Zao Wou-Ki Abstraction Sets $14m Record Price For Artist at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s announced that it has firmly established Sotheby’s Beijing as a marketplace for selling contemporary art. The auction house, the… Read More
3 December 2013
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National Portrait Gallery Announces 35th Portrait Award Competition
The National Portrait Gallery has announced that it is now accepting entries for the thirty-fifth Portrait Award, one of the… Read More
3 December 2013
Turner Prize Winner Announced In Derry UK City Of Culture
Laure Prouvost has just been announced as the winner of 2013 £25,000 Turner Prize at an awards ceremony in Derry by… Read More
2 December 2013
Alex Chinneck Flips A Georgian Building In New London Installation
London-based artist Alex Chinneck the artist who recently deconstructed the facade of a Victorian building in Margate making it appear… Read More
2 December 2013
Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner Launches 2014 Turner Contemporary Programme
Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner launches Turner Contemporary’s exceptional 2014 programme. Showcasing the work of the celebrated American… Read More
2 December 2013
Laure Prouvost Gets First US Solo Show Curated by Margot Norton
The first US solo museum presentation of the work of the Turner Prize nominated British artist Laure Prouvost (b. 1978)… Read More
1 December 2013
Kader Attia New Site-specific Commission At Whitechapel Gallery Opens
The Whitechapel Gallery has revealed a new site-specific commission by French Algerian artist Kader Attia. The work revisits the biblical… Read More
1 December 2013
Damien Hirst Exhibits His Work Alongside Picasso, Bacon and Warhol
Damien Hirst is a Turner Prize winning artist. Despite his critical notoriety (much of it negative) he has managed to… Read More
30 November 2013
Tate Loans Matisse Snail Cut-Out To MoMa For Exhibition
Matisse’s iconic cut-out masterpiece, ‘The Snail’ will be leaving Britain for the first time in 50 years, to be included… Read More
30 November 2013
Artist David Shrigley Commissioned To Re-image London’s Sketch Restaurant
The Turner Prize nominated artist David Shrigley has been commissioned to redesign the image of Sketch restaurant in central London…. Read More
30 November 2013
Gurlitt Case Reveals Photos of Picasso, Munch, Degas and Cezanne Masterpieces
The German tax authorities who seized an art collection worth $100m have published a further 100 works of art online… Read More
29 November 2013
Bradford Council Sitting On Art Collection Worth Over £30m
The insurance valuation of artwork owned by Bradford Council, which includes illustrious figures such as David Hockney and LS Lowry… Read More
29 November 2013
Hacked Banksy Work From NY Residency To Be Sold In Miami
Banksy work from his New York residency series ‘Better Out Than In’ is to be offered for sale in Miami… Read More
29 November 2013
Art Basel Miami Week Main and Satellite Events Guide 2013
Next week Miami plays host to Art Basel – This once a year excessive art overdose comes complete with palm… Read More
28 November 2013
Damien Hirst Succeeded By Philip Treacy For 2014 Brit Award Design
Designer Philip Treacy, best known for the outrageous ‘cat flap hat’ worn by Princess Beatrice at the Royal wedding has… Read More
28 November 2013
Baroness Helena Kennedy Portrait By Artist Chris Levine Unveiled
A newly commissioned portrait of barrister, politician and broadcaster Baroness Helena Kennedy by light artist Chris Levine has been unveiled… Read More
28 November 2013
David Thomson Collection Of Post-war British Abstract Art To Be Auctioned
A group of 20 works from the renowned collection of David Thomson goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s 10th December… Read More
28 November 2013
Maltese Falcon Statuette From 1941 Bogart Film Sells For $4m
The iconic lead statuette of the Maltese Falcon from the classic 1941 Bogart film noir of the same name has… Read More
28 November 2013
Sislej Xhafa: New Exhibition Examines The Effects of Contemporary Consumerism
The first ever solo exhibition by Kosovar artist Sislej Xhafa opens in London in mid December. The show merges painting,… Read More
27 November 2013
Infinite City: A New Exhibition Combining Works From Two Important Private Collections
Infinite City is a new group exhibition featuring works from two private collections: the Zabludowicz Collection (located in London, New… Read More
27 November 2013
Art Dealer Charles Saatchi Higella ‘off her head on drugs’
Claims made public yesterday during the pre-trial of two women charged with the unauthorised use of a credit card belonging… Read More
27 November 2013
Ry Rocklen Creates Site Specific Absolut Art Bar Pavilion In Miami
A site specific pavilion which launches annually during Art Basel Miami week, brings together a brand new collaboration with the… Read More
26 November 2013
Paintings by Frank Auerbach And Rembrandt Move To The Rijksmuseum
Frank Auerbach: “Rembrandt is a miraculous draftsman of life in motion and one of the first painters who really moved… Read More
26 November 2013
Malcolm McLaren Performa Award Presented To Ryan McNamara In NY
Performa NY Has announced the winner of the second edition of the Malcolm McLaren Award. Ryan McNamara took the prize,… Read More
26 November 2013
Tracey Emin Miami Exhibition To Focus On Her Neon Works
MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, opens Art Basel Miami Beach week 2013 with “Tracey Emin: Angel without… Read More
25 November 2013
Last Bid To Save Van Dyck Self Portrait For Nation
The National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund have launched an appeal to raise £12.5 million and save the last… Read More
25 November 2013
Jake and Dinos Chapman Explore Morality Art History and Consumer Culture
A new exhibition of Jake and Dinos Chapman at the Serpentine Gallery explores Morality, the history of art and consumer… Read More
25 November 2013
Global Art Conservation Project For Museums Opens For Applications
The 2014 global Art Conservation Project is open for applications. Submissions are welcome from non-profit arts and cultural institutions that… Read More
25 November 2013
Works On Paper Fair Returns To The Science Museum
The Works on Paper Fair brings together an impressive range of art on paper exhibited by 50 leading art dealers… Read More
24 November 2013
documenta 14 Elects Adam Szymczyk Artistic Director For 2017 Exhibition
documenta 14, one of the most important international exhibitions for contemporary art has elected Adam Szymczyk as its Artistic Director,… Read More
24 November 2013
Hayward Touring Invites Proposals For Multi Venue Curatorial Open
Hayward Touring a programme sponsored by the Hayward Gallery in London is inviting proposals for an exhibition of contemporary art… Read More
23 November 2013
Bob and Roberta Smith Launch The First Art Party Conference
The Art Party Conference, which will be held today (23 November) is the first of its kind, initiated by the… Read More
23 November 2013