Peter Blake Portraits Exhibition Announced For Waddington In November
A new exhibition titled, Peter Blake: Portraits and People, the first exhibition to focus on the artist’s portraiture has been announced for Waddington… Read More
17 August 2015
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Third Made in Britain Auction Announced For Sotheby’s
The forthcoming Made in Britain auction has been announced by Sotheby’s. It is the third edition of a sale uniquely… Read More
17 August 2015
Henri Matisse: Tate Liverpool To Display Artist’s Iconic Snail
This autumn Tate Liverpool will present one of the most iconic works ever made by Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954),… Read More
17 August 2015
National Gallery Decides Today Whether Strike Action Should Continue
The National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, one of the UK’s most visited tourist destination will decide today whether or not… Read More
17 August 2015
Elvis Presley: The Artist As Cultural Icon 48 Years On
On the 48th anniversary of the death of Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) here is… Read More
16 August 2015
Dundee’s V&A Museum Project: Costs Double To £80m
Dundee’s V&A museum has come under fire for the way the costs, originally estimated at £45 m for the project were… Read More
15 August 2015
Frieze Projects Announces 2015 Participating Artists
Frieze has announced their 2015 Projects, where they will be presenting seven new commissions for the London fair. Along with the support… Read More
15 August 2015
Turner Prize Winning Artist Grenville Davey Receives Honorary Degree
The Turner Prize-winning artist, Grenville Davey, who won the award in 1992 is to be honoured at Writtle College Graduation Ceremonies this year…. Read More
14 August 2015
Performa 15 Announces Further Commissions By Artists
Performa, has announced additional Performa Commissions and Premieres to debut during Performa 15. The internationally acclaimed organisation, dedicated to live performance… Read More
14 August 2015
Stolen Picasso Cubist Masterpiece Returns To The Pompidou
A Picasso oil painting valued at $15m (£10m), that was stolen from a Paris museum 14 years ago has been returned by US… Read More
14 August 2015
Letting Go Within The Creative Process Explored In New Exhibition
Finding Form is a new group exhibition at Art First which centres on notions of chance and of ‘letting go’ within the creative… Read More
13 August 2015
World Class Museums: Pompidou Tate and MMK Unite For Liverpool Exhibition
Three key European art museums unite to bring together over 60 major artworks from 1945 onwards in a new exhibition… Read More
13 August 2015
Jeremy Deller Commissioned To Design New Brixton Five Pound Note
The Brixton Pound, a bespoke currency valid only in Brixton, celebrates its fifth birthday with a new design created by… Read More
13 August 2015
Anish Kapoor Vitriolic About China’s Plagiarised Bean Sculpture
The Turner Prize winning Artist Anish Kapoor has been infuriated by a Chinese sculpture clearly plagiarising his iconic ‘Cloud Gate’… Read More
12 August 2015
Merge Bankside 2015 Announces Artists Line-Up For London Festival
Merge, he month-long free arts festival, is back for its fifth year. A collection of talented artists will be making use… Read More
12 August 2015
Luc Tuymans Retrospective Announced For Qatar Museums
A retrospective of the work of Luc Tuymans has been announced at the Qatar Museums. It will be the first solo show… Read More
12 August 2015
Jeremy Corbyn Shows Solidarity With Striking National Gallery Staff
Members of the PCS Union, working at the National Gallery have called an indefinite strike, in a dispute over privatisation…. Read More
12 August 2015
Gagosian Gallery Announce Representation Of Nam June Paik Estate
The Gagosian Gallery have announced that they are to represent the estate of Nam June Paik, the Korean born international artist…. Read More
11 August 2015
Tate Asks You Identify John Piper Locations In Photo Archive
Thousands of John Piper’s unpublished photographs From Cornwall to the Isle of Mull are made available on Tate’s website today, many… Read More
11 August 2015
Art Fund Launches Edible Masterpieces Fundraising Initiative
Edible Masterpieces is again the theme for the Art Fund’s fundraising initiative. It relaunches today, encouraging both art and food… Read More
11 August 2015
Five Senses Explored By Tate’s IK Prize 2015 Winner
Stimulate your sense of taste, touch, smell and hearing as Tate Sensorium, a new immersive art experience, is unveiled at… Read More
10 August 2015
Turner Prize Winner Laure Prouvost: First Solo Presentation In Nordic-Baltic Region
Burrow Me is Laure Prouvost’s first solo presentation in the Nordic-Baltic region. In her work, Prouvost constructs immersive environments in which… Read More
10 August 2015
Cats On The Internet: Proliferation Explored In New Exhibition
A new exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York organised by Jason Eppink, Associate Curator of… Read More
10 August 2015
Gardner Museum Theft: New Development In 25 Year Old Robbery Case
A new development in the 25 year old case of stolen masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, has come… Read More
9 August 2015
Sotheby’s Announces £2.3 Billion Second Quarter Earnings For 2015
Sotheby’s has announced second quarter 2015 earnings. Tad Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Patrick McClymont, Chief Financial Officer, revealed… Read More
8 August 2015
Sarah Munro Appointed As New Director Of The Baltic
The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art has announced the appointment of Sarah Munro as the gallery’s new Director. Munro will join… Read More
8 August 2015
Artlyst Photo Special: The Fantasy of Representation, Beers London
Beers London presents The Fantasy of Representation, an exhibition exploring figurative representation in painting featuring the artist’s Hurvin Anderson, Francis… Read More
7 August 2015
Visual Art Takes Backseat As London Museums Pump Up The Volume
Eyeballs are evidently obsolete. It’s not enough to simply look at art in order to absorb it anymore: this week… Read More
7 August 2015
Matthew Girling Is Announced As The Global CEO Of Bonhams
Matthew Girling has been appointed Global CEO of Bonhams with immediate effect. He was formerly joint CEO of Bonhams with… Read More
7 August 2015
Ai Weiwei To Take UP Teaching Post At Berlin Art College
Ai Weiwei has expressed an interest in taking up a teaching post at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. It was… Read More
7 August 2015
Art Zines Explored In New Alternative History Of Graphic Design Exhibition
A new exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea sets out a new way of looking at graphic design history,… Read More
7 August 2015
US Art Lawyer Charles Goldstein, Nazi-Looted Art Restitution Expert, Dies At 78
Charles Goldstein – a New York real estate lawyer describes as a ‘tenacious advocate’ for recovering art looted from Holocaust victims.
6 August 2015