5 January 2011
London Art Fair Latest
London Art Fair 19 – 23 January 2011, presents over 100 galleries featuring the great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary...
News
Mick Karn Artist Musician With The Band Japan Dies At 52
Tributes are pouring in for the Sculptor/Musician Mick Karn who died yesterday after a long battle with lung cancer.
Art Stock Exchange To Launch In Paris
Pierre Naquin, a French entrepreneur is to create a fund offering shares in 20th – 21st century master works. Collectors, who cannot afford to...
Edvard Munch Thieves Convicted
Three works stolen from the Malmo Art Museum including a 1.2 million dollar painting by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch.”Two Friends.” were recovered when...
Dan Flavin Work Classified By EU as Light fittings
Works by the late American sculptor Dan Flavin have had VAT applied as EU says works are ‘light fittings’ The sculptures shown at the...
Gerry Judah First New York Solo Show
The English Artist Gerry Judah is exhibiting six large scaled monochromatic paintings/reliefs in his first New York show. This is the London-based artist’s first...
Falling Water Gingerbread House Unveiled
The most original design for a gingerbread house this year has to go Melodie and Brenton, for the ‘Falling Water Gingerbread House’ a model...
John Warhola: Warhol Foundation Head Dies Aged 85
John Warhola, elder brother of artist Andy Warhol has died, on Christmas Eve, in Pittsburgh, from pneumonia, He was 85.
Top 2010 Christmas Exhibitions – Paul Carey-Kent
HUGE MEAL, BIG GALLERY, SMALL SHOW Most of the commercial galleries are closed over the Christmas and New Year period. The big museums and...
Arts Council England Absorbs Museums Libraries Council
It’s Official,and why do these things always happen just before the holiday break.The Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) under the new Coalition Government,...
ICA Lambasted By Independent Report
A confidential, independent report leaked this week has revealed that the ICA suffered poor leadership under the rein of (Director) Ekow Eshun and former...
AA Bronson National Portrait Gallery Protest Latest
AA Bronson’s poignant wall-size color portrait of artist/colleague Felix Partz, a few hours after he died of complications from AIDS,will remain displayed in the...
City of Sculpture Festival Wows London Christmas Shoppers
Park Lane, known as Monopoly’s most expensive street is now hosting ‘The City of Sculpture Festival’ which transforms the heart of the capital’s outdoor...
Ai Weiwei Exhibition At London’s Lisson Gallery Spring 2011
The Lisson Gallery in London have announced that they will be representing Ai Weiwei the Chinese dissident artist responsible for the artistic embellishments displayed...
9/11 Sculpture for London’s Southbank
An 8-meter sculpture fashioned from girders reclaimed from the World Trade Centre site is to be erected on Potters Fields Park outside the new...
Top Exhibitions 2010 – Paul Carey-Kent
By Paul Carey-Kent 20 December, 2010 2010 was a rich and varied year – so much so that what started as a top ten...
Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart Painter Musician Dies Aged 69
Performing under the stage name Captain Beefheart, together with his Magic Band Don Van Vliet produced a number of highly unconventional
Tacita Dean Next Unilever Artist Tate Modern
Tate Modern and Unilever have announced that Tacita Dean will create the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate...
Jeremy Hunt Announces US Style Philanthropy Plan
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt who will always be best remembered for James Naughtie and Andrew Marr’s four-letter slip up, has announced that the government...
Art Basel Miami Review 2010 – Paul Carey Kent
It was tough being stuck in Miami while Britain jammed up in the coldest pre-Christmas period this century:
Museum of Everything Goes to Russia
The Museum of Everything, AKA the international museum for non-traditional and self-taught art will collaborate with The Garage a Moscow venue, designed in 1926...
Picasso Auction Disputed in Paris
Cancelled Auction Raises Ownership Questions - ArtLyst Breaking News
Brooke Shields Nude Photographer Nemesis Garry Gross Dies
Should we mourn the passing of Garry Gross? For those who think the name vaguely rings a bell, he was the exploitive creator of the...
Olympic Artists Announced For 2012
David Hockney, Lucian Freud, Rachel Whiteread and Martin Creed are some of the visual artists the DCMS has announced to officially represent London during...
Susan Philipsz Wins Turner Prize 2010
The 2010 Turner Prize outcome reflects the necessity to select more women candidates for this coveted award. This year, two and a half of...
The Turner Prize 2010 Bookmakers Odds – Fancy a Flutter
Which artist will take home the controversial Turner Prize? It is an interesting concept to reduce this coveted prize to numbers.The Turner Prize is...
Government Art Collection On View At Whitechapel
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Prime Minister’s wife Samantha Cameron, Lord Mandelson and the British Ambassador to Moscow are among the high profile...
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize shortlist announced
The Photographers Gallery have announced the shortlist for the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The award honours a living photographer for their significant contribution...
Picasso Hoard Discovered in Garage
271 undocumented works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least €60 million (£50 million) have been discovered in the South of France....
BFI Takes Over UK Film Council funding Role
The BFI (British Film Institute) is set to take over the funding role previously managed by the UK Film Council. It was controversially...
Turner Prize Goes To Londonderry In 2013
The 2013 Turner Prize is to be hosted in Londonderry Northern Ireland as part of its city of culture celebrations. The UK City of...
Lord Chadlington Appointed New Chairman of LAPADA
“LAPADA The Association of Art & Antiques Dealers has announced the appointment of Lord Chadlington as their new Chairman. The founder of PR giant...