Prison Art: Jeremy Deller To Open Koestler Trust Southbank Exhibition
Following on from the successful exhibition at the British Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Jeremy Deller who extended arts… Read More
21 September 2013
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Beatrix Potter’s Cumbrian Home Granted Grade II Listed Status
Artist and writer Beatrix Potter’s Cumbrian home, which was built between 1871-1875, has been granted grade II status. The house… Read More
21 September 2013
Bob Mizer And Tom of Finland: First American Museum Exhibition Celebrates Homoerotica
MOCA, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is mounting a new exhibition celebrating ‘homo-erotic’ masterworks by Bob Mizer &… Read More
21 September 2013
New Media Exhibition Space Launches At London’s Science Museum
Opening this weekend 21 September 2013 at the Science Museum in Kensington,London is Media Space a brand new exhibition area…. Read More
21 September 2013
Is Jack Vettriano A Fine Artist? Scottish Retrospective Will Gauge
A major new retrospective exhibition of paintings by the highly commercial Scottish artist Jack Vettriano is opening at Kelvingrove Art… Read More
20 September 2013
Tate and Bloomberg Join Forces To Launch New Creative Space
Tate’s ambitious digital strategy was highlighted this week at the launch of a pioneering new project called Bloomberg Connects. This… Read More
20 September 2013
M F Husain’s Guernica After Bhopal Features In Bonham’s Indian Sale
The 8th October Indian and Islamic Art Sale at Bonhams New Bond Street is featuring ‘Bhopal’, by Indian artist Maqbool… Read More
20 September 2013
Damien Hirst Helps Tate Have Bumper Year Despite Government Cuts
The Damien Hirst exhibition has helped Tate have one of its most successful years ever in 2012-13 and has moved… Read More
20 September 2013
Merge Festival Presents Exciting Artist Line Up For 2013
MERGE festival is presenting the award winning artist James Capper who will be artist in residence in the Kirkaldy Testing… Read More
19 September 2013
Women Photographer’s Provocative Work Challenges Perceptions Of Middle Eastern Identity
A dozen Women photographers are featured in “She Who Tells a Story” which introduces the pioneering work of twelve leading… Read More
19 September 2013
Gianni Versace Miami Beach Murder Mansion Sells For $41m
The opulent Miami Beach villa where the fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered in 1997 Has been sold for $41.5… Read More
18 September 2013
Ben Okri Poem On Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Unveiled At NPG
Ben Okri has unveiled his poem (see below) dedicated to William Hoare’s compelling portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, the earliest… Read More
18 September 2013
Glafira Rosales Blows The Whistle On New York’s Biggest Art Fraud
A Long Island art dealer who operated a scam selling more than $80m (£50m) worth of fake Abstract Expressionist art,… Read More
17 September 2013
Derek Jarman: New Exhibition To Mark 20th Anniversary Of His Death
To mark the 20th anniversary of Derek Jarman’s death from HIV-related illnesses in February 1994, King’s Cultural Institute presents Derek… Read More
17 September 2013
The Secrets of Outsider Art Revealed In New London Exhibition
Once the term Outsider Art, Raw Art or Art Brut was used to describe work produced by artists working in… Read More
17 September 2013
Praemium Imperiale Prize Awarded To Gormley, Chipperfield And Pistoletto
The Turner Prize winning Sculptor Antony Gormley, British architect Sir David Chipperfield and painter Michelangelo Pistoletto are amung the recipients… Read More
17 September 2013
Stik On The Lower East Side Ilka Scobie Meets The Artist
“A true patriot must always be ready to defend his country from his government” – Herman Melville quote via Stik… Read More
17 September 2013
Richard Hamilton Retrospective Exhibition Unveiled For February 2014 At Tate
Richard Hamilton (1922-2011) was one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and is widely regarded as… Read More
16 September 2013
Gilbert & George Honoured With Twin Doctorates By Plymouth University
The pioneering artist duo Gilbert & George have received Honorary Doctorates of Art, in recognition of their contribution to the… Read More
16 September 2013
Hauser & Wirth Somerset Inaugural Show Will Feature Phyllida Barlow
Hauser & Wirth Somerset which is preparing to open in summer 2014, will be a world-class gallery and art centre… Read More
16 September 2013
Snap Gallery Celebrates Gered Mankowitz: 50 Years of Rock and Roll Photography
The fifty-year career of one of the UK’s most important music photographers Gered Mankowitz is also featured in a new… Read More
16 September 2013
Artist Steve McQueen Takes Top Award At Toronto Film Festival
The Turner Prize winning artist Steve McQueen’s has won the People’s Choice award for his film 12 Years a Slave,… Read More
16 September 2013
Anton and Annick Herbert Foundation: The Herberts make it Public
There is something anarchic in the tall silhouette, massive white beard and black outfit of Anton Herbert. The character is… Read More
15 September 2013
Norman Seeff Photos: Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe And The Ramones Auctioned
Christie’s Auctioneers has announced an online sale of Photographs by Norman Seeff: The Lost Archive. The auction will consist of… Read More
15 September 2013
V&A Announces New Contemporary Acquisitions Through The Design Fund
The Design Fund to Benefit the V&A has enabled the Museum to acquire five contemporary design projects ranging from a… Read More
15 September 2013
Amy Winehouse At 30 Celebrations Attract Fans To Camden Museum
Amy Winehouse would have celebrated her 30th birthday today. She was 27-years-old when she died in 2011 of acute alcohol… Read More
14 September 2013
Jan Krugier Auction Reveals An Unsurpassable Connoisseurs Collection
“I want to share my secret with people all over the world, so they can be touched by something heroic,… Read More
14 September 2013
Lewis Morley Iconic 1960s British Photographer Of Christine Keeler Dies
Lewis Morley, the photographer who snapped the definitive 1960s shot of Christine Keeler at the height of the Profumo scandal, in 1963
14 September 2013
Post Punk To Present Culture Explored In New ICA Exhibition
The ICA London is presenting a major new project at The Old Selfridges Hotel in London as part of a… Read More
13 September 2013
Stik Unveils Major Mural Project In New York City
Three years ago, he was a homeless street artist risking life and liberty to paint his iconic stickmen across London’s… Read More
13 September 2013
Jeremy Deller To Curate A New Hayward Gallery Touring Exhibition
Jeremy Deller, who represented Britain in this year’s Venice Biennale is to curate a new Hayward Touring exhibition opening this… Read More
13 September 2013
Artist Gerry Judah And Skateboarding Champion Rune Glifberg Create Joint Project
Combining art and skateboarding is not an easy task, but burn Yard, is going the extra mile. Pro skater Rune… Read More
12 September 2013