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Anish Kapoor Condemns Image Of Chicago Sculpture In NRA Video
The Turner Prize-winning artist Sir Anish Kapoor has spoken out against the use of an image of his Chicago sculpture "Cloud Gate" in a right-wing...
Nan Goldin Holds Sackler OxyContin Protest At Met Egyptian Temple
The photographer Nan Goldin and a crowd of 100 demonstrators were out en masse protesting at the Egyptian temple located at the Metropolitan Museum...
Yinka Shonibare MBE Unveils NY Central Park Commission
New York's Public Art Fund has unveiled 'Wind Sculpture (SG)', a new work by the Turner Prize-winning British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE....
Record London Contemporary/Modern Art Auctions Set Spring 2018 Alight
London’s contemporary sales both evening and day at Sotheby's and Christie's have totalled £295 million ($407 million). Bonham's realised £5.3...
Frida Kahlo Estate Raises A Monobrow To Artist Barbie Doll
Relatives of the estate of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are considering suing the Frida Kahlo Corporation over claims it holds the rights to her...
Tate’s Big Faux-Pas: Picasso Exhibition Opens On International Women’s Day
Today (8th March) is International Women's Day, it's also the public opening of the new Picasso exhibition at Tate Modern. For those of you familiar...
Rose Wylie Depicts The Mayflower Voyage In Plymouth History Paintings
The John Moores award-winning British painter Rose Wylie will be the subject of ‘History Painting’, a new multi-site exhibition at Plymouth Arts...
Ai Weiwei Announces First Exhibition In The Gulf Region
Ai Weiwei has announced an exhibition of recent works at Qatar Museums Doha. The Garage Gallery in the Fire Station will be the venue for his first...
Pablo Picasso: Genius Or Just Another Misogynistic Pig – Edward Lucie-Smith
With Pablo Picasso 1932 - Tate Modern’s major exhibition for the first half of this year – ready to open (March 8th), the drumbeats are already...
Annie Swynnerton: Passionate Supporter Of Women’s Rights Exhibited
The first retrospective for nearly a century of the Manchester-born painter Annie Swynnerton (1844–1933) has opened at the Manchester Art Gallery 23...
Tracey Emin To Create Next St Pancras Commission
Tracey Emin has been selected as the next artist to be commissioned for St Pancras International’s Terrace Wires – the station’s public...
Picasso Muse Portrait Painting Auctioned For Staggering £49.8m
The second-highest recorded auction price for any work of art ever sold in Europe was achieved tonight when Picasso’s Weeping ‘Golden’ Muse made...