Michael Schmidt This Years Prix Pictet Prize Winner Dies Aged 68
Michael Schmidt the German photographer who won the 100,000 Swiss Franc (£67,000) Prix Pictet Photographic Prize, only days ago
26 May 2014
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Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair: Road Trip To London, Liverpool And Folkestone
The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair 2014 which takes place today (Sunday 8 June) is the UK’s most disruptive and… Read More
25 May 2014
C R Mackintosh Library Destroyed: Fire Brigade Release Photos Of Damage
Photos have been released by the Scottish Fire and Rescue department of damage sustained at the library in the Glasgow… Read More
25 May 2014
Spencer Finch Creates Site Specific Installation For Turner Contemporary Margate
A major exhibition of work by the American artist Spencer Finch has opened at Turner Contemporary in Margate. This marks… Read More
24 May 2014
Hackney WickED Art Festival Announce Their Dates For 2014
Hackney WickED Art Festival, now in its 6th year, has announced their dates for 2014. The event was established as… Read More
24 May 2014
Fire Crews Save C R Mackintosh Glasgow School Of Art Building
Fire crews have saved The Glasgow School Of Art, a masterpiece of 20th century architecture by Charles Rennie Macintosh. The… Read More
24 May 2014
Paul Noble: Turner Prize Nominated Artist’s First Museum Exhibition In Holland
The Turner Prize nominated British artist Paul Noble will be exhibiting at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Holland, this summer. … Read More
23 May 2014
Leo Gabin American Pop Culture Filtered and Interpreted
White Cube has just announced an exhibition of paintings and films by Leo Gabin, as part of the Inside the… Read More
23 May 2014
Forged Damien Hirst Pastor Gets Six Months For Spin Swindle
A self-proclaimed US pastor has been given a six month jail sentence for attempting to sell fake Damien Hirst spin… Read More
23 May 2014
Bloomberg New Contemporaries Announces Artists For 2014 Liverpool Biennial Exhibition
Fifty five artists have been chosen for Bloomberg New Contemporaries this year. The annual exhibition will open in Liverpool during… Read More
22 May 2014
Michael Schmidt Presented Fifth Prix Pictet Photography Prize By Kofi Annan
Michael Schmidt has been announced as winner of the fifth Prix Pictet photography prize at the Victoria and Albert Museum…. Read More
22 May 2014
Fiona Banner Collaborates With London Based Archive of Modern Conflict
Fiona Banner is to collaborate with the London-based Archive of Modern Conflict in a new project for PEER. Rather than… Read More
21 May 2014
Ralph Steadman Launches New Exhibition And Documentary Film In London
A new documentary film on the life and work of the artist Ralph Steadman has its London premiere on 30th… Read More
21 May 2014
Harry Adams: The Rereading Of Historic Art In Milan
Harry Adams is not actually a real person. He is however a real artist. The name of Harry Adams is… Read More
20 May 2014
Damien Hirst Donates Gold Plated Mammoth In Vitrine To AIDS Charity
YBA artist Damien Hirst has donated a vitrine with a gilded woolly mammoth skeleton that has been gilded in 24… Read More
20 May 2014
Peggy Guggenheim Relatives Sue Foundation Over Venice Grave Desecration
Relatives of the art collector Peggy Guggenheim, who died in 1979 at the age of 81 are suing the powerful… Read More
20 May 2014
Warhol Explores Halston: The first All American Fashion Designer
The Andy Warhol Museum has announced a new exhibition, Halston and Warhol: Silver and Suede, which explores the designer and… Read More
19 May 2014
Antarctica: First Continent To Be Represented At Venice Biennale of Architecture
The Antarctic Pavilion, commissioned by Alexander Ponomarev and curated by Nadim Samman, brings together leading international architects and artists to… Read More
19 May 2014
Art Basel Hong Kong Finishes With Reports Of Buoyant Sales
The second edition of Art Basel Hong Kong has closed with dealers reporting buoyant sales over the five day period…. Read More
19 May 2014
Largest Collection Of German Expressionist Art In The UK Exhibited
The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery are hosting an exhibition of the largest collection of German Expressionist artwork in… Read More
18 May 2014
Jonathan Yeo Portrait of Malala Raises £49k For Nigerian Education Charities
A Painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo of Malala Yousafzai the Pakistani schoolgirl and campaigner has sold at auction for… Read More
18 May 2014
Pinta London Announces Gaur Special Project and Media Art Lineup
Now in its fifth year the Pinta London Art Show, from 12-15 June 2014, at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, opens… Read More
18 May 2014
Art Exhibition Salutes Coal Mining’s Once Essential And Powerful Workforce
Mining was once a key industry in the North of England and a new exhibition salutes this once essential and… Read More
17 May 2014
Massive Damien Hirst Bronze Covered With Tarpaulin After Village Complaints
A monumental bronze sculpture, by the British artist Damien Hirst, known as The Virgin Mother, has been covered up with… Read More
17 May 2014
Banksy Honoured With Webby Award For Better Out Than In
The Webby Awards, which were revealed yesterday in New York, have named the Street Artist Banksy as its 2014 winner…. Read More
17 May 2014
Jeff Koons’ $28m Popeye To Become Las Vegas Casino Attraction
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in New York has totaled $364,379,000 85% Sold by lot Sale Estimate $336,650,000 – 474,000,000… Read More
16 May 2014
Marina Abramovic Presents 512 Hours An Unique Serpentine Gallery Performance Piece
Marina Abramović will be presenting an unique new work at the Serpentine Gallery in London in June. The internationally acclaimed… Read More
16 May 2014
UK Publicly Funded Exhibitions Still Expect Artists To Work For Free
It has been revealed that artists are having to turn down exhibition offers because it means working ‘for free’, leading… Read More
15 May 2014
Christie’s Sets $975m Benchmark For Post War and Contemporary Art Sales
Christie’s has set a new benchmark for the Post-War and Contemporary art market, raising a record total of $975 million… Read More
15 May 2014
Neil Raitt Announced As Winner Of Catlin Art Prize 2014
Neil Raitt has been announced as the 2014 winner of the Catlin Art Prize. He takes home the £5,000 prize… Read More
15 May 2014
Franz West: A Major New Exhibition At Hepworth Wakefield For Summer
The Hepworth Wakefield is dedicating its gallery spaces to a large-scale exhibition of Franz West, who died in July 2012…. Read More
14 May 2014
David Prentice Instrumental In Founding Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery Dies
David Prentice the artist who was instrumental in founding the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham has died age 77. He was also a renowned watercolour painter
14 May 2014