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
Archives: News
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
Artist Mathieu Tremblin Creates Trompe l’oeil Getty Images Watermark Mural
Graffiti just got a bit more creative! French artist Mathieu Tremblin has created a trompe l’oeil painting of a watermarked… Read More
6 July 2013
Tate Britain Features Five Contemporary Artists Subverting The Conventions
Painting Now: Five Contemporary Artists focuses on the recent work of Tomma Abts, Gillian Carnegie, Simon Ling, Lucy McKenzie and… Read More
5 July 2013
London’s Thames Festival To Feature Artists Richard Wilson And Doug Fishbone
The Mayor’s Thames Festival undergoes an exciting transformation this year, staging a 10-day celebration of the river through inspiring events… Read More
5 July 2013
Kraftwerk Mount Their First Solo Exhibition At Spruth Magers Berlin
Sprüth Magers are presenting the first solo gallery exhibition of Kraftwerk in Berlin. On display is a 3-D video and… Read More
4 July 2013
Ian Dury: Royal College Graduate Honoured With Retrospective Exhibition
Jemima Dury, the daughter of the late, great musician/songwriter and visual artist, has spent the last two years putting together… Read More
4 July 2013
Kate Moss Makes A Serious Fashion Statement At Christie’s Auctioneers
The iconic uber muse Kate Moss is the subject of a solo sale at Christie’s auction house in London. Curated… Read More
4 July 2013
El Greco Masterpiece Is Top Seller In Sotheby’s £35m Auction
Old Masters have set new record prices in an unprecedented bidding war at Sotheby’s yesterday.
4 July 2013
House Of Peroni Showcasing Cutting Edge Art And Design Opens In London
House Of Peroni, an ambitious project sponsored by the celebrated Italian brewery is showcasing the work and ideas of some… Read More
3 July 2013
Tate Modern Gets £10m Donation From Eyal Ofer Family Foundation
Tate Modern will receive a major gift of £10 million from the Eyal Ofer Family Foundation to support the completion… Read More
3 July 2013
Miles Aldridge And Brancolini Grimaldi Exhibitions Feature At Somerset House
Somerset House is exhibiting ‘I Only Want You to Love Me’ – a major retrospective of photographer Miles Aldridge’s work…. Read More
3 July 2013
ICA Takes A journey Through London’s Subculture 1980 To Present
The ICA has announced a major new off-site project at the Old Selfridges Hotel in London as part of a… Read More
3 July 2013
Monumental Ben Nicholson Painting Leads Sotheby’s Summer Post-War British Art Sale
A monumental painting by British artist Ben Nicholson’s will lead Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Modern & Post-War British Art on… Read More
2 July 2013
Irina Antonova The 91 Year Old Director Of The Pushkin Museum Resigns
Irina Antonova, the 91 year old Director of the Pushkin museum, has stepped down from her job, after 52 years…. Read More
1 July 2013
Westminster Abbey Woman Held For Criminal Damage To Statue
Another art attack at Westminster Abbey has seen a woman arrested for criminal damage, after a statue was spray-painted by… Read More
1 July 2013