Ralph Heimans Official Portrait Of The Queen For Jubilee
New Painting will be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Australia later this year and displayed in London in… Read More
11 June 2012
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Sadie Hennessy Outrageous Challenging With A Strong Feminist Backbone
Strange Hungers a new exhibition addressing the (unanswered) mating call, or at least the rallying cry, of the aging woman… Read More
11 June 2012
Whitechapel Gallery Presents Maurizio Cattelan From The Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection
The Whitechapel Gallery is mounting rarely seen works of art from the Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo – opening with a… Read More
11 June 2012
Royal Academy Unveils Renovation And Expansion Plan
The Royal Academy of Arts has announced plans to open up and renovate the Keeper’s House to create a series… Read More
11 June 2012
Damien Hirst And Mother Of His Children Divided
Partner Maia Norman walks out after 20 year relationship – It was announced today that Damien Hirst and his Californian-born,… Read More
10 June 2012
Yoko Ono Stands Up After 30 Years In The Cultural Desert
Yoko Ono, born in 1933 is in the winter of her career, as artist, author, and peace activist. She is… Read More
10 June 2012
David Nash Tackles Kew Gardens Vast Wood Quarry
A Natural Gallery is a new site specific installation by the master of all that is green and sustainable The… Read More
10 June 2012
Peter Blake At 80 Major New Pallant House Exhibition
A major new exhibition of the works of Sir Peter Blake, the godfather of British Pop Art, to celebrate his… Read More
10 June 2012
Jackie Kennedy Onassis Tormentor Get A Major Photo Exhibition
My idea of a good picture is one that’s in focus and of a famous person doing something infamous. That’s… Read More
9 June 2012
Art Basel Prepares For Dazzling 43rd Launch
Preview – Next week, from 14-17 June, 300 galleries will come together for the 43rd annual Art Basel, one of… Read More
9 June 2012
ART GRADUATES FIRST STEPS INTO THE ART MARKET WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT
1 June 2012–VIP MFA, the first-ever online juried event conceived to support and champion emerging artists’ first steps into… Read More
9 June 2012
Vyner Street Is This The End Of An Era
The contemporary art scene in East London has established itself significantly over the past five to ten years. It seems… Read More
9 June 2012
Dan Colen An American In Paris New Gagosian Exhibition
Gagosian Gallery has just announced Dan Colen’s first solo exhibition in Paris. “Out of the Blue, Into the Black” It… Read More
8 June 2012
New Exhibition Exploring Photographer Jo Spence At Space
Jo Spence (1934 – 1992) emerged as a key figure in the mid 1970s from the British photographic left, crucial… Read More
7 June 2012
Sarah Morris Selected For Gloucester Road Underground Commission
The twelfth commission for Gloucester Road Tube Station, Art on the Underground has invited internationally renowned artist Sarah Morris to… Read More
7 June 2012
Government U Turn On Charitable Donations Encourages Philanthropists
The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey was at the Tate Britain last week to welcome a major donation of British Art… Read More
7 June 2012
London Festival Of Photography Shifts Direction
This year’s London Photography Festival seems to mark a change of direction for its organisers. This shift away from what… Read More
6 June 2012
Exhibition Celebrates Keith Vaughan Centenary
AN EXHIBITION OF FIFTY OILS, GOUACHES & DRAWINGS TO CELEBRATE THE CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF THIS IMPORTANT BRITISH FIGURATIVE… Read More
6 June 2012
Haroon Mirza Acquired By Five Northwest Public Galleries
Haroon Mirza’s A Sleek Dry Yell (2008) has been jointly acquired by five northwest public galleries thanks to the Contemporary… Read More
6 June 2012
National Portrait Gallery Acquires 18th Century Transvestite Portrait
The LGBT community is thrilled at the NPG London’s acquisition of a painted portrait of a male transvestite. The subject… Read More
6 June 2012
Contemporary Art Under Legal Pressure Over Copyright
We blinked, and suddenly we’ve been jolted back into the late 1990s or early 2000s. That’s right, we are time travelling here, with the sudden discussion and resurgence of court cases
6 June 2012
Buckingham Palace Becomes Council Flats For Jubilee Concert
Something subversive is happening here. 80’s band Madness serenaded the Queen from the rooftop of Buckingham Palace in a showstopper… Read More
5 June 2012
God Save Mr Brainwash And His Diamond Jubilee Abomination
Mr Brainwash, perhaps the worlds worst non artist in history, has released a new mass produced print in order to… Read More
5 June 2012
Howard Hodgkin Celebration Of The Artist’s 80th Birthday
A major new exhibition of works on paper by Howard Hodgkin, one of Britain’s most celebrated living artists, form the… Read More
4 June 2012
Karl Lagerfeld Draws Jubilee Portrait Of The Queen
Karl Lagerfeld the creative director of the Paris based fashion house Chanel has sketched the Queen using pastels to depict… Read More
4 June 2012
One Artist’s Response To The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
While the Queen’s barge sailed down the Thames with its 1,000 boat flotilla a flip side of the Royal coin… Read More
4 June 2012
Royal Academy Champions The Work Of Young Artists
‘It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child’. Pablo Picasso Three… Read More
4 June 2012
Artists Paint Queen’s Diamond Jubilee From Millennium Bridge
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge was closed today in order to allow artists to paint… Read More
3 June 2012
Banksy’s Six New UK Graffiti Masterpieces Unveiled
In the last month Banksy has been busy at work creating at least a half dozen new pieces in the… Read More
3 June 2012
Anthony McCall’s £500k Spinning Column Gets Green Light
Installation artist Anthony McCall’s £500,000 ‘Column’ has finally been given the go ahead by Wirral Council, after months of delay…. Read More
3 June 2012
Giant Banksy Appears In Bristol To Mark Jubilee
A large scaled Glam Rock mural in the style of Banksy has appeared in Bristol to mark the Queen’s Diamond… Read More
2 June 2012
Royal Academy Head Of Press Jennifer Francis Moves To Philly
Jennifer Francis is no stranger to the world of first rate international museums. As the friendly face of the Royal… Read More
2 June 2012