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Jonas Mekas Avant-Garde Filmmaker/Influencer Dies Age 96
Jonas Mekas, avant-garde filmmaker, curator and visual art influencer has died at his home in Brooklyn age 96. The Lithuanian-born artist was widely...
91ST ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS – BREAKING NEWS
The 91st Academy Awards: The Actor-comedian and Oscar®–nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced...
Pierre Bonnard: First London Museum Show In 20 Years Unveiled
Tate Modern is mounting the UK’s first major Pierre Bonnard exhibition in 20 years, opening to the public on the 23 January. Work by this innovative...
Banksy Port Talbot Mural Sells To Dealer For Six Figures
A Banksy mural, which appeared on the side of a garage in Port Talbot in December, has been sold to a private collector for a "six-figure sum"....
Kanye West Pledges $10m Towards James Turrell’s Roden Crater Project
Last month the rap singer Kanye West visited the ethereal, glowing light installations of artist James Turrell. He was so moved by the works that...
McJesus Sculpture Sparks Protest At Haifa Museum
Several hundred fundamentalist Christians have staged a protest outside the Haifa Museum of Art in Israel demanding the removal of 'McJesus' a...
Is Pyotr Pavlensky Just An Attention Seeking Muppet
In the aftermath of sentencing the exiled Russian artist Petr (AKA Pyotr) Pavlensky on Thursday, I ask myself why is he doing this? Is it for art?...
Jock McFadyen RA Announced As Coordinator Of 251st Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Scottish painter, Jock McFadyen RA will be the coordinator of the 251st Summer Exhibition in 2019. This year’s committee members are Royal...
Elmgreen & Dragset Prada Marfa Honoured With Cameo On The Simpsons
The ever-timely Elmgreen & Dragset have been honoured with a cameo appearence of the “Prada Marfa” Shop installation on an episode of The...
The Shed NY Unveils Buildings Named After Patrons Bloomberg And Tisch
The Shed has announced the opening date and building names for New Yorks newest not for profit artspace. On April 5, 2019 the arts centre which is...
Top Artists Join Forces To Raise Money For Refugee Crisis
Multicolour is a new exhibition and auction fundraiser to support those affected by the global refugee crisis created by Migrate Art. Some of the...
John Ruskin: 200th Anniversary Celebrated With Year-Long Programme
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the influential writer, thinker, artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819 -1900), galleries,...
