Knoedler Willem de Kooning Owner Sues Over Authenticity
A New York millionaire has filed a law suit against the now defunct Knoedler & Company, once New Yorks oldest… Read More
9 July 2012
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Yayoi Kusama Unveils Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton Collection
Yayoi Kusama does not know where she stands in the art world. After having recently finished a major retrospective at… Read More
9 July 2012
Design From Tohoku Japan’s Tsunami Zone
Devastated by the 2011 earthquake and the tsunami which followed, Tohoku, a region of outstanding natural beauty, was home to… Read More
9 July 2012
Masterpiece London Reports Record Year For Art And Antiques
Over 5,175 UK and international collectors, many of who had flown in especially to attend the third fair has confirmed… Read More
9 July 2012
Mark Wallinger and Lindsay Seers Turner Contemporary Film Commissions
New site-specific film commissions by internationally acclaimed artists Mark Wallinger and Lindsay Seers will be on show at Turner Contemporary… Read More
7 July 2012
Damien Hirst Trades Steak for Burger King Whopper
It seems like only last week that Damien Hirst installed his massive ‘Cow & Chicken tank in an upmarket Shoreditch… Read More
6 July 2012
The Shard London’s Latest Sore Thumb Completes On Schedule
Last night, I attending an event to celebrate the completion of western Europe’s tallest building ,The Shard. I was promised… Read More
6 July 2012
Treasure Trove of Lost Caravaggio Paintings Discovered
A significant hoard of old master paintings by the artist Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio has been discovered in a… Read More
6 July 2012
Google Image Dictionary Created By London Development Team
Google images is an amazing tool to find anything visual. Type in any combination of words and instantly find thousands… Read More
6 July 2012
Bridget Riley Awarded Siegen’s Prestigious Rubens Prize
The award has been presented every five years since 1955 to a painter living in Europe in honor of his… Read More
5 July 2012
Arab Women in Sport New London Exhibition
Sotheby’s is hosting a new exhibition, commissioned by Qatar Museums Authority and the first show in London by the internationally… Read More
5 July 2012
London’s ICA and BMW Present Art Car Exhibition
BMW in partnership with the ICA are mounting an exhibition of iconic BMW Art Cars, which will take place in… Read More
5 July 2012
Prix Pictet Photography and Sustainability Shortlist Announced
The shortlist of the Prix Pictet, the world’s leading prize in photography and sustainability, has bee n announced. For the… Read More
5 July 2012
Korean Forum to Open Contemporary Art Scene in London
This past weekend international sources from Korea were meeting at the CIA. Only the CIA is not the Central Intelligence… Read More
4 July 2012
Campaign To Raise Threshold Of Artist’s Resale Right In UK
An industry campaign focused against royalties for artists is threatening a potentially important source of income for established and emerging… Read More
4 July 2012
London Festival of Architecture Stages Urban Actions
King’s Cross will come alive with a series of ‘Urban Actions’ organised in response to the Festival’s theme of The… Read More
3 July 2012
NPG PRESENTS DOUBLE TAKE VERSIONS AND COPIES OF TUDOR PORTRAITS
Five pairs of nearly identical Tudor portraits have been brought together in a new display at the National Portrait Gallery…. Read More
3 July 2012
Zabludowicz Collection Presents A Project About Space For Summer
Francis Alÿs; Trisha Baga; Yael Bartana; Walead Beshty; Ethan Breckenridge; Gregory Crewdson; Shi Jin; Helene Kazan; Avi Mograbi; Miri Segal;… Read More
3 July 2012
GERRY JUDAH LOTUS SCULPTURE GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED 2012
It is 2012 and every year a different car company sponsors a centrepiece sculpture for the Goodwood Festival of Speed…. Read More
3 July 2012
Guillermo Kuitca Perspective Diagonals and Light Shifts Review
“Paris is a gigantic work to be consulted, a species of encyclopaedia. The shops, for example, have their language, there… Read More
2 July 2012
Pace To Open David Chipperfield Designed London Gallery
Pace the New York based international gallery is set to open a 9,000 square foot space in London’s Mayfair. Located… Read More
2 July 2012
James Franco Speaks Up But Looks Down ICA London
Artist /Actor James Franco spent Sunday afternoon at the ICA (London 1 July), in the first of the gallery’s ‘Quick… Read More
2 July 2012
Isabella Blow foundation Christie’s Sale Exceeds All Expectations
The sale of the Daphne Guinness Collection has proven that the art market appears immune from the financial collapse that… Read More
1 July 2012
Contemporary Art Auctions A Case For Recession Proof Investment
As the Summer auction and fair season winds up and galleries mount their group shows, a mainstay of the art… Read More
1 July 2012
Stunning Environmental Sculpture At MoMa Clears The Air
Meet Wendy She’s Blue, Cool, and Responsible Too. For years now architects have been working to create environmentally friendly buildings… Read More
1 July 2012
A Question Of Sport LGBT 2012 PRIDE Art Exhibition
A Question of Sport: LGBT artists and their relationship to inclusivityThe Clifford Chance Art Group is again holding a joint… Read More
30 June 2012
Shepard Fairey And Ron English Tag London Pleasure Garden
London launches its first international ‘Street Art’ park, situated on the Royal Victoria Docks, which opens today. The London Pleasure… Read More
30 June 2012
Is Corporate Museum Sponsorship Influencing Exhibition Content
The British Museum is currently showing an exhibition which opened on the 24 of May. The subject is all about… Read More
30 June 2012
Frieze Projects Announced For London’s Autumn 2012 Fair
Frieze Projects has announced its Autumn line up for 2012. This years programme of artists and commissions realised annually at… Read More
30 June 2012
Stolen Dali Painting Recovered In Return To Sender Mystery
A painting by the Surrealist Salvador Dali stolen from a Manhattan gallery, last week has been recovered. Police said on… Read More
29 June 2012
Mark Wallinger And Chris Ofili Morph At Royal Ballet
In a unique collaboration between the Royal Ballet and the National Gallery, this summer will see the ballet and visual… Read More
29 June 2012
Ivan Karp Art Dealer Behind Warhol And Lichtenstein Dies In NY
When I was an 18 year old art student, I met Ivan Carp in his New York gallery OK Harris. He was standing around looking at his current show, the work of the Photorealist painter John Salt
29 June 2012