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Cerith Wyn Evans Wins The Second Hepworth Prize For Sculpture
Cerith Wyn Evans has won The Hepworth Prize For Sculpture now in its second edition. This year’s shortlisted artists were Michael Dean, Mona Hatoum,...
Street Artist Ron English Buys Banksy Slave Labour Mural To Whitewash
The US Street Artist Ron English has purchased Banksy's Poundland wall mural 'Slave Labour' for £561,000, with the plan to whitewash over the...
Michel Comte Multimedia Arctic Installation Commissioned By Wavelength Foundation
Responding to an international call to the global arts and culture community, acclaimed artist and photographer Michel Comte will be the first...
Hopper’s Iconic Chop Suey Painting Achieves $91,875,000 In Blockchain Sale
Important paintings from the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection totalled $317,801,250, at Christie's, last night with record prices achieved for the...
Rijksmuseum Marks 350th Anniversary of Rembrandt’s Death With New Exhibition
Rijksmuseum marks the 350th anniversary of Rembrandt’s death in 2019 with ‘Year of Rembrandt’. The year-long celebration opens with All the...
Paris Photo Closes 22nd Edition With Robust Sales And Optimism
Paris Photo, the well established fair dedicated to the photographic medium, closed the doors to its 22nd edition on Sunday 11 November, following...
Ashurbanipal – Assyrian King of the World – British Museum – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new Ashurbanipal show at the British Museum raises all sorts of questions in one’s mind – some of them discomforting. It consists of an...
Living War Memorial Artist-led Campaign Save Avenue Of Trees
An Artist-led campaign to save a street dubbed the ‘Living War Memorial’ has resulted in a dramatic victory for a community stirred into...
Jeff Koons Loses Second French Plagiarism Case
The American artist Jeff Koons has been found guilty of copying an idea from an advertisement used by the French clothing chain Naf Naf. He has been...
Chris Dercon To Head Up Grand Palais and Musée du Luxembourg
The former Director of Tate Modern, Chris Dercon has been appointed President of the French government cultural body, Réunion des musées...
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2019 Announce Shortlist
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation has announced the four artists shortlisted for this major prize and the nominees are: Laia Abril, Susan...
Sally Tallant Moves To Queens Museum NY As New Executive Director
The Board of Queens Museum in New York has announced the appointment of Sally Tallant as its new Executive Director. She will take up her...
