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Ageism Sucks: Turner Prize Scraps Under Fifty Age Restriction
The Tate announced today that The Turner Prize will scrap the stipulation that the shortlisted artists must be under 50, in a bid to become more...
Greta Garbo’s Sophisticated Modern Art Collection To Be Sold At Christies
The avant-garde collection of Greta Garbo’s Modern Art will go under the hammer at Christie’s NY, in its Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern...
Art Night 2017 Announces Programme For London’s Most Atmospheric Art Event
Art Night 2017 has announced their programme for London’s most atmospheric art event. The East End will again be transformed with free art,...
Ai Weiwei Builds Fences To Highlight Attitudes Towards Immigration
The Chinese dissident artist and activist Ai Weiwei will return to New York with gallery shows covering four venues. He will utilise the public...
Tate Modern And Royal Academy Visitors Rise By Over A Million
The British Museum was again the most popular visitor attraction in the UK in 2016 for the 10th year running. The figures published annually by the...
Art Basel HK Verdict – Encouraging Sales Across The Board For 2017
Art Basel's fifth edition in Hong Kong has closed with encouraging sales recorded across all levels of the market. This demonstrates a continued...
Established London Galleries Vilma Gold and Ibid To Close Their Doors
Established London galleries Vilma Gold and Ibid are to shut their London spaces. Vilma Gold announced yesterday that it will close to concentrate...
Fourth Plinth Commission “Good For A Disposable Laugh” – Edward Lucie-Smith
The next two occupants of the so-called Fourth Plinth Commission in Trafalgar Square have just been announced and, true to form, the British visual...
Art Basel HK Compete With TEFAF By Introducing Global Art Market Report
Art Basel along with partners UBS have launched the first Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. The report now goes head to head with the...
Trisha Brown Artist And New York choreographer Dies Aged 80
The New York artist and choreographer Trisha Brown who was associated closely with the visual arts scene in downtown New York in the 1960s and 1970s...
Whitney Biennial 2017 Evolves Beyond Precious, Pretentious Or Tired
[soliloquy id="undefined"]The 2017 Whitney Biennial, the first at the new spacious downtown location, is a total home run. Form, function and fun...
Michael Rakowitz And Heather Phillipson Awarded Next Fourth Plinth Commissions
Michael Rakowitz and Heather Phillipson were today announced as the two artists who have won the next commissions for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar...