News
Gifted Barbara Hepworth Sculptures Realise £2.2m But Not Everyone Is Celebrating
Two sculptures gifted to Wakefield Girls High School by the iconic 20th century artist Barbara Hepworth have sold...
Unseen Lucian Freud Self Portrait and Drawings Go On Display At National Portrait Gallery
A selection of drawings from the unseen sketchbooks of Lucian Freud, together with a newly-discovered self-portrait by the artist, have gone on...
Tate Modern Launches Most Important Cultural Building Since New British Library
Tate Modern has previewed the new Herzog & de Meuron,extension to the press and impressive is the only word I can use to describe its...
The Smithsonian Announce Plans Of Joint Venture With London’s V&A
The Smithsonian in Washington has officially announced plans to cooperate with London's Victoria and Albert Museum on a major...
Artist Places Real Heads In Iconic Art Galleries To Create Artwork
A new interactive art project entitled 'Put Your Head into Gallery' presents four different models of famous galleries’ rooms. The project also...
Photo Feature: Mystics And Rationalists At Modern Art Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is currently marking 50 years as an internationally acclaimed powerhouse of contemporary visual culture. Celebrating the role art...
Ai Weiwei: Artist And Activist To Speak At Cambridge Union
Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to appear in conversation with Yana Peel, CEO of the Serpentine Galleries, at the Cambridge Union. The...
London’s New Art Spaces: Redefining The Trend This Summer
On the 17th of June, the long awaited new Tate building will be opened to the public. Like a lot of the new impactful buildings in London, it...
Sunday’s Art Car Boot Fair Line-Up To Include A-List Bargains
Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk and Sir Peter Blake will be among the many A-list artists selling their work at knock down prices at this year’s...
Michael Craig-Martin Awarded Knighthood In Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Michael Craig-Martin, a truly influential artist, has been awarded a Knighthood, in the Queen’s birthday honours list. As the ultimate catalyst of...
Early American Landscape Painting The Seed Of American Exceptionalism
The American architect Louis Kahn once said “Art does what nature can not do”. I often think about that quote, in my ceaseless...
Gregor Muir Appointed Director of Collection International Art at Tate
Gregor Muir (b.1964) has been appointed Director of Collection, International Art at Tate. He succeeds Frances Morris, now Director, Tate Modern,...