V&A Dundee: Planning Permission Granted Building To Start Next Summer
The V&A at Dundee has taken a major step forward as the construction process is set in motion following Dundee… Read More
15 August 2013
Archives: News
Threadneedle Prize 2013 Shortlist For Representational Painting And Sculpture Announced
A special effects artist who has fashioned an ‘urban burka’ from a pair of running trainers, a former artist in… Read More
15 August 2013
Sir Laurie Magnus Appointed New Chairman Of English Heritage
Sir Laurie Magnus has been appointed Chairman of English Heritage by Culture Secretary Maria Miller. Sir Laurie has 35 years’… Read More
14 August 2013
Banksy Flower Girl Mural Hacked Off And Repackaged As Gallery Art
Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles will host its inaugural Street Art auction on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. The event features… Read More
14 August 2013
Hackney WickED Returns For A Weekend Of Art And Festival Fun
The Olympic dust has settled and life has returned to normal (as normal as it gets) in the Wick. The… Read More
14 August 2013
Behold The Monkey Fresco Saved As 40,000 Tourists Visit Church
An elderly parishioner who stunned Spanish cultural officials with an amateur and unauthorised restoration of a prized local fresco of… Read More
13 August 2013
Happy Birthday Herb Ritts August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002
Herbert “Herb” Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was one of the most influencial American fashion photographers in… Read More
13 August 2013
Bob Carlos Clarke Celebrity Portraits Donated To The National Portrait Gallery
An impressive selection of rarely seen celebrity portraits by renowned photographer Bob Carlos Clarke have been donated to the National… Read More
13 August 2013
SHUBBAK FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE ANNOUNCES LONDON THIRD EDITION
The second edition of Shubbak, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, featuring artists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon,… Read More
13 August 2013
Jake and Dinos Chapman Selected To Create Performa 13 Commission
Jake and Dinos Chapman have been commissioned to create a piece for the Performa13 biannual. This New York-based organisation and… Read More
12 August 2013
Abdulnasser Gharem Explores Changing Saudi cultural Landscape In New Exhibition
Edge of Arabia is presenting the first major solo exhibition of work by Abdulnasser Gharem – the most significant Saudi… Read More
12 August 2013
AES+F Digital Project Challenges Perceptions Of Islam In Western Society
The Russian based photo-conceptualist group AES made up of artists Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovitch, and Evgeny Svyatsky began the Islamic… Read More
12 August 2013
FIAC France’s Leading Contemporary Art Fair Celebrates Its 40th Edition
FIAC France’s leading contemporary art fair will celebrate its 40th anniversary edition this October. Their main aim in this edition… Read More
12 August 2013
Erwin Schrodinger Honoured With Google Doodle Showing Quantum Cat
Erwin Schrödinger the Austrian physicist who developed theories of quantum physics is honoured today with a Google’s doodle. Born 12 August… Read More
12 August 2013
The Forgotten Heroes That Saved Europe From Nazi Cultural Devastation
The Monuments Men is a story about the forgotten heroes who saved Europe from cultural devastation during World War II…. Read More
11 August 2013
Project Latitude Publishes Research Showing Brazilian Art Market Growth
Project Latitude, the second industry research conference involving the Brazilian art market, presented in July has released results. It showed some… Read More
11 August 2013
Pierre Auguste Renoir Chattels Go Under The Hammer In New York
The most comprehensive archive auction of chattels belonging to the French impressionist artist Pierre Auguste Renoir’s from his signature polka-dot… Read More
11 August 2013
The Resurgence Of Older Women In Contemporary Art
In a talk given in Berlin in 2012 entitled Is the Old New? or is the New Old? the British… Read More
10 August 2013
Damien Hirst To Mount First Retrospective Exhibition In Middle East
A comprehensive exhibition of work by the YBA artist Damien Hirst is set to open in Doha in October. It… Read More
10 August 2013
Detroit Institute Of Arts Confirms Christie’s To Appraise Museum Collection
It was confirmed by the press office at Christie’s Auctioneers this week that Christie’s Appraisals Inc. has been called in… Read More
10 August 2013
Geoffrey Harrison Becomes Artist In Residence At London’s Weirdest Medical Museum
Barts Pathology Museum’s resident artist unveils a series of paintings inspired by thousands of anatomical specimens. This is an exhibition… Read More
9 August 2013
Sotheby’s Reports Strong Sales In Half Year Financial Results
Sotheby’s (NYSE: BID 6 August 2013) has reported their financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June… Read More
9 August 2013
Cork Street Death Warrant Signed As Council Approves Redevelopment Plans
The future of Cork Street as a mecca for art galleries in London is in jeopardy tonight (6/8/2013) as Westminster… Read More
9 August 2013
Kazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde New Autumn Exhibition Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The largest Kazimir Malevich survey in twenty years will be presented by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in October. The exhibition… Read More
8 August 2013
Lady Gaga Goes Nude For Marina Abramovic Video Art Project
The international performance artist Marina Abramović who is attempting to raise $370,000 for her institute to become a reality has… Read More
8 August 2013
Vandalised Portrait of the Queen Rehung at Westminster Abbey
Ralph Heimans’ jubilee portrait of the Queen has been rehung at Westminster Abbey a month after it was vandalised by… Read More
8 August 2013
Peter Blake Launches Art Everywhere The World’s Largest Public Art Exhibition
The iconic British ‘Pop’ artist Sir Peter Blake, creator of the Beatles’ famous Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album… Read More
8 August 2013
Moniker Teams Up With The Other Art Fair During Frieze Week
The Moniker Art Fair will return to London during Frieze Week for their fourth year, having firmly established themselves as… Read More
8 August 2013
British Council Announces The Appointment Of Three New Trustees
The British Council has announced three new members to their Board of Trustees, and have confirmed the appointment of one… Read More
7 August 2013
National Portrait Gallery Commissions Ben Okri Poem To Freed Slave Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
The Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to write a new poem… Read More
7 August 2013
Queen’s Sculptress Commissioned To Immortalise Boris Johnson In Bronze
Sculptress to HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Frances Segelman will sculpt Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,… Read More
7 August 2013
Amazon Launches Aggressive Expansion Into Fine Art Sales
Would you buy expensive fine art from Amazon? We will soon find out as Amazon.com, Inc. has announced the launch… Read More
7 August 2013