Turner Prize Winner Mark Leckey Curates New Summer Exhibition
Mark Leckey the Turner Prize winning artist has curated an exhibition that explores the magical world of new technology, as… Read More
13 July 2013
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Hundreds Of Masterpieces Stolen From Picasso Step Daughter’s Collection
Catherine Hutin-Blay the step-daughter of Pablo Picasso by his second wife Jacqueline has revealed that up to 407 works by… Read More
12 July 2013
Ben Nicholson Achieves Record Price For Painting At Sotheby’s
A painting by the late British artist Ben Nicholson, (Mycenae-axe-blue), has sold for £1,082,500. It was a highlight at the… Read More
12 July 2013
Masterpiece London 2013 Records Record Visitor Numbers And Strong Sales
Masterpiece London saw a rise in visitor figures ending with an overall increase of 20% on last years attendance. Just… Read More
12 July 2013
Ben Rivers Awarded 2013 Artangel Open Commission
The Artist/Filmmaker Ben Rivers has been awarded one of the first two Artangel Open commissions alongside writer and artist Katrina… Read More
12 July 2013
The Magma Group of Artists To Exhibit At Bermondsey Arts Festival In September
The Magma Group of artists will be exhibiting at the invitation of the Vibe Gallery in Bermondsey, as a main… Read More
11 July 2013
Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Proserpine Goes Under The Hammer At Sothebys
Sotheby’s is to offer an iconic Pre-Raphaelite masterpiece by Dante Gabriel Rossetti in their 19 November 2013 London sale of… Read More
11 July 2013
Erno Goldfinger Masterpiece Metro Central Heights Grade Two Listed
Metro Central Heights, the office development designed by the internationally renowned designer and architect Erno Goldfinger, and built between 1959… Read More
11 July 2013
Barbara Hepworth and Elizabeth Frink Achieve Auction Records At Christie’s
Results for the Modern British Art Evening Sale at Christie’s London, 10 July 2013 achieved strong results for works by… Read More
11 July 2013
Lutz Bacher: First Major London Solo Show At The ICA
The ICA is presenting ‘Black Beauty’, the first major solo exhibition in the UK by American artist Lutz Bacher. Occupying… Read More
11 July 2013
Conrad Shawcross Unveils Bloomberg Commission At Camden’s Roundhouse In August
Time: a familiar framework for all our lives, but a fundamentally peculiar concept. Timepiece is a major new installation that… Read More
10 July 2013
PRIX PICTET COMMISSION WINNER SIMON NORFOLK TO EXHIBIT AT SOMERSET HOUSE
An exhibition devoted to the work of Simon Norfolk, winner of the fourth Prix Pictet commission, shot on location in… Read More
10 July 2013
Ellsworth Kelly To Receive National Medal of Arts From President Obama
The Whitehouse has announced, (Wednesday, July 10, 2013) that President Obama will present the artist Ellsworth Kelly, who turned 90… Read More
10 July 2013
Frieze London Announces 2013 Film Programme Supported By Channel 4
Frieze London have announced their 2013 line-up for artist films commissioned by Frieze Foundation and screened to coincide with the… Read More
10 July 2013
London’s Design Museum Sells Thames Building To Dame Zaha Hadid
The Design Museum in London has announced the sale of its current building at Shad Thames to Dame Zaha Hadid… Read More
10 July 2013
Acme Studios A New Archival Display At The Whitechapel Gallery
The Whitechapel Gallery is presenting a new archive display exploring the first decade of Acme Studios, the pioneering artists’ initiative… Read More
9 July 2013
World’s Weirdest Medical Museum Inspires Bizarre Anatomical Art Show
Anatomical art by the figurative painter Geoffrey Harrison will be displayed this August at Barts Pathology Museum, along with the… Read More
9 July 2013
Crisis Charity Sponsors Homeless Artists In National UK Festival
Bermondsey Project has just announced the inaugural exhibition of Art in Crisis – a hotbed of emerging talent demonstrating the… Read More
9 July 2013
There’s No Such Thing As Sculpture: True Or False – A Curated Conversation
London: UK Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre has announced its second ambitious event. This consists of a salon, hosted in a Shoreditch… Read More
9 July 2013
Yoko Ono Requests Photos Of Smiles For Manchester Festival Project
Yoko Ono has put out an open call for people to circulate a photo of their smile to say, “Hello…. Read More
9 July 2013
Artist Ryan McGinley Gets Prime Exposure In Times Square
Ryan McGinley a leading New York artist presents Varúð which had its Manhattan premiere just before midnight on Monday, July… Read More
9 July 2013
Turner Prize Artist Grayson Perry To Present This Year’s Reith Lectures
The Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry has been selected as this year’s Reith Lecturer. He will present a series… Read More
9 July 2013
Brick Lane Village Summer Fete and Art Auction Announced
The Brick Lane Village Summer Fete and Art Auction is upon us again with A raffle prize from Tracey Emin,… Read More
8 July 2013
Hans Ulrich Obrist Artist’s Call To Action For Manchester International Festival
Follow in the footsteps of Yoko Ono and Gilbert and George on The Space and take part in Hans Ulrich… Read More
8 July 2013
Threadneedle Prize 2013 Returns for its Sixth Year In London
The Threadneedle Prize is the leading competition for figurative and representational painting and sculpture. At £30,000, it is one of… Read More
8 July 2013
Stonehenge Relocates To Olympic Park for One Year Anniversary Celebrations
It has been around the country and around the world, but today It was announced that Sacrilege, the life-sized inflatable… Read More
8 July 2013
Google Celebrates the 66th Anniversary of the Roswell Incident With Doodle
Google has celebrated the 66th anniversary of the Roswell incident with a fantastically spooky animated doodle. The Roswell UFO incident… Read More
8 July 2013
Tainted Love: Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson To Divorce
Charles Saatchi the gallerist, art collector and ad man responsible for electing Margaret Thatcher to power is filing for divorce… Read More
7 July 2013
Dame Laura Knight Portraits: Beyond The Narrative Frame
The National Portrait Gallery is presenting a new exhibition of the British painter Dame Laura Knight (1877 –1970). Knight was… Read More
7 July 2013
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott Artist Potter Dies In London Aged 77
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott, the Australian born artist/potter has died in London age 77. Pigott was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1935
7 July 2013
Reformation Christ Statue Loaned To Tate Britain For Art under Attack Exhibition
A Statue of the Dead Christ (c.1500-20) from the collection of the Worshipful Company of Mercers, will be on loan… Read More
6 July 2013
Revolution in Art : New Royal Academy Exhibition Explores Mexico
A new exhibition at the Royal Academy exploring the intense thirty year period of artistic creativity that took place in… Read More
6 July 2013