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Richard Mosse Heat Maps Series Wins The Seventh Prix Pictet
The Irish photographer Richard Mosse has won the seventh Prix Pictet, Space it was announced in a ceremony last night at the V&A Museum....
A. R. Penck German Painter Known For His Pictographic Neo-primitivist Style Dies
A. R. Penck, the German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer has died age 77. He was born in Dresden, Germany, and studied together with...
TEFAF Spring New York Presents Exemplary Modern and Contemporary Art & Design
TEFAF Spring New York opens to the public today to take on the competition from May 4-8, 2017. This is the second of TEFAF's fairs outside Europe...
Turner Prize 2017 Shortlist Reveals Obscure Multicultural Pick & Mix
The Turner Prize 2017 shortlist has just been announced at Tate Britain. The artists chosen are from diverse multicultural backgrounds and are...
Amanda Levete To Unveil V&A’s Largest Architectural Intervention For 100 Years
To celebrate the opening of the V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter designed by the Stirling Prize-winning British architect Amanda Levete and her...
Trump Backs Down On Scrapping National Endowment for the Arts – For Now
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the US, which was under threat of being axed by Donald Trump, in his first Federal Government budget...
Sir Nicholas Serota Yacht-Gate Controversy Gets Crowdfunding Spoof Page
A notice posted in the staff rooms of Tate Modern and Tate Britain Wednesday has caused an outcry. It asked employees which include low paid...
Cornelia Parker Selected As Official Election Artist For Parliamentary Art Collection
Cornelia Parker has been named as the official artist for the 2017 general election. This has been a tradition since 2001 when the portrait painter...
Vito Acconci Seminal Performance Art Pioneer Dies Aged 77
Vito Acconci the New York-born Brooklyn-based conceptual and performance artist has died age 77. He is best known for his seminal art performances. ...
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 Finalists Announced
The Art Fund has announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017, the most prestigious prize...
V&A Announces DesignLab Nation National Programme To Support Design Education
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) have announced DesignLab Nation, a national programme to support design education for 11 to 16-year-olds,...
IM Pei Leading Late-Modernist Architect Celebrates His 100th Birthday
IM Pei the Chinese-American architect is 100 today. Born, Leoh Ming Pei on the 26 April 1917 in Guangzhou, China, he moved to the US to study...