Paul Cummin’s Tower Of London Poppy Field Up For South bank Award
The commemorative WWI ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ installation, at the Tower of London has been shortlisted for this… Read More
11 April 2015
Archives: News
Justin Mortimer’s New Exhibition Kult To Open At Parafin London
Parafin presents an exhibition by the acclaimed British painter Justin Mortimer. This exhibition of new work coincides with his first… Read More
11 April 2015
Second Lucian Freud Benefits Supervisor Resting Painting For Sale At Christie’s
Lucian Freud’s most famous and iconic subject will be offered as the highlight of Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary sale on May… Read More
11 April 2015
V&A Museum Director of Design Killed In HGV Cycle Collision
Moira Gemmill the former head of design and exhibitions at the Museum of London and director of design at the Victoria and… Read More
10 April 2015
American Artist Jo Baer Opens New Exhibition At Camden Arts Centre
Camden Arts Centre presents an exhibition of Jo Baer’s most recent series of paintings, ‘In the Land of the Giants’…. Read More
10 April 2015
Sean Lynch Launches Ireland’s Representation At The 56th Venice Biennale
The Dublin launch of Ireland’s representation at the 56th International Art Exhibition in Venice took place yesterday. Ireland at Venice… Read More
10 April 2015
Parthenon Marbles: British Museum And UK Ministers Snub Unesco Mediation Offer
The international campaign promoting the return of the Parthenon marbles to Greece has had a set back when both the British… Read More
9 April 2015
Bloomberg Space Presents New Installation By London Artist Gayle Chong Kwan
Bloomberg Space presents Gayle Chong Kwan’s ‘Anthropo-scene’, a multi-layered installation that explores the built environment, strata and waste, in relation… Read More
9 April 2015
Gurlitt Art Trove: Camille Pissarro Painting Confirmed As Nazi Loot
The German Minister for Culture and the Media, Monika Grütters, has announced that a fourth artwork from the Gurlitt trove… Read More
9 April 2015
Pablo Picasso’s Restored Seagrams Theatre Curtain Unveiled At NY Historical Society
The New York Historical Society is to unveil Pablo Picasso’s iconic painted theater curtain, commissioned for Serge Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes,… Read More
9 April 2015
Neil MacGregor Director Of The British Museum Resigns
Neil MacGregor, the highly regarded Director of the British Museum, the UK’s most popular tourist attraction and one of the… Read More
9 April 2015
Conrad Shawcross Sculpture Replacing Stolen Dulwich Hepworth: Unveiling Announced
Conrad Shawcross, the artist selected to create a new commission, which will replace the stolen sculpture by Barbara Hepworth, in Dulwich Park,… Read More
8 April 2015
How Much Has the Foreign Office Spent On Art In The Last 5 Years
Artlyst asks; “How much money the Foreign and Commonwealth Office spent on art, in the last 5 years and how… Read More
8 April 2015
James Turrell: Stark Naked And Art Loving Gallery Tour Goes Ahead
Is it possible to keep a straight face and view art totally starkers? Well the National Gallery of Australia has conducted… Read More
8 April 2015
Frank Auerbach Survey Announced For October At Tate Britain
A survey of work by the painter Frank Auerbach is set to open at Tate Britain next October. Auerbach (b 1931,… Read More
7 April 2015
Michael Petry: Poetry Of Numbers The Core Of The Algorithm
Prime numbers are defined as whole numbers, which are divisible only by themselves and by the number 1 – for example,… Read More
7 April 2015
Faberge Egg Thief Pleads Guilty In London Courtroom
A thief who stole £800,000 worth of rare Imperial Russian court Fabergé objects and jewellery from Christies Auctioneers last December, has gone on… Read More
6 April 2015
Mark di Suvero Sculpture Not Damaged In Dallas Crane Collapse
A crane has fallen onto the roof of the Dallas Museum of Art, narrowing missing an important sculpture by the… Read More
5 April 2015
Trustees At the British Museum State Clear Position On Parthenon Sculptures
The British Museum has released a document setting out their position on the Elgin Marbles otherwise known as the Parthenon Sculptures. The… Read More
4 April 2015
Carlos Cruz-Diez Wins The Turner Medal For Colour 2015
Since 1941, stemming from the Physical Society, The Colour Group’s mission is to promote the study of colour and to assist… Read More
3 April 2015
Yayoi Kusama Proves The Most Popular Exhibiting Artist In 2014
The figures are in for the most visited exhibitions of 2014 and Yayoi Kusama’s exhibitions in South and Central America have… Read More
3 April 2015
Peter Blake Launches Razzle Dazzle Ship In Liverpool
The First World War Centenary Art Commissions and Tate Liverpool have launched ‘Everybody Razzle Dazzle’, Sir Peter Blake’s ‘dazzle’ commission, in partnership… Read More
2 April 2015
Lauren Bacall Collection Including 34 Works By Henry Moore Achieves £2.45m
Bonhams New York has reported the sale of all 740 lots of the Lauren Bacall Collection, totaling £2.45m ($3.64m). Lauren Bacall… Read More
2 April 2015
Banksy Owner Conned Out Of £100,000 Artwork In Gaza
A resident of the Gaza Strip has been conned into selling a work painted by the ‘Street’ artist Banksy for… Read More
1 April 2015
Director Penelope Curtis Quits Tate Britain After Tempestuous Five Years
Penelope Curtis is to step down as Director of Tate Britain. She will take up a new position as Director, at the… Read More
1 April 2015
Mackintosh Fire: Restoration Architects Announced By Glasgow School of Art
A team led by Page & Park Architects has been approved for the restoration of the Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building… Read More
31 March 2015
Julian Bell: Major New Exhibition By This Third Generation Bloomsbury Artist
The third generation Bloomsbury painter Julian Bell, presents a major new exhibition titled, ‘Genesis’, at St Anne’s Galleries, Lewes this summer…. Read More
31 March 2015
Tracey Emin Unveils My Bed At Tate Britain Fifteen Years Later
The Turner Prize nominated My Bed, 1998, by Tracey Emin will be unveiled as one of the highlights of Tate Britain’s… Read More
30 March 2015
William Pye Bronze Sculpture Stolen From The Watts Gallery
Another major bronze theft has taken place, this time at the newly renovated Watts Gallery in Surrey. It is now… Read More
30 March 2015
Cy Twombly Sculpture Toppled And Damaged By Museum Visitor
A rare sculpture (Untitled 1954) by the 20th century artist Cy Twombly was accidentally knocked over last week, causing thousands… Read More
29 March 2015
Venice Biennale 56 Sees More Exhibiting Artists From Asia-Pacific
Earlier this month the list of the selected artists for the 56th Venice Biennale by curator Okwui Enwezor was released: 136 artists from 53 different countries… Read More
29 March 2015
Picasso Bass Beer Painting Worth £10m Confiscated By Italian Police
The ownership of an Analytic cubist painting depicting a violin with a bottle of Bass beer dating from 1912, by the Spanish born… Read More
28 March 2015