Gustav Klimt The Artist Still Shines At 150
Celebrating his 150th birthday, the world pays homage to the artist who died before his time from a cerebral hemorrhage… Read More
23 August 2012
Archives: News
Grand Domestic Revolution GOES ON At The Show Room
The Grand Domestic Revolution (GDR) is an ongoing ‘living research’ project initiated by Casco – Office for Art, Design and… Read More
23 August 2012
African & African-Caribbean Design Diaspora Untold Gold
Since its debut in September 2010 as partner of the London Design Festival, the three year African & African- Caribbean… Read More
23 August 2012
Museum of Everything GORKY PARK Exhibition Launches In Moscow
The Museum of Everything has been trekking westwards from the Urals to find the greatest undiscovered artists of modern-day Russia…. Read More
23 August 2012
Tracey Emin Alma Mater UCA Canterbury MA Exhibition Spotlighted
Many of the MA graduate exhibitions seem to take place in the autumn, with the heavyweight London shows (Royal College,Goldsmiths,… Read More
23 August 2012
PAD LONDON ANNOUNCES 2012 LAUNCH
PAD London is returning to the same location on Berkeley Square for the 6th edition with a strong contingent of… Read More
22 August 2012
Stockhausen Takes To The Air In Helicopter Installation
For the first time in the UK, Karlheinz Stockhausen’s extraordinary Mittwoch opera will be performed by a string quartet in… Read More
22 August 2012
Glenn Brown Mixes Contemporary Art With Old Master Painting
As part of Upton House’s Year of Art, an exhibition of works by the celebrated British painter Glenn Brown, curated… Read More
22 August 2012
Merge Art Festival Set To Ignite Bankside This Autumn
MERGE, London’s annual arts, music and performance festival is celebrating the contemporary culture and rich heritage of Bankside. It returns… Read More
22 August 2012
Giuseppe Penone New Exhibition For September Whitechapel Gallery
A new exhibition of the work of the Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is going into the Whitechapel Gallery in September…. Read More
21 August 2012
Unravelling the Provenance Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi
As the masterpiece comes to market for a reported $150 Million what are the legalities behind its export? Leonardo da Vinci… Read More
21 August 2012
Disabled and Deaf Artists Unveiled For London 2012 Paralympics
It’s just a week to go until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, The London 2012 Festival presents… Read More
21 August 2012
Royal College Of Art Film Director Tony Scott Dies
Tony Scott the 68-year-old film director who studied at the Royal College of Art has died he is best known for…
20 August 2012
Judy Chicago Returns To London With Two Autumn Exhibitions
Judy Chicago returns to London after an absents of 23 years with two major new exhibitions. Chicago is a well… Read More
20 August 2012
Why Museums Ban Flash Photography Debunking the Myth
Sometimes it seems that a visit to an art museum or gallery is rigidly structured around a set of universal… Read More
20 August 2012
Unilever Abandons Tate Modern Turbine Hall Commission Sponsorship
Corporate sponsor Unilever is ending its 12-year relationship as the official supporter of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall commission. The project,… Read More
20 August 2012
Thomas Schutte New Serpentine Gallery Exhibition For Autumn
The Serpentine Gallery in London is presenting an exhibition of Thomas Schütte titled Faces and Figures as the highlight of… Read More
19 August 2012
Bristol Street Art Exhibition Attracts Global Attention – Review
Just because the first half of the Olympics games season is over, it doesn’t mean the Olympic spirit is gone…. Read More
19 August 2012
Early Pablo Picasso Portrait Loaned To London’s National Gallery
A rarely exhibited portrait of Bibi la Purée, a famous reprobate in turn-of-the century Paris, was painted by the 20-year-old… Read More
19 August 2012
Da Vinci Code Cracked by Discovery In Scottish Farmhouse
Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance master was known for his immense creative genius: his energy and interest in everything… Read More
18 August 2012
Artists Protest As Pussy Riot Jailed For Two Years
The three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29,have been… Read More
17 August 2012
Social Media Platform Set To Ignite Art World
On August 14 Twitter founders Ev Williams and Biz Stone announced the creation of a new social media platform called… Read More
17 August 2012
NEIL LIBBERT New Solo Display At National Portrait Gallery
A new solo display of photographs by the photojournalist Neil Libbert will open at the National Portrait Gallery on 17… Read More
17 August 2012
Picasso Export Ban Last Chance To Save Priceless Masterpiece
An Important 1901 Blue Period Picasso painting has had a temporary export ban slapped on it, in an attempt to… Read More
17 August 2012
Europe’s Largest Street Art Festival Honours Hometown Boy Banksy
Bristol UK – Free is not a word that has been used often enough in relation to the 2012 Olympics…. Read More
16 August 2012
Elmgreen & Dragset New Exhibition For Fourth Plinth Artists
The Victoria Miro Gallery has announced a brand new exhibition for Autumn of the work of the Scandinavian artists, Elmgreen… Read More
16 August 2012
Get Set For The 2012 Whitstable Biennale
The Whitstable Biennale is a festival of contemporary visual art. Set in the small fishing town of Whitstable, the festival… Read More
16 August 2012
Middlesex University Designs Illuminate Brazilians At Olympics Closing Ceremony
A design team from Middlesex University has showcased their work to billions of people worldwide at the Olympics Closing Ceremony…. Read More
16 August 2012
The Olympic Art of Kevin Whitney Corinium Museum
Olympic Artist Kevin Whitney was selected by the Hellenic Olympic Committee to represent Great Britain at the 50th anniversary of… Read More
15 August 2012
David Blandy Transforms Brighton Gallery Into Tumultuous Gaming Arcade
David Blandy’s largest UK show to date opens at Brighton’s Phoenix gallery 1 – 23 September. In true Blandy style… Read More
15 August 2012
Chapman Brothers Saluting Adolf Hitler Golf Ornament Causes Outrage
A statue of Adolf Hitler by the Turner Prize nominated, YBA artists Jake and Dinos Chapman has caused outrage with… Read More
15 August 2012
Frank Auerbach Early Portraits London Autumn Exhibition
An exhibition of early portraits by the artist Frank Auerbach will go on display in a special loan show at… Read More
14 August 2012