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Staying Alive AIDS Foundation Raises $2.5m From Glittering Art Auction
Last weekend Simon De Pury banged the gavel on dinner tables and occasionally the concrete floor of Dallas Contemporary, to support not only the...
Richard Smith English Painter And Printmaker Dies Aged 84
Richard Smith the English painter and printmaker has died age 84. Smith was born in 1931 and grew up in Letchworth Garden City. He attended art...
First-ever Giacometti And Yves Klein Joint Exhibition Mounted At Gagosian
Although Giacometti and Klein, were artists born a generation apart and couldn't be more different the two artists lived and worked within a mile of...
Rosso’s Madame Moustache Wins 2016 Emerald Winter Pride Art Award
The artist Rosso has won the 2016 Emerald prize at the Winter Pride Art Awards. The piece titled, Madame Moustache was overwhelming chosen by the...
Peter Blake’s Pop Art Bentley Goes Under The Hammer At Goodwood Festival
Sir Peter Blake, the godfather of British 'Pop Art', has created a one-of-a-kind Bentley Continental GT V8 S Convertible. This unique car will be...
First Rate Edgar Degas Drawing Donated Under Acceptance in Lieu scheme
An important drawing by the French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas has been donated to the nation under the Acceptance in Lieu scheme, overseen by...
MultiBillion Dollar Art Swag Stashed Away By Sock Puppets In Switzerland
The controversial Panama Papers, in which a cache of leaked documents revealed the true extent of various individuals' wealth held in offshore safe...
Alphonse Mucha Major New Exhibition Explores This Belle Epoque Master
A major new exhibition exploring Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) opens this week in Rome at the Vittoriano - Ala Brasini. Mucha was one of Europe's most...
Richard Prince: Cartoon Over Cartoon, Painterly Appropriations At Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles presents the master of appropriation Richard Prince, 'Cartoon Over Cartoon' is a reprisal of the artist’s work with jokes and cartoons...
Tate Modern Paves The Way For A New Era Of Contemporary Art Programmes
Tate Modern has unveiled plans for entirely new collection displays, 75% of which will have been acquired since 2000, opening on 17 June 2016. The...
Royal Academy Elects Olafur Eliasson And Jenny Holzer As Honorary RAs
The Royal Academy of Arts has elected Olafur Eliasson and Jenny Holzer as honorary RAs for 2016. The have also elected Sonia Boyce as a Royal...
Serpentine Galleries Announce Appointment of Outset’s Yana Peel As CEO
The Serpentine Galleries have announced the appointment of Yana Peel, co-founder of the Outset Contemporary Art Fund and CEO of Intelligence Squared...