William Turnbull Exhibition Announced For Chatsworth House
William Turnbull, a major figure of post-war British art is presented in a new exhibition exploring his work. The show… Read More
13 November 2012
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The Art Market: Unregulated Unscrupulous And Worth Billions
“Apart from drugs, art is the biggest unregulated market in the world;” declared art critic Robert Hughes at the start… Read More
12 November 2012
Past Masters Farnham Graduates Join Forces For Special Exhibition
Postgraduate alumni of the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) at Farnham are joining forces for a special exhibition and… Read More
12 November 2012
The Queen Portraits of A Monarch Beaton To Warhol
A new exhibition exploring, Queen Elizabeth II is unveiled at Windsor Castle on 23 November. Her Majesty has been portrayed… Read More
12 November 2012
Whitechapel Presents Laure Prouvost Max Mara Women’s Art Prize Winner
Laure Prouvost’s short films and installations unhinge the connection between language and understanding, opening out new horizons of meaning. From… Read More
12 November 2012
Auguste Rodin 172 Birthday Becomes Latest Google Doodle
Auguste Rodin often considered the father of modern sculpture has been internationally recognised as one of the worlds greatest sculptors.His… Read More
12 November 2012
Sir Peter Blake Unveils Murals At London’s Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport has unveiled a series of new murals by the British Pop artist, Sir Peter Blake. The paintings were… Read More
11 November 2012
Wizard of Oz Dorothy Dress Sells For £302,000 In Hollywood
Hollywood – A gingham dress with a pinafore worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic film, the Wizard of… Read More
11 November 2012
Greta Garbo Exhibition In Ireland Moves To Hollywood
This is the last chance to see the Greta Garbo exhibition before it crosses the atlantic to be auctioned at… Read More
11 November 2012
Tate Modern Project Space Objects In Mirror Are Closer
The all new singing /dancing Project Space at Tate Modern is presenting a series of collaborations with cultural organisations around… Read More
10 November 2012
Justin Bieber Doppelganger Appears On Girl Scout Record Cover
A vintage 1960’s 33 1/2 rpm album jacket has turned up in a Goodwill store in America with the with… Read More
9 November 2012
Platform Graduate Award Announced For The Promotion Of Emerging Artists
The shortlist for the Platform Graduate Award was announced today by the four flagship contemporary art organisations who will announce… Read More
9 November 2012
Tom Wolfe Sets New Novel At Art Basel Miami Fair
Tom Wolfe’s latest novel, ‘Back to Blood’ uses the annual Art Basel Miami Fair as the backdrop for a story… Read More
9 November 2012
YOUNG MASTERS ART PRIZE 2012 PART 2 ANNOUNCED
The Exhibition & Prize Announcement at Gallery 27 for the Young Masters Prize will take place Tuesday 20th November, 6… Read More
9 November 2012
Night Studio The World And Its Substances New Group Exhibition
Vilma Gold is presenting a group show featuring works by Michaela Eichwald (b.1967, DE), David Harrison (b.1954, GB), Andrew Mania… Read More
8 November 2012
Boris Johnson Formally Objects To Henry Moore Sculpture Sale
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has called on the Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman to reconsider the sale… Read More
8 November 2012
Damien Hirst Verity Signage Sparks Complaints From Local Traders
Local traders in Ilfracombe North Devon are up in arms that signs for its latest attraction, Damien Hirst’s Verity statue… Read More
8 November 2012
Masterpieces Gifted In Lieu Of Tax Tops £25 Million
Valuable masterpieces by Sir Joshua Reynolds, JMW Turner and Peter Paul Rubens have been given to the nation in lieu of tax
8 November 2012
Mughal India Explored In Major Exhibition At British Library
Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, is the British Library’s latest exhibition examining one of the most powerful and opulent… Read More
8 November 2012
Henry Moore Sculpture Sold As Mayor Defies Public Opinion
A Cross-party Committee raised serious concerns tonight about the ‘inadequate’ process undertaken when a sculpture by the British Modernist artist… Read More
7 November 2012
WOULD BRITISH ARTISTS BE BETTER OFF IN CANADA?
Paul Carey-Kent Surveys A CHOICE FROM WINNIPEG I’ve just had the chance to visit Winnipeg (population 700,000, Canada’s 8th largest),… Read More
7 November 2012
Yoko Ono Appointed Director Of 2013 Southbank’s Meltdown Festival
The conceptual artist and musician, Yoko Ono, who will celebrate her 80th birthday next year, has today been announced as… Read More
7 November 2012
Kate Middleton Painting To Be Exhibited At National Portrait Gallery
The Duchess of Cambridge will have a newly commissioned official portrait hanging in the National Portrait Gallery sometime in 2013,… Read More
7 November 2012
Financial Times Launch 2012 Global Fund for Children Auction
Some of the world’s most celebrated photographers are up for grabs in an auction sponsored by the Financial Times. The… Read More
7 November 2012
Andy Warhol The Flower Paintings New Exhibition
A New York Gallery is to present a comprehensive survey of Andy Warhol’s Flowers paintings from 1964 and 1965. The… Read More
7 November 2012
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen Intimate Cinematic And Formal Beauty
Review – Who’d thought I was describing a film set in Peckham? Larsen’s film 343 Perspectives showing at Peckham Space,… Read More
6 November 2012
Peter Fischli & David Weiss The Concept Of Undercutting
I have a cousin who, when he was about 5, made me hide in an airing cupboard and await his… Read More
6 November 2012
Taylor Wessing Photographic Prize 2012 Won By LCC Graduate
A Spanish Londoner has won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 for a picture of a camera shy Bolivian… Read More
6 November 2012
New Tate Exhibition Explores Glam The Performance of Style
A new exhibition exploring the ‘Glam era’ of the early 1970s is to be critically evaluated for the first time… Read More
6 November 2012
The Art Of Dressing Queen Elizabeth By Angela Kelly
A new book has been published in celebration of the Diamond Jubilee year. This unique publication explores how Her Majesty… Read More
5 November 2012
Danny Boyle Joins Artists To Stop Henry Moore Sculpture Sale
We reported on 8 October that a Henry Moore sculpture titled Draped Seated Woman was to be sold by Tower… Read More
5 November 2012
Affordable Art Fair Becomes A Hampstead Fixture
Review – The Affordable Art Fair returned to North London’s Hampstead Heath with a major fair this week. Their signature… Read More
4 November 2012