VOLTA Basel Proves A Success For Emerging London Galleries
The eager visitors to Dreispitzhalle, VOLTA’s ninth Basel edition were not dissapppointed. The bright color of the carpet, ‘hot pink’,… Read More
16 June 2013
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100 Years Of The Suffragettes Celebrated Through Visual Art
On 14 June 1913, 6,000 women took to the streets to remember a pivotal activist and martyr. They were walking in… Read More
16 June 2013
New Exhibition To Mark The Summer Solstice At Waterside Contemporary
To mark the summer solstice – an astronomical moment of repose and contemplation, and the high point of the short… Read More
15 June 2013
New Exhibition Of Allen Ginsberg And The Beat Generations Opens
A new exhibition centring around the Poet, performer and antimilitarist, Allen Ginsberg (1926–1997) opens in Metz, Rennes near Lille, France… Read More
15 June 2013
Kapoor, Perry and Serota Honoured In Queen’s Birthday List
Anish Kapoor, the 59 year old, Indian-born British sculptor has been Knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours list. Kapoor said;… Read More
15 June 2013
DCMS Announces 8% Cut In Arts Spending For 2015-2016
The (DCMS) Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced an 8% cut in spending for the period 2015-2016. The… Read More
14 June 2013
SHUBBAK CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE ARTS FESTIVAL UNVEILED FOR LONDON
Shubbak is a window on contemporary Arab culture, with 15 days of art exhibitions, concerts, films, theatre, family events, talks… Read More
14 June 2013
Massimiliano Gioni’s New Dialectic At The 55th Venice Biennale
Il Palazzo Enciclopedico / The Encyclopedic Palace, this is the title for the 55th International Venice Biennial of contemporary Art,… Read More
14 June 2013
Tate Modern Film Curator Stuart Comer To Head Media and Performance At MoMA
Stuart Corner, who has been curator of film at Tate Modern since January 2004, has been appointed the new curator… Read More
14 June 2013
Queen Elizabeth Portrait By Ralph Heiman Vandalised By Protester
A recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, unveiled for the diamond jubilee in Westminster Abbey has been defaced with spray… Read More
14 June 2013
House of Peroni Pop Up Defines Contemporary Italian Culture In London
Peroni Nastro Azzurro is creating ‘The House of Peroni’, an event to celebrate the new wave of visionaries defining contemporary… Read More
13 June 2013
Identity And Migration Themes within Contemporary Art Explored In New Exhibition
The Ben Uri gallery is presenting the exhibition, Looking In: Photographic Portraits by Maud Sulter and Chan-Hyo Bae. This is… Read More
13 June 2013
New Photography Exhibition Explores The Impact Of DNA
The discovery of DNA was arguably the most significant breakthrough of modern science. From DNA fingerprinting to personalised genomes the… Read More
12 June 2013
Royal Swan Counting Celebrated In New Museum Exhibition
The River & Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames, has created a major exhibition that celebrates and reveals the art of… Read More
12 June 2013
Gasworks To Receive £1million Commitment From Arts Council England
Gasworks has received a £1million commitment from Arts Council England towards the purchase and renovation of its building. Established in… Read More
12 June 2013
Tony Reichardt Collection Of Modern British Art Offered At Christie’s
Christie’s is selling the collection of Tony Reichardt, a pioneering British art dealer in the 1960s and 1970s. Reichardt was… Read More
12 June 2013
Embassy for Refugees Pavilion Erected On London’s South Bank
The Embassy for Refugees, commissioned for Celebrating Sanctuary London, on the South Bank is an art/design project which blurs the… Read More
11 June 2013
Matthias Koch: Extraordinary Photographs of Dover Presented By DAD
“In my series “Places of History” I am concerned with the overlap of two layers of time. Looking at the… Read More
11 June 2013
David Cameron Appoints Professor Seona Reid As New Tate Trustee
Seona Reid has been appointed as a new Trustee of Tate. The appointment, was made by Prime Minister David Cameron… Read More
11 June 2013
Cock ‘n’ Bull Gallery Serves Up Street Art In Damien Hirst Restaurant
The Cock ‘n’ Bull gallery and Street Art London will host a major collaboration between world-renowned street artists RUN and… Read More
11 June 2013
London’s Broomberg And Chanarin Accorded Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
Adam Broomberg (b.1970, South Africa) & Oliver Chanarin (b.1971, UK) have been awarded theDeutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013 at a… Read More
10 June 2013
The Lyons Teashops Lithographs Featured In New Towner Gallery Exhibition
Top Post-war British artists are featured in a new show at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne. The Lyons Teashops Lithographs:… Read More
10 June 2013
Degas Sculpture Donated To Cardiff Museum Though Lucian Freud Legacy
A rare bronze sculpture of a horse by the 19th century French Impressionist master, Edgar Degas, has found a permanent… Read More
10 June 2013
Arturo Vega Painter and Graphic Designer Dies In New York
Arturo Vega, painter and graphic designer best known for his logo for the Punk band The Ramones, has died at the age of 65.
9 June 2013
Artist Richard Woods Created Site Specific Installation For The Orangery Wakefield
The Orangery, a unique grade II* building in the heart of Wakefield has been transformed by the artist Richard Woods… Read More
9 June 2013
Georg Baselitz Monumental Three figure Sculpture Installed At V&A
A monumental three-figure sculpture by Georg Baselitz goes on view in London, at the V&A from next week. Baselitz is… Read More
8 June 2013
Picasso Solid Gold Bling Platter Goes Under The Hammer At Christie’s
An important large solid gold plate by Pablo Picasso, Visage Tourmenté comes to the market for the first time, having… Read More
8 June 2013
Viral: Andy Warhol And The Image Before The Internet Age
Christie’s auctioneers has announced a pop-up exhibition in the Silicon Valley as part of Andy Warhol at Christie’s, a partnership… Read More
8 June 2013
New ICA Drawing Exhibition Explores Politics, Gender and Sexuality
A new exhibition at London’s ICA titled “Keep Your Timber Limber” explores how artists since the 1940s to the present… Read More
7 June 2013
Damien Hirst Supports World’s Biggest British Art Everywhere Exhibition
The UK will become the world’s largest art gallery when a unique exhibition, Art Everywhere, will transform thousands of poster… Read More
7 June 2013
Eduardo Chillida’s Guggenheim Bilbao Exhibition To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
Christie’s is presenting the complete Homage to Chillida exhibition curated by Kosme de Barañano and held at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao… Read More
7 June 2013
ABORIGINAL ARTWORK ADORNS THE ROOF OF PARIS MUSEE DU QUAI BRANLY
The musée du quai Branly has announced today the unveiling of a permanent Aboriginal work on its 700 sqm roof… Read More
6 June 2013