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
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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
Baltic And Laing Art Gallery Lose Grants From Newcastle Council
The Baltic, the Theatre Royal, National Centre for Children’s Books Seven Stories, Dance City, the Laing Art Gallery, the Tyneside… Read More
18 December 2012
Andy Warhol Mao Paintings: Exhibition Censored By Chinese Authorities
The Chinese authorities have banned Warhol’s paintings of Chairman Mao from being displayed when an exhibition of Warhol’s work, currently… Read More
18 December 2012
British Artists Back 2013 Peace One Day’s Global Truce campaign
Peace One Day’s 2013 art project is Building on the success of last years endeavour by involving some of the… Read More
17 December 2012
Craigie Aitchison Defaced Self Portrait Purchased By The National Portrait Gallery
A self-portrait which had been defaced by the late artist Craigie Aitchison, has been bought by the National Portrait Gallery,… Read More
17 December 2012
Latin American Artists Explore Found Objects In New Exhibition
BLOCK, PILLAR, SLAB, BEAM brings together four artists from across Latin America who explore the evocative potential of found objects… Read More
17 December 2012
Pussy Riot Become Focus For Pro-Democracy Movement In Russia
Last year the Russian pro democracy punk band Pussy Riot were virtual unknowns, except to a small core group of… Read More
17 December 2012
Hauser & Wirth Gallery New York, London, Zurich And Somerset?
Hauser & Wirth Gallery New York, London, Zurich And Somerset? Hauser & Wirth is to open its fourth gallery in… Read More
16 December 2012
Rachel Whiteread Whitechapel Sculpture Voted Art Fund’s Most Popular Attraction
Rachel Whiteread’s gilded bronze frieze, ‘Tree of Life’ has been voted the nation’s favourite work of art supported by the… Read More
16 December 2012
Mike Kelley Retrospective Is First Since His Death Last February
The highly anticipated Mike Kelley (1954–2012) retrospective exhibition opened today in Amsterdam and will tour to the Centre Pompidou, Paris,… Read More
15 December 2012
Yoko Ono Awarded Germany’s Highest Human Rights Medal
The Artist/Musician Yoko Ono has accepted the German human rights prize for peace activism, the Rainer Hildebrandt Medal at Berlin’s… Read More
15 December 2012
Kandinsky Prize Won Jointly By Grisha Bruskin And Collective AES+F
The Kandinsky Prize, Russia’s answer to the Turner Prize, has beenjointly won this year by two winners for the first… Read More
15 December 2012
Casablanca Piano Sells For £370,000 At Sothebys New York
The piano played by the character Sam in one of the film Casablanca’s iconic scenes has sold for $600,000 (£370,000)… Read More
15 December 2012
Philip Glass Bridging The Divide Between Film Music And Art
London Review – To begin: yes, I know Philip Glass is a composer. So why include a review on ArtLyst?… Read More
15 December 2012
Jeff Koons Designs Special Chateau Mouton Rothschild Art label
The commission to illustrate the latest Chateau Mouton Rothschild vintage label has been given by the Baroness Philippine de Rothschild… Read More
14 December 2012
Damien Hirst Splits With Gagosian After 17 Years Of Spin
The billionaire art dealer Larry Gagosian has announced that he is to sever his relationship with the artist Damien Hirst…. Read More
14 December 2012
United Kingdom National Public Art Collection Goes Live Online
Yesterday without the fanfare of a major celebration the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC finished their ambitious task,… Read More
14 December 2012
Hockney Emin and Kapoor Present Queen Elizabeth With Portfolio
The Queen has been presented with a gift of 97 works on paper by the Royal Academy of Arts to… Read More
14 December 2012
Hamlyn Foundation £5 million Under 25s Arts Award Announced At Tate
A £5m national arts programme for under 25s funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation was announced yesterday at the Tate… Read More
14 December 2012
Botched Spanish Fresco Woman Offers Painting On Ebay For Charity
The story of an octogenarian who attempted to restore a minor 19th century Spanish fresco has already become legend and… Read More
14 December 2012