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6 December 2019
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Turner Prize 2019: Sharing But Who’s Caring – Edward Lucie-Smith
The decision made by this year’s four Turner Prize 2019 nominees to share-and-share-alike has had a mixed reception from the press.
5 December 2019
UK Still Top Country For Art Students In Europe
Cass Art has produced an analysis of the top locations for art schools and has revealed it’s right here in the UK. The art supplies chain has analysed over 100 cities around the world that are home to the world’s top art universities to discover which location is the best to be an art student.
4 December 2019
Hepworth Wakefield Receives £100k Freelands Foundation Award
The Freelands Foundation has announced The Hepworth Wakefield as the fourth recipient of the annual £100,000 Freelands Award.
4 December 2019
All Four Nominees Win Multifaceted Turner Prize 2019
And the winner of the 2019 Turner Prize is… All Four Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani. They will forever be known as the Collective.
3 December 2019
Judy Chicago: Baltic Gateshead – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the calendar moves ever closer to the pre-Christmas election that will in all likelihood bring about Brexit, exhibition scheduling grows ever more bizarre. A good example is an outstanding exhibition devoted to the career of Judy Chicago that has recently opened its doors at the Baltic Art Gallery in Gateshead.
1 December 2019
Dulwich Picture Gallery Reopens Following Attempted Rembrandt Heist
The Dulwich Picture Gallery, the oldest public gallery in the UK is to reopen on Thursday (28 November) following a break in which targeted two masterpieces by Rembrandt.
27 November 2019
Nan Goldin and Dr Nicholas Cullinan In Conversation NPG – David Buckley
To coincide with her major exhibition “Sirens” at the Marian Goodman Gallery, Nan Goldin was welcomed by a full-house audience at the National Portrait Gallery.
22 November 2019
Troy – A State of Mind – Edward Lucie-Smith
The latest in an excellent series of significant exhibitions at the British Museum – much better than the smaller ones the B.M. does in the cramped spaces of what used to be the reading rooms of the British Library – is about the legendary city of Troy, long besieged and finally at last taken and destroyed by a coalition of Greek states.
21 November 2019
Terry O’Neill The Photographer Who Defined A Generation Remembered – Chalkie Davies
The world-renowned photographer Terry O’Neill has passed away following a long battle with prostate cancer; He was 81 years old.
17 November 2019
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces 2019 Recipients of Awards for Artists
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has announced the 2019 recipients of Awards for Artists, one of the most significant philanthropic awards for visual artists and composers in the UK.
13 November 2019
Steve McQueen Unveils Year 3 Project At Tate Britain
Steve McQueen the Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker has together with Tate Britain, Artangel and A New Direction, launched an ambitious project using the medium of the traditional school class photograph.
12 November 2019
£250k Sotheby’s Prize Shared By Two Brazilian Exhibition Projects
Sotheby’s has announced the winners of the 2019 Sotheby’s Prize, which, in its third year, continues to celebrate curatorial excellence and champion the work of innovative institutions who strive to break new ground by exploring overlooked or under-represented areas of art history.
8 November 2019
Charlotte Salomon: An Auschwitz Victim’s Personal Painted Narrative
This is an extraordinary exhibition by a talented artist who has long been championed in international circles. Charlotte Salomon was born to a middle-class family in Berlin in 1917. She died in Auschwitz 1943 age 26.
7 November 2019
Conrad Shawcross Unveils New Public Sculpture At Chelsea Barracks
A new public sculpture by the British sculptor, Conrad Shawcross RA, was unveiled today at Chelsea Barracks. This marks the first artwork to be installed as part of an ambitious programme of public art commissions created for London’s newest neighbourhood.
7 November 2019
Turner Prize To Be Presented By British Vogue’s Edward Enninful
This year’s year’s Turner Prize will be presented by the Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, in Margate on Tuesday 3 December 2019.
