James Franco: Gay Town New Solo Exhibition in Berlin
Just when we may have thought that James Franco couldn’t possibly be busier, he opened a solo show at Peres… Read More
14 February 2013
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The Best Valentines Created By A-List international Contemporary Artists
Today is Valentines day, a time when you show your appreciation to someone that you desire or love by sending… Read More
14 February 2013
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Sale Brings In £74m In Market Boost
Sotheby’s London Contemporary Art Evening Auction has achieved a total of £74,364,200/ $116,357,664/ €86,321,943, within pre-sale expectations (estimate: £61.2-84.5 million),… Read More
13 February 2013
Restoration To Begin On Henry Moore Sculpture Near Parliament
Henry Moore’s Old Flo made headlines earlier this winter with council legal disputes, but this week another Moore sculpture is… Read More
13 February 2013
Kate Fowle Appointed Chief Curator of Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Centre
The Garage Centre for Contemporary Arts announced today that Kate Fowle, the former Co-Director of the London based curatorial partnership… Read More
13 February 2013
Is China Still The Global Market Leader For Art Sales?
We reported a year ago that the global art market had recovered from the financial crisis with both confidence and… Read More
13 February 2013
BODY I AM BIRGIT JÜRGENSSEN, ANA MENDIETA & HANNAH WILKE ENDS SATURDAY
‘Feminist art of the 1970s sometimes has a reputation for being combative and crass, but these women demonstrate that they… Read More
12 February 2013
Pop Artist Peter Blake To Feature At Chiswick House Festival
Peter Blake, one Britain’s most important living artists, will attend the launch of the third annual Chiswick House Camellia Festival,… Read More
12 February 2013
Arts Council England And VisitEngland Announce New Cultural Partnership
Arts Council England and VisitEngland have announced that by working together to coordinate activity, both will grow the value of… Read More
12 February 2013
Uber-Confident Art Dealers Lose Face As Cases Go To Court
Art dealers have been getting a hard time of it recently, their profession’s reputation shaken by a succession of high-profile… Read More
12 February 2013
Last Collaborative Fischli Weiss Work Exhibited At Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Gallery is presenting an installation by the Swiss artists Fischli/Weiss. This will be the first and the only… Read More
11 February 2013
Alfredo Jaar To Represent Chile At 55th Venice Biennale
Alfredo Jaar will represent Chile at the 55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with a major new… Read More
11 February 2013
Cindy Sherman and Taryn Simon Donate Work For Asperger’s Auction
The Frostig Collection has announced a fundraising exhibition and auction of photographs by some of the leading photographers of our… Read More
11 February 2013
Damien Hirst: Official Year Of The Snake Prediction Outlook
This is the ‘Year of the Snake’ under the Chinese zodiac and ‘allegedly’ the snake is quite an interesting person…. Read More
11 February 2013
Culture Minister Places Temporary Export Bar On Three Paintings
A 19th century painting of a London park and two canvases by the animal painter George Stubbs could leave the… Read More
10 February 2013
Director Mike Leigh to Create Film On JMW Turner’s Life
The British director Mike Leigh is to create a film based on the life of the English painter JMW (Joseph… Read More
10 February 2013
Richard Artschwager Pop Minimalist And Conceptual Artist Dies
Richard Artschwager, was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He was never the first name that sprung to mind amongst his contemporaries
10 February 2013
Georg Baselitz: Why Women Artists Don’t Paint Very Well
The outspoken German painter Georg Baselitz, has caused controversy in an interview, in the German newspaper, Der Spiegel. On this… Read More
9 February 2013
Eugene Delacroix Defaced In Act Of Mindless Vandalism At Louvre
A woman has been detained accused of damaging a masterpiece by the French romantic artist Eugene Delacroix, at a branch… Read More
9 February 2013
Van Gogh Sunflowers Projected Onto National Gallery To Celebrate Your Paintings Project
Oversized images of publicly owned masterpieces were projected on to the National Gallery building in Trafalgar Square last night, as… Read More
9 February 2013
Tracey Emin Blanket Added To Latest Ben Uri Feminist Exhibition
The Ben Uri has just announced the new addition of Tracey Emin’s appliquéd work, Something’s Wrong (2002), on loan from… Read More
8 February 2013
First Elisabeth Frink Catalogue Raisonne Of Sculpture To Be Published
The first catalogue raisonne of the sculptural works of the 20th century British artist Elizabeth Frink is to be published…. Read More
7 February 2013
Guy Wildenstein Charged With Tax Evasion In Scandalous Billion Euro Case
Guy Wildenstein the French/American art dealer and foundation trustee has been charged with tax evasion and money laundering
7 February 2013
Jean-Michel Basquiat A New Major Exhibition At Gagosian New York
Fifty works from public and private collections will be featured in a new exhibition spaning Basquiat’s brief but meteoric career,… Read More
7 February 2013
Modigliani Masterpiece Realises £26.9m At Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Sale
Amedeo Modigliani’s portrait of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne was the top selling lot at Christie’s evening Impressionist and Modern sale… Read More
7 February 2013
Mark Wallinger Spearheads London Underground’s Largest Art Commission
Mark Wallinger has been chosen as the artist to spearhead the largest ever commission for London Underground. 270 permanent art… Read More
7 February 2013
Cindy Sherman’s Startling Portrait Featured On Dasha Zhukova’s Garage Magazine
The latest cover of Garage magazine, the art, fashion and lifestyle glossy edited by Mrs Roman Abramovich, (Dasha Zhukova), includes… Read More
7 February 2013
Laura Cooper’s Personal And Collective Actions Displayed In New Exhibition
A new exhibition from Laura Cooper at Space In Between, in London’s E8 explores her practices and takes on her… Read More
6 February 2013
Todd James Makes A Play For World Domination At Lazarides Gallery
New York artist Todd James presents a new solo exhibition ‘World Domination’, which includes a selection of work in different… Read More
6 February 2013
Picasso Potboiler: Marie Therese Portrait Sells For £28m In London
A portrait by Picasso’s of Marie-Therese Walter, has been sold at Sotheby’s London for £28.6m. Painted in 1932 the work… Read More
6 February 2013
Man Ray and His Contemporaries New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
A new exhibition of portraits by one the 20th century’s most inventive photographers, Man Ray opens at the National Portrait… Read More
6 February 2013
Art 13 London Launches A Dedicated Platform For Performance Art
Art 13 London, has just announced their Art13 Performances, a dedicated platform for the presentation and discussion of performance art…. Read More
5 February 2013