Turner Prize Exhibition Launches Autumn Season At Tate Britain
The Turner Prize 2012 exhibition got underway at Tate Britain today with a press view and curators talk. It will… Read More
30 September 2012
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Fred Launches Fitzrovia Gallery In Time For Frieze Week
Fred Limited has just announced the opening of their new West End gallery space. Founded in 2005 by Fred Mann,… Read More
29 September 2012
Spencer Tunick’s Return To Israel Highlights Dead Sea Plight
The artist photographer Spencer Tunick has returned to Israel for a new, installation, to highlight the Dead Sea’s decline. Last… Read More
29 September 2012
Ai Weiwei Unsuccessful In Overturning Tax Evasion Fine Again
The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has unsuccessfully challenged his fine for tax evasion, for a second time. The 15m… Read More
29 September 2012
Jill Mason A Constellations of Objects At Art First
Ranging in scale from the intimate to something more formidable, Mason’s paintings are composed around constellations of object-‐like forms set… Read More
28 September 2012
Günther Uecker Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art – Review
Until the 1st November 2012, the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art will be exhibiting a selection of works from German… Read More
28 September 2012
Ten Million Dollars In Stolen Art Recovered In California
We reported yesterday that several important pieces of blue chip art valued at over 10 million dollars were stolen from… Read More
28 September 2012
Boot Fair Renoir Was Stolen From American Museum
A Renoir painting that sparked a worldwide press frenzy last week, when it was put up for auction, after being… Read More
28 September 2012
Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Painting Unveiled At National Portrait Gallery
A new official portrait of Her Majesty The Queen, painted by Australian-born, London-based artist Ralph Heimans was today unveiled by… Read More
28 September 2012
Mike Kelley Gets Literary Tribute At NY Book Fair
The late Mike Kelley is spotlighted at the Gagosian Gallery when they present a library and reading room inspired by… Read More
27 September 2012
Marilyn Monroe National Portrait Gallery – A British Love Affair
Britain’s connection with the Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe will be the subject of a new in focus display at the… Read More
27 September 2012
Tate Call Make Art the fourth R In National Curriculum
Tate is calling for arts subjects to remain within the National Curriculum for Secondary Schools and for their inclusion in… Read More
27 September 2012
Tate Gallery Brand Strengthened As Numbers Grow Globally
The Tate have released information showing that the organisation has become one of the largest arts organisation in the world… Read More
27 September 2012
Whitechapel Gallery Present Survey Of Irish Artist Gerard Byrne
The Whitechapel Gallery are presenting the first major UK survey of Irish artist Gerard Byrne. Byrne is renowned for his… Read More
27 September 2012
Fitzrovia Art Gallery Reviews September 2012
By all accounts, Fitzrovia is growing. According to one report that we have seen, a new gallery was opening up… Read More
27 September 2012
Hunt for Stolen Millions In Art Continues in California
Last week several important pieces of blue chip art valued at over 10 million dollars were stolen from a house… Read More
27 September 2012
Brighton Prepares For The Largest Photo Biennial Ever
international and emerging photographers and artists will decend on the seaside city of Brighton for the fifth Photo Biennial. This… Read More
26 September 2012
Kate Middleton Topless In New Grayson Perry RA Portrait
Has the Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry Created the first nude painting, showing a topless Kate Middleton? It was… Read More
25 September 2012
Phill Hopkins Residency at BasementArtsProject Liverpool – Preview
Phill Hopkins begins a residency 26 September at BasementArtsProject in Leeds. New work from this residency will then be included… Read More
25 September 2012
Elmgreen And Dragset Contrast Rustic Barn With The Guggenheim
Review – Elmgreen & Dragset’s second solo exhibition, Harvest, at the Victoria Miro Gallery, opened last week with a unanimous… Read More
25 September 2012
Andy Warhol Joins The Queen’s Collection To Mark Jubilee
Four portraits of The Queen by the iconic American Pop artist Andy Warhol, have been purchased for the Royal Collection… Read More
24 September 2012
Breaking Ground At London’s New Design Museum
Yesterday marked an important event on the timeline of the Design Museum’s future plan. Sir Terence Conran, founder of the… Read More
24 September 2012
Cork Street Gallery District To Be Demolished By Developers
We reported back in June 2011 that rent rises and retail gentrification could displace the art galleries in London’s Cork… Read More
23 September 2012
Velvet Underground Lose Banana Copyright Case To Warhol Foundation
1960’s ‘Rock Band’ The Velvet Underground have lost their legal battle against the Andy Warhol Foundation over the use of… Read More
23 September 2012
Michael Stanley Modern Art Oxford Director Dead At 36
Michael Stanley, one of the most dynamic gallery directors in Britain has died age 36. In a statement on the… Read More
22 September 2012
Turner Masterpiece Sold For Pittance At Kent Golf Club Auction
Next week experts at the Dulwich Picture Gallery will decide if a painting, sold for a song, at a Kent… Read More
22 September 2012
Roy Lichtenstein Retrospective Will Knock The Spots Off Damien Hirst
Tate Modern will stage the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted to the iconic Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, in Spring 2013…. Read More
21 September 2012
Dennis Hopper Photo Albums Exhibition Opens In Germany
An exhibition of more than four hundred period photographs taken by the Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper in the 1960s have… Read More
21 September 2012
Anti Pussy Riot Protesters Arrested For Blocking Art Exhibition
Several anti Pussy Riot protesters, dressed in Cossack uniforms, who refused to let the public into an exhibition of paintings… Read More
21 September 2012
Young Masters Exhibition And Art Prize 2012 Shortlist Announced
The much anticipated shortlist for Young Masters Art Prize 2012 has been announced by the organisers. Painting: Charles Moxon, Mia… Read More
20 September 2012
Disarm The Gallery Campaign Hits London’s National Gallery
A protest against The National Gallery’s acceptance of donations from the arms company Finmeccanica has sparked a day of action… Read More
20 September 2012
Bjarne Melgaard New ICA Exhibition A House To Die In
The New York based Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard’s first solo exhibition in the UK titled, A House to Die In… Read More
20 September 2012