Christie’s London Impressionist And Modern Sale Expected To Top £100m
Christie’s London, Winter Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale titled, ‘FROM FIGURATION TO ABSTRACTION’, set to fall under the hammer at… Read More
13 January 2013
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European Sculpture Capital Will It Be Yorkshire?
A major new project spearheaded by the Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery and Yorkshire Sculpture Park,… Read More
13 January 2013
Artist Tony Oursler Directs New David Bowie Video Masterpiece
The American artist Tony Oursler has directed the video for David Bowie’s new single ‘where are we now?’ The video,… Read More
13 January 2013
David Hockney’s Landmark Egyptian Painting Auctioned In London
Christie’s London are offering David Hockney’s ‘Great Pyramid at Giza with Broken Head from Thebes’ (1963) in their February Post-War… Read More
12 January 2013
Andy Kaufman Resurrected In NY Performance Art Exhibition
An exhibition opening today in New York honouring the life and work of Andy Kaufman, highlights the influential Performance Art… Read More
12 January 2013
Lost Robert Burns Manuscripts Unveiled Ahead Of Burns Day Celebrations
25 January is always an important cultural day in the Scottish calendar but this year is especially exciting as a… Read More
12 January 2013
Turner Prize 2015 Goes North Of The Border To Glasgow
The Tramway in Glasgow will host the 2015 Turner Prize. The Tate’s director Nicholas Serota, announced each venue had “put… Read More
12 January 2013
Show Your Art On A London Underground Poster Celebrate 150 Years
As we celebrate 150 years of the London Underground there is no better time to be a part of Art… Read More
11 January 2013
Swedish Artist Miriam Backstrom Wins Artes Mundi 5 Audience Choice Poll
The winner of the Artes Mundi 5 Prize audience award was today unveiled to coincide with the closing of the… Read More
11 January 2013
Kate Middleton’s Official Portrait Unveiled At National Portrait Gallery
Kate Middleton’s first official painted portrait was unveiled today at the National Portrait Gallery. It was commissioned by the gallery… Read More
11 January 2013
Damien Hirst and Kate Middleton Welcome Visitors To The Shard
The Shard, the latest London landmark, designed by the world famous architect Renzo Piano has a brand new visitor experience… Read More
11 January 2013
Museum Quality Art Presented At London’s Watercolours And Works On Paper Fair
Early, Modern, and Contemporary Works on Paper will be offered for sale by leading dealers presenting old and new works,… Read More
10 January 2013
Rem Koolhaas Appointed Architecture Director For Venice Biennale 2014
Rem Koolhaas, one of the most significant architects of our time has been appointed Director of Architecture at the Venice… Read More
10 January 2013
Art Fund Launches £100k Museum Of The Year Prize 2013
Applications for the Art Fund’s Museum of the Year prize is now open for 2013. The national fund which also… Read More
10 January 2013
Sotheby’s Reports Astounding $1.25 billion Results For Contemporary Art
Sotheby’s, the international auction house have reported their third most successful year ever for global auctions and a new record… Read More
10 January 2013
Harry Beck Tube Map Honoured With Anniversary Google Doodle
Harry Beck’s iconic map of the tube network has been honoured today with a Google Doodle .This is to mark… Read More
9 January 2013
Lebanese Artist Saloua Raouda Choucair Exhibits At Tate Modern
The world’s first major museum exhibition of Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair (b. 1916) has been announced for Tate Modern… Read More
9 January 2013
English Heritage Halts Popular 150 Year Old Blue Plaque Scheme
Blue plaques have been used to Inspire Londoners commemorating the personal achievements of exceptional residents for the past 150 years…. Read More
9 January 2013
Chapman Brothers To Boycott Russia After Blasphemy Protest Spoiler
If the Russian Authorities haven’t done enough damage to their countries human rights reputation by jailing the Artist/punk collective Pussy… Read More
8 January 2013
Masterpieces Sold To Hermitage Return To Britain For Exhibition
Masterpieces by Rembrandt, Poussin and Velazquez are among a collection of over 40 works from the Hermitage Museum in St… Read More
8 January 2013
Tate Modern Record 5.3 Million Attendance Figure for 2012
Tate Modern one of London’s most popular cultural attractions has seen a record 5.3 million visitors in 2012. This is… Read More
8 January 2013
Stolen Henri Matisse Recovered By Small Time Essex Art Dealer
A stolen painting by Henri Matisse which disappeared 25 years ago from the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, has turned up… Read More
7 January 2013
Mat Collishaw Returns To Oil Painting In New London Exhibition
Mat Collishaw makes a return to oil painting, in a new London exhibition, for his second solo exhibition at Blain|Southern…. Read More
7 January 2013
Zaha Hadid Building Complex Knocked Off By Chinese Rival
The Chinese are notorious for their knock off designer bags and pirated DVDs. They have even set up an Apple… Read More
6 January 2013
Mr Brainwash Beatles Mural Erased From Oxford Street
A 5 meter high mural of the Beatles by the French born American artist Mr Brainwash, which was the centrepiece… Read More
6 January 2013
White Cube São Paulo’s Inaugural Exhibition Presents Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin has stated; ‘I’m not drawn to the erotic. I’m confused by it. There is very little in my… Read More
5 January 2013
Gallerist John Kasmin Curates London Art in the Sixties
The New Situation, Art in London in the Sixties is a new exhibition planned for Autumn 2012. Curated by the… Read More
5 January 2013
Mariana Silva Mounts Smell-o- Vision Video Experience At Whitechapel
A single screening event which introduces the work of Mariana Silva is previewed at the Whitechapel on Thurs. 10 January…. Read More
4 January 2013
Stuck Up: London Underground Poster History Captured In Exhibition
The River Thames in ‘Poster Art’ is explored in a new exhibition at the River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames…. Read More
4 January 2013
Artists Tim Noble And Sue Webster To Divorce
Artist Power Couple Tim Noble and Sue Webster are to end their marriage after 20 years together. For the last… Read More
4 January 2013
Yinka Shonibare Features In Exhibition At Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Yinka Shonibare,the artist that brought you the Fourth Plinth ‘Ship in a Bottle’ will open a solo exhibition at Yorkshire… Read More
3 January 2013
Rare Photo of Kate Middleton’s Late Mother In Law Auctioned
Kate Middleton’s late mother in law, Princess Diana, is depicted in a rare photograph with her brother Earl Spencer, which… Read More
3 January 2013