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Happy Birthday Andy Warhol 89 – Rest In Peace
Happy Birthday Andy Warhol. This is the artist that propelled contemporary art to the breaking-point that we know today. He was the zeitgeist artist...
Chelsea Manning DNA Explored In New Artist-led Collaborative Exhibition
A Becoming Resemblance is an exhibition by Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea E. Manning, investigating emerging technologies of genomic identity...
Mackintosh Restoration Project Boosted By Historic Massachusetts Cotton Mill Discovery
The Mackintosh Building project at The Glasgow School of Art has been given a boost due to the discovery of identical pine wood sourced as salvage...
Hirst Prince and Koons Help Leo DiCaprio Foundation Raise $30m
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) has announced the results of the auction held at his annual gala in Saint-Tropez last week. The successful...
Alex Chinneck Unveils First Permanent Artwork at Assembly London
The artist Alex Chinneck b.1984 has completed his latest deconstructed monumental artwork entitled ‘Six pins and half a dozen needles’ on Assembly...
Antony Gormley Announced As Koestler Art By Offenders Exhibition Curator
Sir Antony Gormley, the Turner Prize winning artist and creator of the Angel Of The North Sculpture in Gateshead is to curate the 2017 Koestler...
Christie’s Unveils £2.2b First Half Year Auction Results 2017
Christie’s first half year auction sales results top £2.2bn ($2.8bn, up 14%), a 29% increase from the same period in 2016. Continued global demand...
Donald Trump Drawing Sells For £22,000 At Auction In LA
Is Donald Trump a better artist than George W Bush? This is a question on many peoples lips this morning, now that an original drawing by the US...
Nazi-looted Art UK Government Renews Commitment To Fair Restitution
Stronger measures to return Nazi-looted art to its original owners will be called for by the UK Government at the first European conference...
Ai Weiwei Refugee Crisis Film Human Flow To Be Screened At Venice
The dissident Chinese artist, activist, and filmmaker Ai Weiwei will be competing in the Venice film festival this year with his film Human Flow, a...
Pompidou Centre To Open Satellite Gallery In Shanghai
The Pompidou Centre in Paris noted for its exceptional collection of Modern art is about to sign a deal for a franchise gallery in Shanghai. Centre...
Stolen Paul Klee Painting Nazi Restitution Case Settled After 26 Years
Germany's longest-running legal court case involving Nazi-looted art has settled with the claimant. Paul Klee's 'Swamp Legend' (1919) has been in...
