Performance Art Suffers Setback In London With Venue Closures Looming
Last week saw the announcement of the closure of Stoke Newington International Airport, Old Vic Tunnels & LUPA – a… Read More
24 March 2013
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Tracey Emin Helps To Raise £375,000 For Terrence Higgins Trust
Christie’s was the venue for a 30th anniversary charity auction last night, which raised £375,000 for the first HIV and… Read More
23 March 2013
Ai Weiwei Creates New Tent Installation For German Art Festival
The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei is working on a major new project which will be unveiled at this summer’s… Read More
23 March 2013
Yayoi Kusama Celebrates 84th Birthday With Work That Keeps Evolving
Yayoi Kusama who thrilled London last year with her fabulous Tate Modern retrospective celebrates her 84th birthday today ( 22… Read More
23 March 2013
Witches: A History Explored In First Major Art Exhibition
The fascination for witches has gripped many Western artists from the sixteenth century to the present. Now next Summer a… Read More
22 March 2013
Richard Woods Site-specific Installation In New London Solo Exhibition
A solo exhibition of works by Richard Woods will feature a site-specific installation in which Woods will clad the gallery… Read More
22 March 2013
Stolen Banksy Mural: MP Lynne Featherstone Hits A Brick Wall
The Haringey MP Lynne Featherstone has failed in her attempts to get to the bottom of the missing Banksy mural… Read More
22 March 2013
Simon Lewty Absorption: Tachygraphy Drawings At Art First
For his first exhibition of new work since 2008, Simon Lewty presents a remarkable group of drawings in which compelling… Read More
22 March 2013
V&A Cancels Napalm Death Gig Because Of Decibel Level Fear
The Bowie exhibition wasn’t the only rock ‘n’ roll event happening at the Victoria & Albert Museum this week. Napalm… Read More
21 March 2013
Simon Starling and Gerry Judah Explore Global Climate Change In New Exhibition
An exhibition exploring the effects of global climate change is to open at Wolverhampton Art Gallery on Saturday 11 May…. Read More
21 March 2013
Iraq Pavilion Artists Unveiled For 55th Biennale di Venezia
Curator Jonathan Watkins and Commissioner, The Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq (RUYA), have selected eleven artists to participate… Read More
21 March 2013
Green Lady By Tretchikoff Makes £1m At Bonham’s Auction
The Green Lady a painting considered a masterpiece of Kitsch by the Siberian/ South African artist Vladimir Tretchikoff
20 March 2013
Toyo Ito Announced As Winner Of Pritzker Architecture Prize 2013
Toyo Ito, a 71 year old architect whose architectural practice is based in Tokyo, Japan and is best known in… Read More
20 March 2013
Dutch Master Rembrandt Self-Portrait Uncovered In National Trust Collection
A painting on display in the former home of Sir Francis Drake, Buckland Abbey very well may turn out to… Read More
20 March 2013
David Hockney’s Assistant Dies At Artists Bridlington Home
David Hockney’s assistant has died after being rushed to the hospital from the artists Bridlington home. Dominic Elliott, 23
19 March 2013
Eberhard Havekost New White Cube Exhibition Cosmos Now
White Cube Mason’s Yard is presenting ‘Cosmos Now’, an exhibition of new work by Eberhard Havekost, his fourth with the… Read More
19 March 2013
Iconic Princess Diana Dresses Go Under the Hammer In London Today
Important dresses formerly belonging Diana, Princess of Wales have gone on sale today, in a London auction. They were expected… Read More
19 March 2013
Richard Patterson Solo Survey Exhibition Announced For Spring
Richard Patterson is one of the YBAs (Young British Artists) to emerge in the late 1980s, and a participant in… Read More
18 March 2013
Katharine Stout Announced As ICA New Head of Programmes
The ICA has announced the appointment of Katharine Stout as Head of Programmes. Katharine is currently a curator of contemporary… Read More
18 March 2013
Encounters Sector For Art Basel Hong Kong Announced
Art Basel have announced the 17 artworks to be presented within the Encounters Sector in Hong Kong, dedicated to showing… Read More
18 March 2013
Christo’s Latest Installation Creates Largest Inflatable Envelope Structure Ever
It has been 18 years since Christo wrapped the Reichstag and 14 years after the installation “The Wall“ as the… Read More
18 March 2013
Ai Weiwei Unveils 900 Square Meter Painting In Chile
An enormous 900-square-meter painting by the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei was unveiled this weekend in the Chilean port Valparaiso…. Read More
17 March 2013
George W. Bush May Exhibit Nude Self-portraits In Florida Art Exhibition
What does George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, Prince Charles and Adolf Hitler have in common? Answer: All were keen amateur… Read More
16 March 2013
Revealed: National Art Collection On View At Belfast’s Ulster Museum
A collection of 160 paintings and sculptures tracing an artistic lineage from the 16th century (portrait of Queen Elizabeth I… Read More
16 March 2013
Photographing Royal Academicians: Hockney, Gormley and Blake New Exhibition
A new exhibition of photographs of some of the most celebrated Royal Academicians of recent times, shown in the context… Read More
16 March 2013
Hugh Mendes To be exhibited In Los Angeles Solo Show
Work by the London-based painter Hugh Mendes will be exhibited at GUSFORD | Los Angeles. This will be his first… Read More
16 March 2013
Gilbert & George: New Exhibition At MKM Duisburg Germany
British artists Gilbert & George open an exhibition of “London Pictures” a series completed in 2011 at the MKM from… Read More
15 March 2013
Howard Hodgkin Maximalist Gestures and Saturated Colours – Gagosian Rome
Recent paintings by the British artist Howard Hodgkin are presented in a new exhibition, opening today, at the Gagosian Gallery… Read More
15 March 2013
TEFAF Releases Its Annual Art Market Report For 2013
The TEFAF Art Market Report 2013 which is considered to be one of the benchmarks for analysing the global art… Read More
14 March 2013
Frank Benson Union Jack Sculpture Exhibited Outside London’s ICA
Frank Benson’s Flag (Union Jack) (2013) reflects the artist’s ongoing fascination with the depiction of arrested motion and the use… Read More
14 March 2013
New London Exhibition For Iraqi Artist Sadik Alfraji
‘I do not paint out of luxury, and do not seek beauty; I paint as an attempt to reason with… Read More
14 March 2013
Conservative Pope Francis 1 Denounced Art Exhibition As Blasphemous
Is the New Pope Art- Friendly? Read This and Find Out! A new Pope was elected last night after four… Read More
14 March 2013