24 August 2022
Spencer Tunick Announces First Gallery Show In Ten Years
Public Interventions will be Spencer Tunick’s first gallery show in 10 years and features new and unseen work.
Dan Graham Groundbreaking Conceptual Artist Dies Age 79
The artist, Dan Graham, has died over the weekend in New York. Graham’s influence over the past half-century as a writer, photographer, architect, sculptor, filmmaker and performance artist is a great loss to the contemporary art world. Since the 1960s his groundbreaking endeavours in video, installation and audience participation – including such legendary and confrontational […]
Richard Long: A Line Made By Walking 1967 – Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
In 1967, Richard Long a young Bristol artist made a line in the grass of a field by walking backwards and forwards and called it A LINE MADE BY WALKING.
18 June 2018
Body Politics: James Ostrer Meets Paul Carter Robinson At Gazelli Art House
James Ostrer’s work often tests the limits of the body politics in the ever evolving analysis of the western body, sexuality, and society.
13 February 2018
Jef Geys Belgian Conceptual Artist Dies Aged 83
Jef Geys (born Leopoldsburg, Belgium,1934) known for his installations, photography and conceptual work has died age 83.
14 June 2017
General Idea Estate To Be Represented By Mitchell-Innes & Nash
The Estate of General Idea (1969-1994) is to be represented by Mitchell-Innes & Nash, it has been announced.
12 June 2017
Whitechapel Gallery Presents Visual Journey Exploring The Motif Of Dust
The Whitechapel Gallery is presenting a new exhibition which brings together artworks and documents tracing a visual journey through the motif of dust from aerial reconnaissance, wartime destruction and natural disasters to domestic dirt and forensics.
25 April 2017
2 January 2017
The Millennial Death Of Conceptual Art By Edward Lucie-Smith
Edward Lucie-Smith discusses the relevance of Conceptual Art in the millennial age.
Conceptual Artist Lawrence Weiner Announces New Blenheim Art Foundation Exhibition
A new exhibition by American artist and founding figure of Conceptual Art, Lawrence Weiner has been announced by the Blenheim Art Foundation. The show opening at Blenheim Palace on 10 October, will showcase works conceived by the artist over the last several decades, in addition to significant, site-specific works, created especially for the Palace. Integrated throughout the ornately furnished Palace […]
Michael Petry Installation Examines Ancient Gods Eros, Apollo and Diana
The London based international artist Michael Petry has been invited to make works at the Palácio dos Duques de Cadaval in Portugal. The installation which is currently on view, evokes the winery tradition of Alentejo associated with the symbolism of the bowl as an object used to carry offerings. Often portrayed in tales of heroes, […]
Ger van Elk Dutch Conceptual Artist Dies Age 73
Ger van Elk who died age 73 on 17 August was a highly regarded conceptual artist, both nationally as internationally
On Kawara First Generation Conceptual Artist Dies Age 81
“It is with great sadness that the David Zwirner gallery announces the passing of On Kawara”. For over five decades, On Kawara created
Sarah Charlesworth American Conceptual Artist And Photographer Dies
Sarah Charlesworth an American visual artist and photographer, connected to the Conceptual Art movement has died in New York age 66.
Julian Assange Case Featured In Swiss Artist’s Conceptual Work
A Swiss artist duo have used GPS tracking and live webcams to follow a parcel addressed to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Domagoj Smoljo and Carmen Weisskopf have posted updates on the parcel’s progress online as part of the art project. The parcel was delivered to the embassy and was checked by security and delivered to […]
Michael Asher Influential Installation Artist Dies In Los Angeles
For the last 40 years, Michael Asher challenged the logic of architectural structures in galleries and museums, Born in Los Angeles, California,
Mel Bochner Survey For Whitechapel Gallery In October
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced the first major British survey show of the New York artist Mel Bochner, one of the founding figures of conceptual art, for the Autumn. The exhibition traces nearly 50 years of Bochner’s work, from the late 1960s to today, showing his fascination with language and colour. It will include a […]
Dennis Oppenheim Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies Aged 72
Dennis Oppenheim the pioneering conceptual artist has died of complications from liver cancer, he was 72. Oppenheim was born in 1938