Mark Rothko Vandal Arrested In Sussex For Criminal Damage
A 26 year old man has been arrested in connection with vandalising a £25 million pound painting by the US… Read More
9 October 2012
Archives: News
Ai Weiwei Edits The New Statesman For October Issue
Lisson Gallery is delighted to announce its collaboration with the New Statesman on a very special issue guest-edited by Ai… Read More
9 October 2012
Tower Hamlets Henry Moore Sold To Pay Front-line Services
Tower Hamlets Council are to sell off an important Henry Moore sculpture in order to pay for front-line services. it… Read More
8 October 2012
Frieze Art Fair 2012 London Satellite Events Update
Wondering what to do during Frieze week which starts officially on Monday 8th October. Frieze week is always the best… Read More
8 October 2012
Saatchi New Sensations Artists To Design Absolut Bottle Art
The Saatchi Gallery and ABSOLUT have announced a new initiative as part of this year’s New Sensations Prize. ABSOLUT has… Read More
8 October 2012
Yinka Shonibare Leads Yorkshire Sculpture Park’s 2013 Exhibition Programme
Yorkshire Sculpture Park 2013 exhibition highlights include the first major UK survey of new and critically-acclaimed work by British-Nigerian artist… Read More
8 October 2012
Rothko Masterpiece Vandalised With Marker Pen At Tate Modern
A masterpiece by the Abstract Expressionist artist Mark Rothko, owned by Tate Modern has been vandalised with a permanent black… Read More
7 October 2012
Metamorphosis Transforms Crypt For Frieze Art Week Satellite Event
All Visual Arts’ upcoming autumn exhibition, ‘Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Being’, takes a thought-provoking look at the evolving language of… Read More
7 October 2012
Chris Ofili New Exhibition Opens In Time For Frieze
Review – Chris Ofili’s most recent show at the Victoria Miro Gallery has opened in time to parallel Frieze week…. Read More
7 October 2012
Picasso Suicide Artist’s Masterpiece Goes Under The Hammer
Artist’s rivalry is an age old story, with a younger generation always ready to move in to challenge the popular… Read More
7 October 2012
Original Sgt Pepper’s Peter Blake Collage On Sale At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London are offering an original collage created by the Pop artist Sir Peter Blake in their 13th November sale…. Read More
6 October 2012
White Cube to Close Hoxton Gallery After Visitor Drop
White Cube Hoxton, the prototype for many of London’s new breed of gallery, are to shut their doors at number… Read More
5 October 2012
Tate Members Pass 100,000 Mark Making It The Largest In Europe
The Tate has passed 100,000 Members for the first time making its membership scheme is the largest of all Europe’s… Read More
5 October 2012
BlindArt Collection Donated to Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Trust
The BlindArt Collection will be housed at the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London from October 2012. Moorfields was founded in… Read More
5 October 2012
ARTES MUNDI 5 WALES INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AND PRIZE OPENS SATURDAY
THE WORK OF 7 LEADING INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS IS UNVEILED IN CARDIFF AT WALES’ NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ART AND CHAPTER… Read More
5 October 2012
Punk Fashion Invasion At New York’s Metropolitan Museum
This Spring punk in all of it’s debauchery will signal a stomping, thrashing and pogoing revival in New York. It’s… Read More
5 October 2012
Lucian Freud Pairs With Carracci In New Ordovas Exhibition
The Dulwich Picture Gallery has revived an old tradition of sending its paintings to central London when it exhibits one… Read More
4 October 2012
Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker Collection Exhibited At Tate Britain
Tate Britain has put on display a major donation of British Art by the prominent collectors and philanthropists Mercedes and… Read More
4 October 2012
Ruby Slippers Go On View At London’s V&A Museum
I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too! The original Ruby Slippers worn by Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland)… Read More
4 October 2012
Peter Fischli and David Weiss Observed Forms Of Reality
New works by Peter Fischli and David Weiss are presented in London for the first time since the untimely death… Read More
4 October 2012
Rita Ackermann A Largely Ritualised Act Of Painting
Review – The language of painting, says John Berger, “is capable of expressing spiritual experience but always within a concrete… Read More
4 October 2012
Ai Weiwei Banned From Using Fake Cultural Development Brand-name
It has now been officially revealed, that the government in China has revoked the business licence of artist Ai Weiwei’s… Read More
3 October 2012
Turner Prize 2012 The Artists Reviewed By An Artist
Visiting the Turner Prize is a bit of a ritual for art lovers, a ritual that opens a window into… Read More
2 October 2012
Grayson Perry Designs Fairytale Cottage For Essex Countryside
The Turner Prize winning Artist Grayson Perry has announced a partnership with Living Architecture to create a unique new house… Read More
2 October 2012
Franz West London Memorial Sculpture Exhibition Announced
A major sculpture exhibition of the late Franz West has been announced by his dealers the Gagosian Gallery. West was… Read More
2 October 2012
Affordable Art Fair London Returns In Two Locations This Autumn
The Affordable brand returns to both North and South London with two major fairs this Autumn. Their signature Art Fairs… Read More
2 October 2012
Arts for Life Launched By Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity
On Tuesday 2nd October, the Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity will launch “Arts for Life”, a groundbreaking, three year arts… Read More
2 October 2012
Turner Prize 2012 Jude Law Presents Prestigious Award – Review
The Artists nominated for the Turner Prize 2012 unveiled their work today, at Tate Britain, in an exhibition which questions… Read More
1 October 2012
Shoot Existential Photography New Exhibition At The Photographers Gallery
A curious attraction made its appearance in fun fairs and amusement parks, in the years following World War I. The… Read More
1 October 2012
Giuseppe Penone An Interaction Between Humans And Nature – Review
The Whitechapel Gallery is something of a miracle: a public funded Modern Art gallery whose exhibitions are, for the most… Read More
1 October 2012
William Scott Retrospective Exhibition To Tour UK In 2013
To mark the centenary of the birth of the internationally acclaimed modern painter William Scott (1913-1989), the Tate St Ives,… Read More
30 September 2012
Frieze Week London’s Annual Contemporary Art Metamorphosis
Each October Regent’s Park is transformed into a cultural epicentre where the best of the international art world comes together… Read More
30 September 2012