van Gogh’s work…
11 September 2024
Rebecca Horn Inventive Installation and Performance Artist Dies Aged 80
Rebecca Horn RA, a pioneering German installation artist and filmmaker, has died (September 6th, 2024), aged 80.
8 September 2024
Claudette Johnson Commissioned For New Transport for London Mural
Brixton Underground station commission by the celebrated British artist and 2024 Turner Prize nominee Claudette Johnson.
5 September 2024
£6m Watteau Painting Once Owned By Walpole Receives Export Ban
A temporary export bar has been placed on Le Rêve de L’Artiste by Jean-Antoine Watteau. The historic painting once belonged to Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole…
2 September 2024
Peter Doig Calls For Art Market Transparency Criticising Secondary Market Profits
The artist Peter Doig, whose work has fetched staggering sums at auction, has voiced his frustration over the lack of transparency in the art market, particularly regarding the secondary market.
1 September 2024
WASPS Studios From Idealism To Big Business – Clare Henry
Scotland’s hot topic is the hike in the cost of WASPS STUDIOS. Set up in 1977 by artists for artists, for almost 50 years, WASPS (short for Workshop & Artists Studio Provision Scotland)
1 September 2024
Bankrupt Boy Scouts of America Art Collection To Be Auctioned Off
Boy Scouts of America art collection to be auctioned compensating survivors of childhood sexual abuse within the Scouts.
30 August 2024
Khaleb Brooks To Create London Memorial Marking Transatlantic Slavery
Khaleb Brooks has been announced as the winner of a prestigious competition to design a Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery, which will be unveiled in London in 2026….
25 August 2024
Shepard Fairey Unveils New Forward Poster Featuring Kamala Harris
Shepard Fairey has released his first Presidency-themed artwork in over a decade with the latest Kamala Harris poster FORWARD.
23 August 2024
William Blake: Historic Cottage Faces Urgent Restoration Effort
Blake’s cottage, nestled in the coastal village of Felpham, West Sussex, once home to the visionary poet and artist William Blake
22 August 2024
Frank Lloyd Wright: Iconic Price Tower Faces Uncertain Future
The Price Tower, an iconic skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, is facing closure just 18 months after being purchased…
21 August 2024
Scottish Art Institutions Unite In Bid For Survival
First, the good news. As it approaches its 150th anniversary, the artists collective, PAISLEY ART INSTITUTE (PAI), has cause for celebration…..
20 August 2024
Firefighters Battle Blaze At Somerset House In Central London
A significant fire has broken out at Somerset House in central London, prompting a large-scale response from emergency services. Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines have been deployed…
17 August 2024
Rothko Chapel in Houston Closes Indefinitely Due to Hurricane Damage
The Rothko Chapel, a revered non-denominational sanctuary in Houston, Texas, sustained significant damage from Hurricane Beryl…
15 August 2024