James Franco Curates James Dean Inspired Rebel Exhibition
James Franco is best known for his roles in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 127 Hours and Howl,… Read More
18 May 2012
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New Banksy Child Worker Appears As Old Rat Is Destroyed
This week a Melbourne builder hacked himself a place in art history. Destroying Banksy’s stencil of a parachuting rat, he… Read More
18 May 2012
Shiny New Photographers Gallery Opens To The Public
The building on Ramillies Street, , formerly a temporary residence, has now been made fit for purpose with a number… Read More
17 May 2012
The Queen A Diamond Jubilee Survey At The NPG
Warhol, Richter and ‘God Save’ Jamie Reid depict Queen Elizabeth II Opening today, to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee, is… Read More
17 May 2012
New Damien Hirst Paintings At White Cube Bermondsey
A new exhibition of the paintings of Damien Hirst opens at the White Cube gallery in Bermondsey next week. It… Read More
17 May 2012
Tate Britain Receives Significant Donations For Improvements
Tate Britain has raised £45m to complete a major planned renovation of several galleries. Nine of the building’s display rooms… Read More
17 May 2012
Kate Moss And Ricky Gervais Sound Out Charity Project
A quirky fundraising Art project dreamt up by Birmingham-based music charity “Sound It Out” has the glitterati of the UK’s… Read More
16 May 2012
Glasgow Sculptor George Wyllie Dies Aged 90
George Wyllie the Glasgow-born sculptor has died at the age of 90 after a short illness. He was made an MBE in 2005 for services to the arts.
16 May 2012
Hepworth Wakefield Favourite To Win £100k Art Fund Prize
The shortlist for the four redeveloped museums and galleries competing to be named the the UK’s museum of the year,… Read More
16 May 2012
Myriad Of Projects Outlined For 2012 Cultural Olympiad
This morning, (15 May) the Museum of London hosted the Press Launch to announce the myriad of projects happening this… Read More
15 May 2012
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2012 LINE UP TBA
The programme of international commissions, major exhibitions and special events for Liverpool Biennial 2012, which will take place from 15… Read More
15 May 2012
Art Life The Universe Hans Peter Feldmann Serpentine Gallery
Review – Düsseldorf-born Hans-Peter Feldmann started up an artist in the late 1960s, at a time when young people in… Read More
15 May 2012
Turner Prize Jeremy Deller To Represent Britain At Venice Biennale
Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller has been chosen to represent Britain at next year’s Venice Biennale. Deller will be given… Read More
15 May 2012
Best Gallery Of The Year Shortlist Overlooks Tracey Emin Turner Contemporary
The longlist for the Art Fund’s best new gallery prize has been whittled down to a shortlist of four –… Read More
15 May 2012
Precious Banksy Artwork Accidentally Destroyed By Builders
An iconic work by Banksy has been destroyed by construction workers in Melbourne – one of the last remaining artworks… Read More
15 May 2012
UFO Spotted In Tatton Park’s Flight of Fancy
A crashed flying saucer, a bisected passenger plane and a VW camper van with wings are all part of this… Read More
14 May 2012
Ai Weiwei Herzog & de Meuron Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled
The design for this years Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei, has been unveiled…. Read More
14 May 2012
Has Banksy Killed Street Art?
A new mural in Detroit makes the controversial claim that big-name graffiti artists such as Banksy have killed street art…. Read More
14 May 2012
Essex Locals Snub Grayson Perry Plans For Radical New Gallery
Locals are up in arms about Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry’s plans for a holiday home and gallery space in… Read More
14 May 2012
NEW JOHN SMITH COMMISSION AT TURNER CONTEMPORARY ANNOUNCED
Tuner Contemporary will be showing a newly commissioned video by internationally renowned artist John Smith, from 1-17June 2012. Since 1972… Read More
14 May 2012
Washington Explores New Ai Weiwei Fragments Exhibition
A new exhibition in Washington, DC. by the dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei which uses Wood fragments from dismantled temples… Read More
14 May 2012
Antony Gormley Stops The Traffic In Sao Paulo
Turner Prize winning artist Antony Gormley, 61, has created a buzz in Sao Paulo where tabloid headlines have been dominating… Read More
13 May 2012
Andreas Gursky First Asian Exploits At Gagosian
Andreas Gursky’s first-ever exhibition in Asia is to take place at the Gagosian Gallery. The exhibition combines his most recent… Read More
13 May 2012
Rankin Celebrity Nudes Exhibited At Other Criteria
Rankin is staging an exhibition at London’s Other Criteria gallery entitled Rankin: Contains Nudity. It operates as the London counterpart to… Read More
13 May 2012
Record Price For Basquiat At Phillips De Pury Contemporary Art Auction
Thursday’s Contemporary Art Auction at Phillips de Pury NYC totalled at $88.9 million, sitting squarely in the middle of its… Read More
13 May 2012
Kapoor Orbit Tower Impressive But Expensive To Visit
Turner prize winning artist Anish Kapoor has mused that the £15 price tag to go up in the ArcelorMittal Orbit… Read More
12 May 2012
Kate Moss Colouring Book Becomes Instant Bestseller
Royal College Of Art Graduate makes ‘Colour Me Good Kate’ a classic A new Kate Moss colouring book, created by… Read More
12 May 2012
Opportunity To Buy Damien Hirst Skull For £6,000
How much would you pay for a Damien Hirst skull? Not as much as you might think, as it turns… Read More
12 May 2012
Egon Schiele Ruling Could Open Floodgates To Spurious Art Claimants
Art dealers are up in arms about looming US legislation that they believe would have a ‘significant and negative impact… Read More
12 May 2012
National Portrait Gallery Photo Prize Call For Entries
The National Portrait Gallery is delighted to announce the Call for Entries for the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012, a… Read More
11 May 2012
Tony Cragg & David Brooks Inaugurate New Cass Sculpture Grounds
Cass Sculpture Foundation is delighted to announce the celebration of its 20th anniversary with the launch of two new exhibition… Read More
11 May 2012
Artists To Explore Pleasure Principle Behind 21st Century Life
Hoxton Art Gallery have announced The Pleasure Principal – an exhibition investigating the mode of 21st century living and contemporary… Read More
11 May 2012