Positive View Photography Charity Launches In London
The Positive View Foundation has announced its official launch with forthcoming exhibition programme. The Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation taking… Read More
16 April 2012
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Museums President Blames Lax Security For Cezanne Theft
With the Cezanne masterwork ‘The Boy in the Red Vest’ turning up in Serbia, the president of the Swiss Museums… Read More
16 April 2012
Marianne Faithfull Co-Curates Exhibition At Tate Liverpool
New show includes works by Robert Mapplethorpe and Richard Long The iconic singer-songwriter actress Marianne Faithfull is the latest co-curator… Read More
16 April 2012
World’s Most Wanted Stolen Art
As Cezanne’s ‘Boy in a Red Waistcoat’ turns up in Serbia, we wonder about the fate of other stolen works… Read More
16 April 2012
Kate Moss Takes It Off In New Rankin Exhibition
A new exhibition covering twenty years of shakers and movers in the modelling trade, launches in LA next week. The… Read More
15 April 2012
Turner Prize Jeremy Deller Creates Plastic Stonehenge
Prehistoric Stonehenge to be recreated on Glasgow Green by Jeremy Deller The Turner Prize-winner Jeremy Deller will be creating… Read More
15 April 2012
David Hockney Goes Head To Head With Grayson Perry
The South Bank Awards nominations have been revealed, pitting the two best art exhibitions of the year against one another… Read More
15 April 2012
New Work By Titian Discovered At National Gallery
Thanks to the new research, a portrait of the Italian poet Girolamo Fracastoro in the National Gallery collection has just… Read More
15 April 2012
West Midlands Dark Horse Bid To Host Turner Prize
A dark horse candidate emerges in the race to host the Turner Prize 2015 A West Midlands art gallery is… Read More
15 April 2012
Frieze Art Fair New York Labour Union Controversy
Frieze NYC pestered by angry protests from Council of Carpenters The phenomenally successful Frieze Art Fair is set to hit… Read More
15 April 2012
Art Exhibition Devoted To Twilight Kristen Stewart
Twilight star K.Stew has the dubious honour of an art exhibition in her honour staged by L.A. hipsters L.A. artist… Read More
15 April 2012
Art Homework Sparks Freedom Of Speech Controversy
A Canadian Muslim art student has sparked controversy with a piece of homework – a photograph depicting her veiled Muslim… Read More
14 April 2012
Helmut Newton David Lachapelle & Andy Warhol Headline Sale
Christie’s to hold a Modern Photography auction peddling iconic works by key photographers such as Helmut Newton, Irving Penn and… Read More
14 April 2012
Largest Art Gallery In Europe Palais De Toyko Opens In Paris
This week has seen the opening of what is now the largest contemporary arts centre in Europe – the newly… Read More
14 April 2012
Stella McCartney Team GB Sweatshop Scandal
Allegations that the GB kits designed by Stella McCartney are being manufactured by exploited Indonesian workforce The implications of such… Read More
14 April 2012
Google Doodle Celebrates Paris Photojournalist Robert Doisneau
Google today commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the birth of key French photographer Robert Doisneau Doisneau is attributed as a… Read More
14 April 2012
Ai Weiwei Takes Legal Acton Against Chinese Government
Ai Weiwei is attempting to strike back at Beijing tax authorities who have arbitratily imposed tax evasion penalty worth £1.5… Read More
13 April 2012
Fourth Plinth Elmgreen & Dragset To Make Male Little Mermaid
Elmgreen & Dragset are to create a male version of Denmark’s national icon The Little Mermaid Denmark’s national icon The… Read More
13 April 2012
Last Chance To Catch Eve Arnold Marilyn Monroe Portraits
In the month of what would be her hundredth birthday, make sure you catch the Eve Arnold retrospective at Art… Read More
13 April 2012
Your Private Photos Stolen & On Display
Two artists have created an exhibition of over 10,000 private photographs that they claim to have stolen from random people’s… Read More
13 April 2012
Top London Art Fair Forced To Close
It has been announced that one of London’s biggest art fairs – Art London – is to fold. Its closure… Read More
13 April 2012
Stolen Cezanne Masterpiece Discovered In Serbia
Serbia officials have announced the recovery of what they believe to be a missing masterpiece by Impressionist Paul Cezanne If… Read More
13 April 2012
Sotheby’s Puts Munch Scream On View In London
iconic masterpiece on display for one week at auction house The last privately owned rendition of Edvard Munch’s The Scream… Read More
13 April 2012
Affordable Art Fair To Reveal Damien Hirst New Works
AAF will see unveiling of new Damien Hirst spot works at affordable prices! By the end of 2011, the Affordable… Read More
12 April 2012
Banksy Monkey Masterpiece Original Resurfaces
Original poster of Banksy’s ominous monkey image unveiled, destined for public sale Everybody knows Banksy’s image of a monkey wearing… Read More
12 April 2012
Get Closer To The Mona Lisa With Nintendo 3DS
The Louvre Museum in Paris – the world’s most visited art museum – has seen its audio guides replaced by… Read More
12 April 2012
Occupy Movement Vitriolic Tirade Against Damien Hirst
Damien Hirst has been subjected to an anti-capitalist tirade from the pious Occupy Movement In an article published on the… Read More
12 April 2012
VIP Innovate With Online Art Fair Concept
VIP team take online Art Fair to next level with five new specialist fairs announced for coming year Building on… Read More
12 April 2012
The Lost Art Treasures Of The Titanic
In the film version “Titanic”, James Cameron spiced up the action by alluding to lost Monets, Picassos, and Degas. For example, a poor rendition Picasso’s “demoiselles d avion” (appearing to be about a third of the actual size) in on display in Kate Winslet’s boudoir.
12 April 2012
Pop Artist Peter Blake 80th Birthday Celebrations Announced
London Original Print Fair to host 80th birthday party for iconic artist The 27th London Original Print Fair will open… Read More
11 April 2012
Serious Contemporary Artists Who Flirt With The Erotic
Sex has preoccupied artists since the beginning of time – look no further than prehistoric Venus figurines! But today, despite… Read More
11 April 2012
Contentious Olafur Eliasson Olympics Proposal Rejected
Despite the huge success of his Tate Turbine Hall Weather Project, Olympics organisers have rejected an application by Scandinavian… Read More
11 April 2012