Damien Hirst Creates Special Painting For David Beckham Baby
The Beckham’s have become serious art collectors with works added monthly to their growing collection of A-Lister artists. The combined… Read More
4 August 2012
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Karl Benjamin: West Coast Geometric Abstractionist Dies Aged 86
Karl Benjamin the west coast painter noted for his hard-edge geometric abstractions has died ,aged 86 Benjamin established a national reputation in 1959
4 August 2012
British Heritage The Endgame Of Our Collective Inheritance
Over the last few months, I have been traveling back in time, looking at ‘our’ inheritance as a collective. The… Read More
4 August 2012
London Bus Stops Turned Art Galleries For Olympic Games
London Bus Stops Turned Art Galleries For Olympic Games
3 August 2012
Warhol Flower Paintings Reevaluated In New Show
A New York gallery is to present a comprehensive survey of Andy Warhol’s Flowers paintings from 1964 and 1965 in… Read More
3 August 2012
Viva London aMAZEme Showcases Brazilian Artists In 2012 Festival
The Brazilian programme as part of the London 2012 Festival celebrates the hand over by London to Rio for the… Read More
3 August 2012
Canaletto View Of London Goes Under The Hammer In Vienna
An historic painting showing the New Horse Guards from St James’s Park by the Venetian painter Canaletto is to be… Read More
3 August 2012
Banksy Lays Low As Olympic Street Art Goes Underground
Where are the new Banksy pieces? The media has been a buzz since the artist displayed two new photographs of… Read More
2 August 2012
Stolen Lichtenstein Painting Worth Four Million Discovered In Warehouse
A painting by the American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein that was lost 42 years ago has reappeared in a New… Read More
2 August 2012
Alex Katz Exhibition Moves To Turner Contemporary Margate
Alex Katz Give Me Tomorrow is moving from Tate St Ives to the Turner Contemporary in Margate, this autumn. Katz,… Read More
2 August 2012
Edinburgh Art Festival Prepares To Outshine Itself With Major Exhibitions
This year the ninth annual Edinburgh Art Festival prepares to outshine itself with major exhibitions by leading international artists including… Read More
1 August 2012
Gerhard Richter Painting Pulled From Pompidou Center Facebook Page
Les Notes de Véculture a well respected French blog alerted the art world on Monday that Facebook removed an image… Read More
1 August 2012
Design Museum Awarded £4.65m Lottery Funding
The Design Museum has been awarded a grant of £4.65million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to assist with its… Read More
1 August 2012
London Art Events Not To Miss During The Cultural Olympiad
ArtLyst has composed a guide to the very best art exhibitions and events designed as part of the 2012 Cultural… Read More
31 July 2012
Chris Marker French Experimental Transmedia Artist Dies In Paris
Marker’s best known film was the 1962 dystopian masterpiece La Jetée (The Jetty). It had the impact necessary to inspire many leading science fiction
31 July 2012
Mel Bochner Survey For Whitechapel Gallery In October
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced the first major British survey show of the New York artist Mel Bochner, one of… Read More
30 July 2012
Tate’s Lost Art Gallery Resurrects Emins Momart Fire Tent
Art is sometimes lost. History is riddled with stories of how museums and galleries around the world have had works… Read More
29 July 2012
Artangel Announces Lindsay Seers Installation Nowhere Less Now
One of the high points of the upcoming Autumn London art season will undoubtedly be Lindsay Seers’ Nowhere Less Now… Read More
29 July 2012
Damien Hirst Donates Guitars To Joe Strummer Charity
Turner Prize winning artist Damien Hirst has donated two brand new paintings on Guitars to be raffled to honour the… Read More
29 July 2012
Olympic Caldron Designer Heatherwick Studio New V&A Exhibition
The V&A is currently presenting an exhibition of the Heatherwick Studios, the team behind the design of the spectacular Olympic… Read More
28 July 2012
Thomas Heatherwick Unveiled As Olympic Caldron Designer
The 2012 Olympic ceremony got underway this evening and as the grand finally took centre stage, a most magnificent sculpture… Read More
28 July 2012
Martin Creed Olympic Bell Ringing Video Primrose Hill
Turner Prize-winning artist and musician Martin Creed, executed a live sound piece on 27 July 2012 at 8:12 BST- Watch… Read More
27 July 2012
Hells Bells Martin Creed Rings In The Olympics
To Celebrate the launch of the 2012 Olympics today (27 July 2012) Bells will ring out in a once in… Read More
27 July 2012
Alexander Calder Installed At St. Pancras To Celebrate The Olympics
In celebration of the 2012 Olympics New York’s Pace Gallery has opened a 9,000 square- foot gallery in London’s Mayfair…. Read More
27 July 2012
Franz West: Best Known Viennese Artist Of His Generation Dies
Franz West the innovative Austrian sculptor has died age 65. He was one of the best known contemporary artists living in Vienna, where he was born in 1947
26 July 2012
Northern Prize 2013 Long List Announced
The long list for the coveted Northern Art Prize has been announced by Pippa Hale, Founder and Director of the… Read More
26 July 2012
Photographers Gallery Unveils The World in London Olympic Exhibition
The World in London is a major public art project initiated by The Photographers’ Gallery, to coincide with the London… Read More
25 July 2012
Delfina Foundation Announces Expansion Architects
The Delfina Foundation has announced that London-based Studio Octopi and Cairo-based Shahira Fahmy Architects are the winning duo of an… Read More
25 July 2012
Cartier Bresson A Question of Colour Positive View Foundation
Positive View Foundation has announced its inaugural exhibition Cartier-Bresson: A Question of Colour, to be held at Somerset House, 8… Read More
25 July 2012
SUNDAY Art Fair Announces 2012 Dates
The ‘SUNDAY’ art fair has announced its 2012 dates which will again coincide with Frieze week. This gallery-led art fair,… Read More
25 July 2012
David Cerny Sculpture London Booster Stops Traffic In Islington
The Czech sculptor David Cerny unveils his first major London public commission for over ten years
25 July 2012
Clive Head Terminus Place Dulwich Picture Gallery
The Dulwich Picture Gallery has announced a new contemporary art installation, Terminus Place by the artist Clive Head, as part… Read More
25 July 2012