Doug Aitken Station to Station Project To Take Over The Barbican In June
This summer Doug Aitken’s project Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening, takes over the Barbican from Saturday 27 June with more… Read More
27 March 2015
Archives: News
Made in Britain Auction At Sotheby’s Creates Ten New World Records
Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale, a dedicated auction celebrating the diversity of British art from 1900 to today has created ten… Read More
27 March 2015
Grayson Perry Appointed As Royal Academy Trustee of the British Museum
The Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry CBE RA has been appointed as the Royal Academy’s nomination to the British Museum Board… Read More
27 March 2015
New Diana Thater Installation Opens At Hauser & Wirth London
Hauser & Wirth London presents ‘Life is a Time-Based Medium’, a new video installation by Diana Thater. The work comprises… Read More
27 March 2015
Ai Weiwei And Joan Baez Given Amnesty International’s Ambassador Of Conscience Award
The top 2015 human rights award from Amnesty International – the non-governmental and non-profit organisation focused on human rights –… Read More
27 March 2015
Albert Irvin RA English Abstract Expressionist Dies Aged 92
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin OBE, the English Abstract Expressionist painter, was born 21 August 1922.
27 March 2015
Jonathan Horowitz: 304.8cm Paintings To Open At Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ presents Jonathan Horowitz’s spring 2015 exhibition ‘304.8cm Paintings’, featuring a new series of paintings traversing themes of… Read More
26 March 2015
Andy Warhol’s First Studio Lease Up For Auction At Sotheby’s On April 1
On April 1st a piece of art history will be available to purchase for anyone with $12,000 spare; as the… Read More
26 March 2015
Naturists Celebrate James Turrell Retrospective In The Nude
The National Gallery of Australia has announced a naked tour of the James Turrell exhibition, as part of a new… Read More
26 March 2015
Pablo Picasso’s 1950s Homage To Delacroix Goes Under The Hammer
Christie’s will be offering Pablo Picasso’s Les femmes d’Alger (Version “O”) as the star lot in their New York Impressionist and… Read More
26 March 2015
German Artist Isa Genzken’s Exhibition ‘Geldbilder’ To Open At Hauser & Wirth London
Hauser & Wirth London presents the exhibition ‘Geldbilder’, a new series of paintings by German artist Isa Genzken. In the… Read More
25 March 2015
Nazi-looted Henri Matisse From Gurlitt Collection Restitution Deal Reached
London-based solicitor Christopher Marinello, working for the Rosenberg family, trying to retrieve a long-lost Matisse painting looted by the Nazis… Read More
25 March 2015
Hitler Flower Painting Could Exceed $30,000 At Auction
A watercolour painting by Adolf Hitler from 1912, could fetch more than $30,000, or £20,093, when it hits the auction… Read More
25 March 2015
Environmentalist Community Outraged By Scafell Pike Artwork By Oscar Santillan
A contemporary gallery in London has sparked outrage among the environmentalist community with its latest show, containing a chunk of… Read More
25 March 2015
SelgasCano Unveils Design For 2015 Annual Serpentine Pavilion
The Serpentine has unveiled the plans for the 2015 pavilion. This will be the 15th annual Pavilion commissioned by the gallery. The… Read More
25 March 2015
Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Focuses On Women’s Emancipation In The 1950s
An exhibition focusing on the actress, singer and style icon, Marilyn Monroe, representing the emancipation of women in the 1950s is… Read More
25 March 2015
Rare Early Renaissance Painting Gifted To The National Gallery
A rare early Italian Renaissance painting that has never been exhibited in public before has been gifted to the National… Read More
24 March 2015
German Authorities Criticised For Bureaucratic “Bullying” Over Gurlitt Nazi Restitution Case
The saga of Cornelius Gurlitt’s ‘Munich Art Trove’ seems to go no and on. Literally. The collection was originally collated… Read More
24 March 2015
El Greco Masterpiece Stolen By The Nazis Returned To Rightful Owners
A masterpiece by El Greco has been returned to the rightful owners by The Commission for Looted Art in Europe, and Art… Read More
24 March 2015
Anish Kapoor Makes A Radical Return To Painting In New London Exhibition
“I think I am a painter who is a sculptor… For me the two things have somehow come together, so… Read More
24 March 2015
Twitter’s Museum Week Is Here And Will Conclude With Real-Time Digital Artwork
Today is the first day of Twitter’s international Museum Week, which celebrates the UK’s many museums, galleries and cultural institutions,… Read More
23 March 2015
Heath Robinson Collection Saved For The Nation By Generous Grants
Over 410 works by the British illustrator William Heath Robinson have been saved for the nation by grants of £300,000. The collection,… Read More
23 March 2015
British Painter Edward Coyle’s New Exhibition To Open At Berloni Gallery London
Berloni Gallery presents ‘BUILD!’, a solo exhibition by British painter Edward Coyle, following the artist’s twelve month on-site residency. Coyle… Read More
23 March 2015
George Osborne Pledges £1 Million To Restore Fire Damaged Battersea Arts Centre
Bystanders watched in disbelief as a large fire ripped through the Battersea Arts Centre on Friday 13 March, with more… Read More
23 March 2015
Dawit Abebe Background 2 To Open At Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery presents Dawit Abebe in the exhibition ‘Background 2’, following his participation in the 2014 group show ‘Trade… Read More
23 March 2015
Christina Mackie Unveils The Latest Tate Britain Commission Supported By Sotheby’s
Tate Britain today unveils the filters, a three-part installation by artist Christina Mackie (b. 1956). The work has been created for… Read More
23 March 2015
Venice Biennale 56 To Reflect Society Rather Than Art Market
The 56th Venice Biennale is set to open on 9th May 2015 embedding exiting and current themes of social justice, political awareness and environmental awakening. The… Read More
23 March 2015
Rubens’ Three Magi Portraits Reunited At The National Gallery Washington For First Time Since 1881
Peter Paul Rubens’s portraits of the three Magi have finally been reunited – after being separated for over 130 years… Read More
22 March 2015
TEFAF 2015 Shows Growth And Strong Sales In Many Areas
A good fair with strong sales is the word for TEFAF 2015 as it proves to show growth in many different areas. Contemporary… Read More
22 March 2015
Picasso Garage Hoard Couple Ordered To Return 271 Stolen Artworks
A retired electrician and his wife have been convicted of concealing 271 stolen artworks by Pablo Picasso worth up to… Read More
21 March 2015
Picasso’s Dream That Anyone Could Own His Work Undermined
A sale of Important Ceramics by Pablo Picasso (Sotheby’s 18 March) has scuppered the master’s original intentions behind creating multiples…. Read More
21 March 2015
Christian Rosa’s New Exhibition Opens At White Cube Mason’s Yard
White Cube Mason’s Yard presents ‘Put Your Eye In Your Mouth’, an exhibition of new paintings by Christian Rosa, his… Read More
20 March 2015