Photo Feature: Mystics And Rationalists At Modern Art Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is currently marking 50 years as an internationally acclaimed powerhouse of contemporary visual culture. Celebrating the role… Read More
13 June 2016
News
Ai Weiwei: Artist And Activist To Speak At Cambridge Union
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to appear in conversation with Yana Peel, CEO of the Serpentine Galleries, at the… Read More
13 June 2016
London’s New Art Spaces: Redefining The Trend This Summer
On the 17th of June, the long awaited new Tate building will be opened to the public. Like a lot of… Read More
11 June 2016
Sunday’s Art Car Boot Fair Line-Up To Include A-List Bargains
Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Sir Peter Blake will be among the many A-list artists selling their work at knock… Read More
11 June 2016
Michael Craig-Martin Awarded Knighthood In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Michael Craig-Martin, a truly influential artist, has been awarded a Knighthood, in the Queen’s birthday honours list. As the ultimate… Read More
11 June 2016
Early American Landscape Painting The Seed Of American Exceptionalism
The American architect Louis Kahn once said “Art does what nature can not do”. I often think about that quote,… Read More
10 June 2016
Gregor Muir Appointed Director of Collection International Art at Tate
Gregor Muir (b.1964) has been appointed Director of Collection, International Art at Tate. He succeeds Frances Morris, now Director, Tate… Read More
9 June 2016
Tracey Emin Unveils Team GB Official Print For Rio 2016
The official limited edition prints for Team GB, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have been revealed. The eight artists… Read More
9 June 2016
Moscow Scrotum Artist Receives Suspended Sentence For Burning Ex-KGB Doors
A Moscow court, yesterday released the performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky who has spent seven months in jail for burning the… Read More
9 June 2016
Helen Mirren Addresses US Senate On Nazi Looted Art
The Oscar winning actress Dame Helen Mirren has testified before a US Senate committee to highlight the slow pace of restitution… Read More
8 June 2016
Henry Moore 1951 Festival of Britain Bronze Hits Auction Block
A rare Henry Moore 1951 modernist bronze sculpture ‘Reclining Figure’ created for the Festival of Britain, will lead the sculpture section of… Read More
8 June 2016
Clifford Chance Pride Art Exhibition 2016 To Feature Solo Artist Peter Jones
For the first time, Clifford Chance will give a solo show to a well known and respected mid-career artist, Peter Jones, who… Read More
8 June 2016
City & Guilds Art School Launch 2016 Degree Show We Spotlight Four Of The Best
City & Guilds of London Art School is a not-for-profit, specialist, higher education institution, located in the heart of Kennington… Read More
7 June 2016
Banksy Gifts Mural To Bristol School As Dedication Thank You
The Street artist Banksy has created a half-term surprise on the walls of a Bristol primary school as a reward… Read More
7 June 2016
Unzipped: Serpentine Pavilion By Bjarke Ingels Revealed To Public
The Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), was launched today by the gallery, with the usual fanfare that… Read More
7 June 2016
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Wins Southbank Award For Serpentine Exhibition
The South Bank Sky Arts Awards which focus on the arts in their entirety honouring the very best of British culture and… Read More
6 June 2016
Is Your Avant-Garde My Avant-Guard? By Edward Lucie-Smith
There are increasing signs of conflict between the two wings of the avant-garde – currently so-called – in the visual arts…. Read More
6 June 2016
Launch Pad: 248th Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition Unveiled
The 248th Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London will open to the public, later on this week with its usual mix… Read More
6 June 2016
Art Car Boot Fair 2016 Gets Ready To Park-Up Next Sunday
The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair (Brick Lane) is an annual institution which after over 10 years still manages to… Read More
5 June 2016
David Bowie PopUp Photographic Exhibit For Cancer Research UK Unveiled
Less than 48 hours after David Bowie passed away Chalkie Davies received a phone call from Susie Howard, an old… Read More
5 June 2016
Gilbert & George Plan New Public Gallery Space In Spittalfields
The Turner Prize winning artist duo Gilbert & George are planning to open a new museum near their home in Spittalfields,… Read More
4 June 2016
Brian Sewell’s Art Collection To Go Under The Hammer At Christie’s
Christie’s London has announced a sale devoted to Brian Sewell: Critic & Collector. The auction will take place at Christie’s on 27… Read More
3 June 2016
Michael Landy To Have His First Museum Survey In Basel
Museum Tinguely Basel is to present the first museum survey of acclaimed British artist Michael Landy from 8 June -25 September 2016…. Read More
3 June 2016
Light Installations Will Illuminate London’s Bridges Says Mayor Sadiq Khan
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is calling on the world’s brightest minds to come up with ideas to create a… Read More
2 June 2016
All the Brit Art You Can Eat At Christie’s Pot Luck Dinner
Christie’s are offering an unusually comprehensive pair of sales of Modern British and Irish art at the end of this month… Read More
2 June 2016
Deutsche Borse Photography Prize Awarded To Trevor Paglen For 2016
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016 has been won by Trevor Paglen (b.1974, USA). The prize was awarded at a special ceremony in… Read More
2 June 2016
Offsite Hayward Gallery Presents Sound and Image In Contemporary Video
Pioneering new approaches to combining sounds and images, the Hayward Gallery in association with The Vinyl Factory present the gallery’s only major off-site exhibition during… Read More
1 June 2016
Top Art School And College Dropouts Who Changed Our World
Oh no, not another bloody Listicle! When I first got into writing drivel for advertising, using a numbered list format was frowned upon.
1 June 2016
Manifesta 11 Prepares To Open Christian Jankowski Curated Biennial
Manifesta 11, opening in Zurich on the 11th of June, with theme curated by Christian Jankowski, “What People Do for Money: Some… Read More
31 May 2016
MacDougall’s Offers Rare Glimpse Of Palmyra In 1930s Russian Painting
The great Syrian ruins of Palmyra, recently damaged by ISIS, is depicted in its former glory, as viewed in the early… Read More
31 May 2016
Aliens In Estonia – Art On The Margins Often Supersedes The Capitals
It’s happenstance that I have a long connection with the small Baltic republic of Estonia, and in particular with its second city,… Read More
30 May 2016
Seventy Artists Reinvigorate The Still Life In Nature Morte Traveling Exhibition
A new traveling exhibition,’Nature Morte’ sees Contemporary artists reinvigorate the still life at the Konsthallen- Bohusläns museum in Sweden. This is the Gallery´s… Read More
30 May 2016