Egypt Frees Ai-Da The Robot Artist – Gillian Wearing Unveils Statue Of Diane Arbus – New Munch Museum Opens
Egypt Frees Ai-Da The Robot Artist – Gillian Wearing Unveils Statue Of Diane Arbus – New Munch Museum Opens
22 October 2021
Gillian Wearing
Banal Public Statues – We Deserve Better – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new over-life size statue group of Princess Diana, just unveiled at Kensington Palace, to celebrate what would have been her sixtieth birthday, shows the late princess surrounded by three children.
10 July 2021
Gillian Wearing: Lockdown
Gillian Wearing continues her exploration of identity, fiction, reality and the mask presenting a series of new works on paper, board, sculpture and film.
Wednesday – Sunday, 11am – 6pm appointments are encouraged
New Year’s List 2019 Honours Artists Wearing, Dean and Shonibare
The New Years Honours list 2019 has given a nod to several Visual Artists in this year’s presentation.
28 December 2018
Gillian Wearing Unveils Statue Of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett In Parliament Square
The Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing has unveiled her depiction of suffragist, Millicent Fawcett to a crowd which included Prime Minister Theresa May and Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
24 April 2018
I am me
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexual behaviour in England and Wales, the National Portrait Gallery is running a year-long season of displays and events examining wider issues of representation, gender and sexuality and the way in which art and portraiture explore and question ideas about identity.
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Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun Projections of Self National Portrait Gallery
Pairing the work of contemporary artist Gillian Wearing with the innovative early-twentieth century photographer Claude Cahun is an inspired choice by the National Portrait Gallery. Despite being born 70 years apart, the two female artists address similar themes around gender, identity, masquerade and performance.
9 March 2017
Artist Gillian Wearing Presented With Birmingham City University Honour
The Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing has been given a top university honour in recognition of her contribution to… Read More
26 July 2016
Major UK Artists Announced For Inaugural Exhibition At Plymouth’s Ocean Studios
Ocean Studios has announced their inaugural show at their new Plymouth gallery. The programme highlights key ideas and themes; identity, communication, feminism, diversity, radical craft… Read More
13 July 2015
Gillian Wearing’s Multimedia Work Gets Los Angeles Exhibition
Regen Projects has unveiled ‘Everyone’, an exhibition of multimedia work by British artist Gillian Wearing. The exhibition debuts two new… Read More
21 December 2014
Anri Sala Is The Winner Of The Vincent Award 2014
Albainian/French artist Anri Sala has been revealed as the winner of the 2014 Vincent Award by the Gemeentemuseum, at a… Read More
21 November 2014
The Art World Gears Up For 2014 The Vincent Award
The Gemeentemuseum The Hague presents work by the five artists shortlisted for the Vincent Award in an exhibition entitled The… Read More
19 November 2014
Fathers For Justice Protester Deface Gillian Wearing Birmingham Family Sculpture
Gillian Wearing’s ‘Real Birmingham Family,’ a sculpture dedicated last week, in front of Birmingham’s library, has been defaced by a… Read More
2 November 2014
Gillian Wearing Immortalises Real Birmingham Family In New Public Sculpture
The Turner Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing has used a ‘Real Birmingham Family’ as the subject for a new public… Read More
30 October 2014
Gillian Wearing Time Travels for Vincent Award
The Turner Prize winner is in line to collect the Dutch art prize for ‘influencing the development of contemporary art… Read More
8 September 2014
About Town Explores International Video Art In Birmingham Urban Spaces
A new exhibition of international video art in Birmingham’s Southside district presented by Hippodrome Plus in partnership with Ikon is… Read More
19 August 2014
Anarchic Art Event Celebrates 20th Anniversary With A Fete Worse Than Death
Last weekend, ‘A Fete Worse Then Death’ celebrated its 20th Anniversary of anarchic art activity with an event curated by… Read More
23 July 2014
Shortlist Announced For 50,000 Euro Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award
The biennial Vincent Award for European contemporary art will be hosted by the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The winner of… Read More
8 May 2014
Tracey Emin & Anthony Caro Help Homeless Charity Raise £340,000
Unique works of art by some of the world’s most celebrated artists have been sold for £340,000 at Christie’s in… Read More
8 May 2012
Gillian Wearing Shami Chakrabarti Portrait At NPG
A new portrait of Shami Chakrabarti, Director of campaign group Liberty, has gone on display at the National Portrait Gallery…. Read More
18 April 2012
Essential London Art Exhibitions To See This Easter
The Easter Holidays are finally here, and how better to spend them than getting out and about the capital to… Read More
5 April 2012
Gillian Wearing At Whitechapel Gallery REVIEW
Gillian Wearing finally gets the major survey exhibition she deserves It was long ago that Gillian Wearing won the Turner… Read More
27 March 2012
Leading UK Artists Exhibition Supports Crisis Charity
We applaud the efforts of top UK artists, coming together for the CRISIS Commission in the fight against homelessness In… Read More
14 March 2012
Tracey Emin Steps Out For Crisis Commission
The exhibition runs at Somerset House, London from 14 March – 22 April 2012. The auction is planned at Christie’s… Read More
14 March 2012
World’s Most Celebrated Artists To Tackle Homelessness
Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, Anthony Caro and others come together for major new exhibition to raise funds in the fight… Read More
12 March 2012
Gillian Wearing Show Announced By Whitechapel
Photos and Film are the focus for 2012 Wearing exhibition The Whitechapel Gallery has just announced the first international survey… Read More
14 December 2011