Contemporary Artists, Critics and Industry Insiders Who Have Died In 2012
In Memoriam: 2012 has been a devastating year by virtue of the numbers of truly remarkable artists, critics, curators, gallerists… Read More
28 December 2012
Archives: News
Ai Weiwei Publishes His Answer To Mao’s Little Red Book
The Dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei has published his answer to Mao Tse-Tung’s Little Red Book. Titled Ai Weiwei-isms it… Read More
28 December 2012
Tracey Emin Selected To Create Erotic Art For Playboy
Tracey Emin and Cindy Sherman both Royal Academicians are among seven artists chosen to create an original work of art… Read More
27 December 2012
Tommy Roberts Swinging Sixties Style Guru Dies Aged 70
Tommy Roberts, who died last week, left an enormous five decade mark on UK culture, as an integral part of Swinging London in the 1960s
27 December 2012
Kitsch Sells! Green Lady Artist Tretchikoff Achieves £337,000 At Auction
2012 was a year of surprises in the London auction rooms. It wasn’t only Munch, Picasso and Warhol that made… Read More
27 December 2012
Banksy ‘ll Fix It Controversial Mural Removed By BBC Television Bosses
A Banksy style mural has been destroyed by the BBC to avoid drawing attention to the Jimmy Savile scandal. It’s… Read More
26 December 2012
Back To The Future The Estorick Collection Goes Virtual
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art in Islington, London has launched their first virtual exhibition concentrating on Futurism’s relationship… Read More
26 December 2012
Keiji Nakazawa Author of Barefoot Gen Manga, Dies Age 73
Keiji Nakazawa, author of “Barefoot Gen” a groundbreaking Japanese comic about the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing, has died of lung… Read More
25 December 2012
Pussy Riot Spend Their First Brutal Christmas In Jail
It will be a bleak day for Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova spending their first Christmas in a draconian Russian… Read More
25 December 2012
V&A Explore Africa’s Hidden Histories In New Exhibition
An exhibition displaying around 100 objects from the V&A’s collections looks at the V&A’s engagement with and changing view of… Read More
25 December 2012
Elisabeth Frink Major New Retrospective For 2013 At Lightbox
A retrospective exhibition of the work of Dame Elisabeth Frink, a leading sculptor in post-war Britain is being mounted at the Lightbox
24 December 2012
Museum of Liverpool Wins 2013 Council of Europe Prize
The Museum of Liverpool has been awarded the European Museum prize for 2013 by the Council of Europe. The Council… Read More
24 December 2012
Gagosian Suffers Third Artist Defection As Yayoi Kusama Abandons Gallery
Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Now Yayoi Kusama are set to move on from the worlds largest Art Gallery. The… Read More
24 December 2012
Buckingham Palace Recreated As Gingerbread House for Christmas
Glenn Yehling, an aspiring gingerbread house artist has recreated a model of ‘Buck House’ in honour of the Queens Diamond… Read More
23 December 2012
Japanese Outsider Art New Wellcome Collection Exhibition For Spring 2013
London’s Wellcome Collection is mounting ‘Outsider Art from Japan’, in spring 2013. The exhibitionl brings together more than 300 works… Read More
23 December 2012
Joe Strummer Celebrated On the Tenth Anniversary Of His Death
Today is the tenth anniversary of the death of the legendary Joe Strummer the singer and guitarist of the Clash,… Read More
23 December 2012
Angela Flowers London Gallerist At 80 A Career Celebration
Angela Flowers, who celebrated her 80th birthday this month with ‘Angela Flowers at 80’, a survey of the work of… Read More
23 December 2012
Turner Contemporary £100,000 Cut As Council Introduces New 2013 Budget
Kent County Council has cut £200,000 for sports development, £200,000 for Kent Music and £100,000 to Turner Contemporary art gallery… Read More
22 December 2012
Simon de Pury Quits As Phillips Is Sold To The Russians
2012 has been one of the most lucrative years ever for the auction house Phillips de Pury & Company. With… Read More
22 December 2012
Marilyn Monroe’s Billowing Dress Photo Goes Underground In NY
The iconic image of Marilyn Monroe dress billowing above a New York City subway grate, on a hot summer night,… Read More
22 December 2012
Philippe Starck Sues Steve Jobs Estate Over Yacht Payment Fail
A brand new luxury yacht christened ‘Venus’, commissioned by the late Apple founder Steve Jobs has been impounded in Amsterdam… Read More
21 December 2012
RCA Secret Fundraiser Where £45 Buys Original Emin or Kapoor
The dates for the Royal College of Art’s annual postcard-sized art exhibition and fundraising sale, has been announced. RCA Secret… Read More
21 December 2012
Tate Britain Announces Major New L S Lowry Exhibition For Summer 2013
Tate Britain has announced that one of the key exhibitions of 2013 will present a major study of the landscapes… Read More
21 December 2012
Mayan Calendar Folk Carvings Reveal The Art of Armageddon
A popular prophecy that ancient Mayan culture may or may not have predicted is about to be tested tomorrow. The… Read More
20 December 2012
Terence Conran Presented Arts Philanthropy Medal By Prince Charles
HRH The Prince of Wales presented Sir Terence Conran with a medal for Arts Philanthropy on 18 December. The medal… Read More
20 December 2012
Epilepsy Portraits By Susan Aldworth To Be Displayed At NPG
The National Portrait Gallery, London has announced that a display of contemporary portraits by artist Susan Aldworth depicting sitters with… Read More
20 December 2012
BFI Announce 27th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2013
The BFI has announced that the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) will present eleven days of… Read More
20 December 2012
Henry Moore Old Flo Sculpture Ownership Disputed By Bromley Council
In light of discussions with the Art Fund, the ownership of Henry Moore’s Draped Seated Woman is now in dispute…. Read More
20 December 2012
Club To Catwalk V&A Mounts 80s Fashion Exhibition For Summer
The Victoria & Albert Museum in Kensington is creating one of the most impressive fashion exhibitions for summer 2013. Titled… Read More
20 December 2012
Art Fund Museum Prize Changes Name To Museum Of The Year
The Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries has renamed the prize ‘Museum of The Year’ and changed its criteria… Read More
19 December 2012
Roger Hiorns First Solo Museum Exhibition In The Netherlands Opens
English artist Roger Hiorns’s first solo museum exhibition in the Netherlands opened this month at the De Hallen Haarlem …. Read More
19 December 2012
Manet Tops Treasures Valued At £29m Saved For Nation
Four globally important national treasures have been saved for display in UK museums in 2011/12. The four works are highlighted… Read More
18 December 2012