Wedgwood Collection Could Be Saved For The Nation As Deadline Approaches
The Wedgwood Museum, which entered administration in 2010, after the collapse of the iconic firm, has launched a public appeal… Read More
3 September 2014
Archives: News
Balloon Dog Deflated Michael Green’s Ironic Homage To Jeff Koons
A GIF artwork which has failed to sell on ebay has become an internet sensation. Created by Michael Green who… Read More
2 September 2014
Liberate Tate: New Protest Highlights Tate’s Relationship With Oil Giant BP
The art collective Liberate Tate are back with another protest highlighting the Tate’s relationship with the oil giant BP. A… Read More
2 September 2014
Jeremy Deller Examines The Prolific Careers Of Andy Warhol and William Morris
The Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller is mounting a new curated exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, in December. Bringing together… Read More
2 September 2014
Edward Steichen and Viviane Sassen Pioneering Fashion Photographers: New London Exhibitions
The Photographers’ Gallery presents two major exhibitions of work from artists and pioneering fashion photographers, Edward Steichen (1879 – 1973,… Read More
2 September 2014
Michael Sailstorfer Creates Gold Rush On Folkestone Beach For Triennial 2014
The Berlin-based artist Michael Sailstorfer revealed his new work for Folkestone Triennial 2014, Folkestone Digs, over the weekend. Commissioned by… Read More
2 September 2014
Bienal de Sao Paulo 31 Prepares For Launch This Saturday
The 31st Bienal de São Paulo “Things that don’t exist” is a poetic invocation of art’s ability to create new… Read More
1 September 2014
Dan Colen: The Intrinsic Properties and Potential Revelations of Oil Paint
Dan Colen is painting again! The Miracle paintings continue an investigation that has been central to Colen’s practice from the… Read More
1 September 2014
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Owned by RBS May Be Replaced In Art Competition
Updated: We reported on the 20th August about a major Barbara Hepworth sculpture, removed from public view from a Wolverhampton… Read More
1 September 2014
Marvin Gaye Chetwynd Presented For Studio Voltaire’s 20th Anniversary
Taking place during the gallery’s twentieth anniversary year, Studio Voltaire presents concurrent exhibitions by Turner prize nominated Marvin Gaye Chetwynd… Read More
31 August 2014
Young Masters Announces Exhibition Dates For 2014 Competition
The Young Masters, one of the UK’s more interesting emerging art competitions has announced the dates for this year’s exhibition…. Read More
31 August 2014
Richard Attenborough – Art Belongs To No One
Lord Richard Attenborough; the great creative talent of the British film industry died on 24th August, leaving behind a rich… Read More
31 August 2014
Essl Collection To Be Sold In London Contemporary Art Auction
The Essl Collection which is one of Europe’s finest collections of contemporary art is to be liquidated. The 7,000 works… Read More
30 August 2014
Sam Taylor Johnson’s Primrose Hill House In Machine Gun Raid
The Turner Prize nominated artist turned mediocre director Sam Taylor-Johnson nee Wood had her house raided by police this week… Read More
30 August 2014
Joan Miro Works Get Green Light To Be Sold In London
The sale of a Portuguese collection of 85 works by the spanish Surrealist artist Joan Miró will go ahead now… Read More
30 August 2014
Jasper Johns Former Studio Assistant Pleads Guilty To Art Theft
Jasper Johns’ former studio assistant of 27 years has pleaded guilty stealing and selling works of art by the artist… Read More
29 August 2014
Sao Paulo Bienal 31: International Art World Migrates South To Brazil
The 31st Bienal de São Paulo will take place in the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion for the first time since the… Read More
29 August 2014
Olafur Eliasson Re-launches His Website With Innovative Artwork
Olafur Eliasson has relaunched his website with an innovative web-based survey of his artwork. Your uncertain archive presents artworks, exhibitions,… Read More
29 August 2014
Tom Phillips: A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel Through Illuminated Tweets
The leading cultural figure Tom Phillips will be displaying a selection of digital and print works from his project A… Read More
28 August 2014
Ai Weiwei Blenheim Art Foundation Announces Inaugural Exhibition For October
The most extensive UK exhibition to date by the celebrated Chinese artist and social activist Ai Weiwei will be opening… Read More
28 August 2014
Damien Hirst Announces His First Solo Exhibition In Sweden
Damien Hirst’s first solo exhibition in Sweden opens on 29 August, at McCabe Fine Art in Stockholm. Known for producing… Read More
28 August 2014
Restored: LS Lowry Thames Scene Painting And Drawing Goes On Display
A painting and a drawing by LS Lowry depicting scenes of the Thames at Greenwich belonging to a private collection… Read More
28 August 2014
David Farrell: Major Exhibition Of Photographs Exhibited At Osborne Samuel
A major exhibition of photographs from the estate of celebrated British photographer David Farrell (1919-2013),
28 August 2014
South East Artists Shortlisted For Platform Graduate Award 2014
Now in its third year, the Platform Graduate Award 2014 profiles new talent emerging from universities and colleges in the… Read More
27 August 2014
Nahmad Modigliani Masterpiece vs Mondex The Nazi Restitution Repo Squad
Let’s face it everyone hates the Nazis! Even after 76 years the Third Reich still evokes a nauseating feeling amongst… Read More
27 August 2014
Battersea Power Station Awarded Grant By World Monuments Fund
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced $1.5 million grant to support preservation efforts at nine historic sites. This is… Read More
27 August 2014
Banksy Saves Cash Strapped Youth Club With $650k Mobile Donation
A youth club in Bristol has been saved by the sale of a Banksy artwork which sold today to a… Read More
27 August 2014
No Foreign Land: Scottish Landscapes Explored At The Fleming Collection
The Fleming Collection, one of the finest collections of Scottish art in private hands, will present a selection of their… Read More
26 August 2014
Year Of The Horse Celebrated With Auction At Christie’s Shanghai
The Art of the Horse is a private sales exhibition to be showcased at Christie’s in Shanghai and Hong Kong… Read More
26 August 2014
Frank Auerbach Paintings And Drawings from Lucian Freud Estate Exhibited
From today, Tate Britain will be exhibiting one of the most significant private collection of paintings and drawings by one… Read More
26 August 2014
Baghdad Archaeological Museum Reopens To The Public
Despite the troubles plaguing Iraq, The Baghdad Archaeological Museum has reopened to the public. The museum which only offered limited… Read More
25 August 2014
Dance And Poetry Inspire Figurative Painter Audrey Grant’s New Exhibition
Panter and Hall will be hosting an exhibition of the figurative painter Audrey Grant 10-26 September. The show will feature… Read More
25 August 2014