Art Laughter And Tears: Artlyst’s Top 20 News Stories Of 2015

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The end of 2015 is in sight, as we reflect on yet another year of ups and downs on the London and international art scene; the laughter, the tears, the successes and failures.

So Artlyst has brought together its top 20 news stories of 2015 in reverse order from December to January: the winners, the losers – those exiting the art world and those entering new roles – the highlights and the struggles, the convictions, and demonstrations, the restorations, and disclosures. So here’s to hoping for a creative and fruitful new year for us all. Here’s to a successful 2016.

Paul Black, Managing Editor, Artlyst.

Assemble Collective Wins Turner Prize 2015 At Glasgow’s Tramway

 

George Osborne Spending Review: National Museums Spared Large Cuts In Funding

 

Restoration After The Glasgow School of Art Fire To Cost £35m

 

Louvre Closed Due To Paris Terrorist Attacks Until Further Notice

 

Julia Peyton-Jones To Depart Serpentine Galleries After 25 years

Damien Hirst Reveals His Community Spirit By Opening New Public Gallery

Artlyst Talks To Ai Weiwei And Anish Kapoor Marching In Support Of Refugees

 

Banksy Dismaland A Real-life Sculpture Park For The Dispossessed

 

Ai Weiwei: Six Month Visa Application Rejected By British Government

Alex Farquharson Announced As New Director Of Tate Britain

 

Ai Weiwei Has Passport Returned By Chinese Authorities

 

Anish Kapoor Claims Versailles Vagina Sculpture Vandalism Was Politically Motivated

Grayson Perry Discloses The Truth About A House For Essex

Director Chris Dercon: To Leave Tate Modern To Run Prestigious Theatre

Director Penelope Curtis Quits Tate Britain After Tempestuous Five Years

Paul Gauguin’s Tahitian Girls Becomes The World’s Most Expensive Artwork

 

Tate Finally Discloses BP Sponsorship Figures

 

Paolozzi Mosaic Arches At Tottenham Court Road Tube Station May Be Destroyed

 

Luc Tuymans Convicted Of Plagiarism For Using Photo Of Politician

 

Je Suis Charlie: Hundreds of People Gather In Trafalgar Square

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