Start Of A New London Fair: Start Announces Inaugural Fair Dates
START Art Fair, has announced the appointment of its Fair Director, Niru Ratnam, and the final list of exhibiting galleries… Read More
24 June 2014
Archives: News
Claude Monet Water Lilies Achieves £31m At Sotheby’s Evening Sale
Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern Art in London has achieved a total of £121,957,000 / $207,875,707 / €152,555,889… Read More
24 June 2014
Dr Nicolas Penny To Retire As Director of London’s National Gallery
The Director of the National Gallery, London, Dr Nicolas Penny has announced his intention to retire from his role in… Read More
23 June 2014
Frank Gehry’s Vuitton Foundation Set To Open In October 2014
Bernard Arnault’s Louis Vuitton Foundation will open its doors to the public on Monday, 27 October 2014. The building, designed… Read More
23 June 2014
Cave of Pont d’Arc Added To World Heritage List Of Cultural Properties
The Decorated Cave of Pont-d’Arc known as Grotte Chauvet has been added to the World Heritage List of cultural properties… Read More
23 June 2014
Art Basel 45 Retains Its Supremacy In The Art Marketplace
Summing up the 2014 Art Basel fair is a daunting task. The fair founded in Switzerland has ended with galleries… Read More
23 June 2014
Inside Camberwell’s 2014 BA Degree Exhibition
Camberwell Student Florence Goodhand-Tait Scribbles Down Her Perspectives And Shares A Few Photos – What I enjoy most about Camberwell… Read More
22 June 2014
Travis Jeppesen Explores Object-oriented Writing Installations And Performances In New London Exhibition
Travis Jeppesen, who I recently met at his performance at the Cubitt Gallery in Islington, posits the notion of ‘editionality’… Read More
22 June 2014
Richard Tuttle To Have His Largest UK Survey Exhibition In October
The American sculptor and poet Richard Tuttle will have his UK’s largest ever survey in London this October. It will… Read More
22 June 2014
Fair Cop: Art Basel 2014 Ben Austin’s Final Words
I met up with the bunch of ‘kunsts’ being Sam Roddick, James Oster Antony Micallef and their friend Lindsay outside… Read More
21 June 2014
Glasgow School of Art Fire Appeal Joined By Brad Pitt and Peter Capaldi
A high profile endorsement from Hollywood actor Brad Pitt and the latest Dr Who, Peter Capaldi has fast tracked the… Read More
21 June 2014
Jane Morris Explored In New Liverpool Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition
A new exhibition titled Rossetti’s Obsession at the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool gives a small insight into Jane… Read More
21 June 2014
Jenny Saville: First Ever Solo Exhibition Opens In London
The first-ever solo exhibition, in London of work by the artist Jenny Saville has opened at the Gagosian Gallery. Captivated… Read More
20 June 2014
Renzo Piano’s Shard Wins Prestigious RIBA Award For Architectural Excellence
RIBA has unveiled the winners of the 2014 Royal Institute of British Architects National Awards. This is the most rigorously-judged… Read More
20 June 2014
The Void And Emptiness Explored In New London Group Exhibition
The Space Where I Am is a new group show at Blain Southern exploring ideas of the void and emptiness… Read More
19 June 2014
Impressionism To Street Art Leads Summer Sales At Christies, Sotheby’s And Bonham’s
The Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale at Sotheby’s 23rd June 2014 combines an outstanding level of quality across the… Read More
19 June 2014
Lisson Gallery Announces The Opening Of Major New York Exhibition Space
London’s Lisson Gallery has just announced the opening of a new 8,500 square foot gallery in the Chelsea area of… Read More
19 June 2014
Marc-Olivier Wahler Chosen As First Audemars Piguet Art Commission Guest Curator
Marc-Olivier Wahler has been chosen as the first guest curator for the annual Audemars Piguet Art Commission. Wahler has been… Read More
18 June 2014
Chapmans Scour Antique Emporiums In Hastings For New Crowd Funded Exhibition
The Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is trying to raise £25,000 to bring Jake and Dinos Chapman to the gallery for… Read More
18 June 2014
Archibald Knox and Modern British Art Triumph At Olympia Antiques Fair
Founded over forty years ago, the Olympia International Art & Antiques Fair is the most established art and antiques fair… Read More
17 June 2014
Liverpool Biennial Unveil WW1 Dazzle Ship By Venezuelan Artist Carlos Cruz-Diez
The vibrant ‘dazzle’ designs, which were used extensively during the First World War as a means of camouflaging war ships,… Read More
17 June 2014
Morris Louis Veils Series To Be Exhibited In New York Gallery
An exhibition of Morris Louis Veils series will be presented in New York at the Mnuchin Gallery in September. This… Read More
17 June 2014
Sigmar Polke Retrospective Exhibition Announced For Tate Modern In October
A retrospective exhibition of the work of Sigmar Polke (1941-2010) has been announced for this autumn at Tate Modern. Considered… Read More
16 June 2014
Photographers Gallery Director Awarded OBE In Queen’s Birthday Honours
The Director of The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Brett Rogers, has been awarded an OBE for services to arts and media… Read More
16 June 2014
Banksy Stall Art From NY Residency To Be Sold At Bonham’s
Banksy paintings on canvas bought during his 2013 ‘residency’ in New York are to go under the hammer at Bonham’s… Read More
16 June 2014
Gurlitt Henri Matisse Painting Confirmed Looted By The Nazis
The first painting to be confirmed, as stolen by the Nazis, has emerged from the Gurlitt hoard. It is a… Read More
16 June 2014
Roger Mayne English Photographer And Social Documenter Dies Age 85
Roger Mayne the English photographer, best known for his documentation of the children of Southam Street, London has died age 85.
15 June 2014
Richard Hamilton’s James Joyce Ulysses Illustrations On Display At The British Museum
A major collection of drawings and prints, illustrating James Joyce’s Ulysses by Richard Hamilton, the ‘Godfather’ of Pop Art has… Read More
15 June 2014
John Deakin: Acerbic Court Jester With A Critical Gaze
Under the Influence, John Deakin, Photography and the Lure of Soho, curated by Robert Muir, explores the lost world of… Read More
15 June 2014
Gilbert & George A Major New Retrospective Exhibition Opens In Monaco
A major exhibition of the art of Gilbert & George has opened at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco. Over… Read More
14 June 2014
Jeff Koons Strips Down To Reveal There’s Nothing Underneath After All
Here’s enough to put you off your breakfast! Yes that’s right Jeff Koons naked…Again!!! The new issue of Vanity Fair… Read More
14 June 2014
Ai Weiwei Presents Sichuan Earthquake Data At First Tate Modern Hackathon
Unique dataset using the names of victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake in China has been made available by the… Read More
13 June 2014