6 November 2019
Tutankhamun: Raiding The Tomb At The Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
As a child in Jamaica, where there are no archaeological museums of any kind, I fell in love with this long-ago Egyptian pharaoh. I borrowed a book about King Tutankhamun by Howard Carter, miraculously present in my local library, to read all about him.
2 November 2019
Roundhouse Refuses Sackler £1m Donation
The Roundhouse in London is to continue to use the controversial Sackler family signage on the theatre patron’s wall even though they have refused to accept a promised £1m donation.
2 November 2019
Parasol Unit To Close London Gallery
The Parasol Unit has announced that they will be closing their Wharf Rd gallery space in East London next year.
31 October 2019
Bela Lugosi Dracula Cape Donated To Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Ahead of the opening of LA’s new Academy Museum designed by Renzo Piano, a comprehensive film costume design archive has been announced. It will include the 1939 ‘Ruby Slippers’ worn by Dorthy in the Wizard of Oz as well as the recent acquisition of the iconic Bela Lugosi cape worn in the Dracula films.
31 October 2019
Sotheby’s Appoints Charles F. Stewart New CEO
Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of Charles F. Stewart as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Stewart succeeds Tad Smith, who served as CEO of Sotheby’s since 2015.
28 October 2019
How Wheelchair Friendly Are London Commercial Galleries? – David Lock Investigates
As a wheelchair user, I wanted to write a piece about what it’s like for a disabled person visiting commercial galleries in London.
28 October 2019
Richard Baker Wins £10,000 HIX Award 2019
Richard Baker has been named the winner of the £10k 2019 Hix award. He soared over the other fourteen shortlisted artists chosen from over 600 entries. His work titled Hall Stand is a realistic depiction of an everyday piece of furniture.
25 October 2019
Yayoi Kusama Designs Art Balloon For Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Yayoi Kusama, The world-renowned Japanese artist, has designed a balloon for this year’s iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
24 October 2019
Export Ban For Joseph Wright Of Derby Two Boys With A Bladder
An export bar on Joseph Wright of Derby’s ‘Two Boys with a Bladder’ has been placed on the recommendation of Arts Minister Helen Whately. The work, completed between 1768 and 1770, is valued at £3,500,000 is at risk of being lost abroad unless a UK buyer can be found.
21 October 2019
Historic Muybridge Collection Returns To His Hometown Kingston
A highly important collection of work by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge is to be brought back to his home town thanks to a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston and Kingston University. The unique material is part of the Victorian photographer’s own personal collection, which he bequeathed to Kingston Museum on his death.
21 October 2019
NPG Unveil Frances Segelman Sculpture Of Holocaust Survivor Sir Ben Helfgott
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled the Gallery’s acquisition of a bronze sculpture of Holocaust Survivor Sir Ben Helfgott, Honorary President of Yad Vashem UK Foundation, by Royal sculptor Frances Segelman (Lady Petchey).
20 October 2019
Dan Llywelyn Hall Murals Unveiled Celebrating Indian YMCA UK Centenary
Today, Sunday 20th October a new series of murals will be unveiled by dignitaries at London’s Indian YMCA. The 6 Atrium murals ‘Searching for Home’, celebrate the Anglo-Indian bond that has endured through tumultuous times such as world wars and political unrest.
20 October 2019
Max Mara Art Prize for Women 8th Edition Announces Shortlist
The Whitechapel Gallery, Collezione Maramotti and Max Mara have announced the five shortlisted artists for the 8th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women
13 October 2019
John Giorno Multidisciplinary Artist Poet Dies Age 82
John Giorno whose legendary influence as an artist-poet stemming from the expansive and multidisciplinary nature of his work has died age 82.
13 October 2019
New £20 Note To Feature Artist JMW Turner And Turner Contemporary Gallery
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, unveiled the new design of the £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner.
10 October 2019
Frieze London Report 2019 – What The Galleries Said
The 17th edition of Frieze London closed on Sunday 6 October, has brought together more than 160 galleries from 35 countries, representing the fair’s most international edition to date and driving excellent sales across the fair.
9 October 2019