Francis Bacon And Paula Rego Feature In New Cumbrian Exhibition
Abbot Hall’s summer exhibition in Cumbria has mounted an exhibition titled; “Francis Bacon to Paula Rego”. It celebrates and explores… Read More
25 June 2012
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Kate Middleton Portrait By Bambi Sells To Brad Pitt
It has been reported that a North London based graffiti artist known as Bambi has sold three works to the… Read More
24 June 2012
EURO ART EXCESS INCLUDING WHAT TO SEE AT DOCUMENTA
If it’s Tuesday this must be Basel Armed only with a European Rail Pass, a shamefully underused German phrase book… Read More
24 June 2012
Aleah Chaplin Wins 2012 BP Portrait Award At NPG
The American portrait artist Aleah Chapin has won the 2012 BP Portrait Award, at London’s National Portrait Gallery, for her… Read More
24 June 2012
Edvard Munch Norwegian Expressionism Beyond The Scream Tate Modern
2012 is turning out to be a massive year for the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch – with the recent landmark… Read More
24 June 2012
Alexander Calder In India The Bombay Mix
On 12th January 1955 Alexander and Louisa Calder arrived in Bombay and travelled to Ahmedabad, the home of their hosts… Read More
23 June 2012
Mary Fedden Highly Regarded English Still Life Painter Dies
The highly regarded artist Mary Fedden, who created colourful still-life paintings has died aged 96. Feddon was renowned for her… Read More
23 June 2012
The Stone Roses Definitive Photo Exhibition Opens
Legendary music photographers, Kevin Cummins, Paul Slattery and Ian Tilton, collaborate for the first time in an extraordinary exhibition of… Read More
22 June 2012
Rachel Whiteread Tree Of Life Adorns Whitechapel Gallery
Last week Rachel Whiteread’s golden sculptural frieze for the Whitechapel Gallery was unveiled. This project is one of the permanent… Read More
22 June 2012
Major Mark Wallinger Exhibition Opens At Baltic
From today ( 22 June) the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art presents a major exhibition by celebrated British artist Mark… Read More
22 June 2012
V&A Serpentine And Dulwich Share £56 Million Culture Fund
Eighteen museums and art heritage sites have been awarded Catalyst: Endowments funding to court money from private philanthropic sources. Thirty-four… Read More
21 June 2012
London’s Urban Art Fair Celebrates Its 10th Birthday
Founded in 2002 Urban Art 2012, is London’s largest annual open air Contemporary Arts Fair and takes place along the… Read More
21 June 2012
LeRoy Neiman Artist Hero Of Andy Warhol Dies Aged 91
The commercial artist LeRoy Neiman, who produced work for five Olympics has died age 91. He was one of the… Read More
21 June 2012
Artes Mundi 5 Shortlist For £40k Prize Announced
Artes Mundi 5 is to present the work of seven groundbreaking contemporary artists of growing international importance, at the National… Read More
20 June 2012
SEAN WORRALL LAYERS COLLABORATIONS DEPOSITORIES AT CULTIVATE VYNER STREET
A WEEK LONG GALLERY EVENT AT CULTIVATE VYNER STREET For one week, the ever changing gallery space that is CULTIVATE… Read More
20 June 2012
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Happy Belated Birthday
13 June marked the birthday of both Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the environmental art superstar duo. Bulgarian Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and… Read More
20 June 2012
Tracey Emin Unveils Seven Sculptures In London’s Square Mile
The City of London Corporation has announced the unveiling of seven sculptures in London’s Square Mile by internationally renowned artists… Read More
20 June 2012
Equestrian War Sculpture In Soap Returns To Cavendish Square
Written in Soap, A Plinth Project will be a new public art commission by Korean artist Meekyoung Shin (b. 1967… Read More
20 June 2012
Street Artist Sought In Connection With Vandalised Picasso
A vandal who spray painted a Pablo Picasso painting on exhibit at the Houston Museum with a stencil of a… Read More
20 June 2012
Art Fund Museum of the Year Awarded To Royal Albert Memorial Museum
The Art Fund have announced today that Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum has won this year’s £100,000 Art Fund Prize… Read More
20 June 2012
Vicky Wright illuminating Current Power Struggles
Review – The Garments of the Dominators 1 June -6 July 2012 Josh Lilley Gallery Josh Lilley Gallery, situated on… Read More
20 June 2012
Environment Is A Strong Informant Embracing Energies That Inspire
Artist Amanda McGregor explores the connection between nature and creativity I was at the Rural Museum in Reading at the… Read More
19 June 2012
Cultural Olympiad Launches With First Rate Visual Art Lineup
The London 2012 Festival opens with a bang and a bounce as Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller exhibits his… Read More
19 June 2012
Howard Hodgkin Robert Frost A Dark Beyond Colour – Review
I have only just thought that the title of this exhibition may well be a pun, as well as a… Read More
19 June 2012
Nancy Holt Mechanisms of Perception Haunch of Venison
Review – Holt’s work ‘places emphasis on the mechanisms of perception, on ideas about place and time and consciousness, and… Read More
19 June 2012
Sotheby’s Contemporary June Sale Offers Pop Art Masterpiece Plus
Sotheby’s is to offer for sale a magnificent and encompassing assembly of Post-war & Contemporary art on 26 June. Headlining… Read More
18 June 2012
Michael Landy Artist In Residence At National Gallery
SAINTS ALIVE, is a new sculptural installation by Michael Landy who will also be the 2013 Rootstein Hopkins Associate Artist… Read More
18 June 2012
Paul Jenkins New York Color Field Painter Dies At 88
Paul Jenkins the post abstract expressionist and ‘Color Field’ painter has died in New York age 88. He was widely associated with the Color Field movement
17 June 2012
Kate Middleton Takes Art Room To C S Lewis Classic
Kate Middleton has had a very busy weekend indeed. On Friday she attended a special performance of the C S… Read More
17 June 2012
Olympic Homage Gagosian Presents Warhol and Basquiat Painting
To coincide with the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, Gagosian Gallery is pleased to presentOlympic Rings, a painting made… Read More
17 June 2012
Allen Jones Retrospective Celebrates His 75th Birthday
The British Pop artist Allen Jones who caused an international furor in 1969 with his provocative furniture sculptures is mounting… Read More
16 June 2012
Victoria Pomery Turner Contemporary Director Awarded Diamond OBE
It was announced this morning that Victoria Pomery, Director of Turner Contemporary has been awarded an OBE for services to… Read More
16 June 2012