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
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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
Zabludowicz Collection London Announces Intriguing 2013 Visual Art Programme
The ‘must visit’ Zabludowicz Collection have announced their 2013 programme, which includes a season focused on painting from the Collection… Read More
13 December 2012
The ICA Presents First UK Retrospective of Bernadette Corporation
The ICA, in association with Artists Space, New York, presents the first retrospective in the UK of Bernadette Corporation. One… Read More
13 December 2012
Tate Modern Rothko Vandal Get Two Years In Jail
The self-styled ‘Yellowist’ artist, who caused international outrage by tagging a 20th century masterpiece by Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko… Read More
13 December 2012
Mick Jagger Billet-Doux To Marsha Hunt Breaks Rolling Stones Auction Record
A series of letters posted by the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger to his secret lover in… Read More
13 December 2012
Art13 London Showcases Contemporary Photography From Around The World
Art13 London has announced details of the Fair’s focus on Contemporary Photography from around the world. They have confirmed a… Read More
13 December 2012
Demergon Curatorial Exchange Award Announced At The Whitechapel Gallery
Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery is pleased to announce Niekolaas Lekkerkerk as the winner of the first… Read More
12 December 2012
V&A Jameel Prize Opens Stateside At Stanford University
The Jameel Prize, an international award bestowed by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and sponsored by Abdul Latif… Read More
12 December 2012
Middlesex University Cross Faith Artists Build Cultural Bridges
Four Middlesex University fine artists have had their work displayed at an exhibition in Shoreditch, London, after winning grants from… Read More
12 December 2012
Eva Hesse 1965 New London Exhibition In January 2013
In 1964, Eva Hesse and her husband Tom Doyle were invited by the industrialist Friedrich Arnhard Scheidt to a residency… Read More
12 December 2012
Kraftwerk Ticket Fail Tate Modern Powered By A 1970’s Computer?
Twitter went into over load mode today as frustrated fans of the German electro-pop band Kraftwerk attempted to log onto… Read More
12 December 2012
Tate Modern’s Kraftwerk Ticket Fiasco As Website Crashes
Tickets went on sale Wednesday morning for the iconic electro pop band Kraftwerk, at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, bringing down… Read More
12 December 2012
The Freestone Drone A New Video Installation By George Barber
Waterside contemporary is presenting The Freestone Drone, a new video installation by George Barber, in his first solo exhibition at… Read More
11 December 2012
Delfina Foundation ArtSchool Palestine Joint Project Announced
The Delfina Foundation has announced ‘Points of Departure’, a group exhibition and public programme that culminates a year of collaboration… Read More
11 December 2012