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Record Price For Barbara Hepworth Bronze At Christies Modern British Sale
Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale realised £18,973,000 / $29,749,664 / €26,505,281, with strong sell-through...
£30 Peter Blake Painting Breaks Record For The Artist At Christie’s
'Boys With New Ties' by Sir Peter Blake fetched £662,500 ($1,038,800) at Christie's London on Thursday, hitting a new world record for Blake...
M.C. Escher Retrospective For National Galleries of Scotland And Dulwich
M.C. Escher is an artist whose work is as instantly recognisable, yet his name means little to a British audience. Escher was never affiliated to...
Shepard Fairey: Detroit Arrest Warrant Issued For allegedly Tagging Buildings
The American 'Street Artist' Shepard Fairey is being sought by police in Detroit after he allegedly tagged buildings around the city. A...
Gerhard Richter, Douglas Gordon, Jeremy Deller Among Artists At Manchester International Festival
From Thursday 2 July Manchester will be alive with music, dance, theatre - and visual art as Manchester International Festival (2 to 19 July)...
Michael Petry Explores Gender And Craftsmanship In New Pallant House Exhibition
A brand new installation by the multimedia artist Michael Petry (b.1960) in a Queen Anne townhouse, featuring glass sculptures created in...
Islamic State Destroy Two Ancient Tombs At Palmyra
In another act of cultural vandalism Islamic State (IS) has destroyed two ancient Islamic tombs at Palmyra. The reports come a month after the group...
Artlyst Photo Special: Serpentine Galleries Pavilion By Selgascano
Serpentine Galleries is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its world-renowned Pavilion commission, designed by Spanish architects selgascano - and...
Berlin LGBT Exhibition Explores Same-sex Relationships And Non-Conformist Gender Identities
The Deutsches Historisches Museum and the Schwules Museum is presenting a new LGBT exhibition “Homosexuality_ies” from 26 June to 1...
Sotheby’s Record Breaking Impressionist And Modern Art Sale Achieves £178.6m
Sotheby’s June 2015 Evening Sale Impressionist & Modern Art sale has achieved £178.6m / $ 282.1m / €250.9m. This is the Second-Highest Total for...
Cézanne: Temporary Export Bar Placed On Rare Painting
An important Cézanne painting that has been on long-term loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge for almost 30 years is at risk of being...
Carsten Nicolai Examines The psychology Of Colour Perception At Vinyl Factory Space
The Vinyl Factory has announced the European premiere of unicolour, a new work by Carsten Nicolai examining the psychology of colour perception....
