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Nepal’s Important Cultural heritage Feared Destroyed By Deadly Earthquake
The Nepalese government estimates that the earthquake that struck the Kathmandu Valley on Saturday, 25 April, has killed more than 3,000 people and...
Michal Cole Presents Ululation Video Installation At Venice Biennale
Mute-Ululation is a site-specific video installation by British – Israeli artist Michal Cole where the artist addresses her own identity...
Francis Bacon Self-Portraits Resurface And Are Expected To Fetch £30m
Two Francis Bacon self-portraits not seen by the public for some time are going on public display after resurfacing in a private collection....
Vincent Lamouroux Transforms Bates Motel Into An Ephemeral Art Installation
The French artist Vincent Lamouroux has transformed the derelict 'Sunset Pacific Motel,' in Silver Lake into a temporary and ephemeral art...
Madonna Refuses To Loan Frida Kahlo’s My Birth To Detroit Exhibition
Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo were an explosive couple. He carried a pistol. She carried a flask. He romanticised Detroit. She rejected it. But what...
Flight 1 And The Curse Of Arshile Gorky
There have been many stories about the tragedy of the artist, but perhaps none are quite so extreme as the story of Arshile Gorky, a story of...
Jasper Johns’ Assistant Guilty Of Stealing Art Jailed For Eighteen Months
Jasper Johns former assistant has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing artworks from Johns' studio valued at...
Six Museums Shortlisted For 2015 Museum of the Year Art Fund Prize
The nominees are: Dunham Massey (National Trust), Altrincham, IWM London, The MAC, Belfast, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, HM Tower of...
Director Chris Dercon: To Leave Tate Modern To Run Prestigious Theatre
Artlyst had previously noticed an alarming trend with the seeming exodus of London's leading museum directors. This includes the resignation of Neil...
Scottish Artist Bruce McLean’s New Stage Designs Unveiled
The Print Room at the Coronet in London will present the world premiere of As Good A Time As Any, a new play written and directed by Peter Gill,...
Tracey Emin Survey Exhibition Opens At Vienna’s Leopold Museum
From today the Leopold Museum is presenting the first comprehensive exhibition in Vienna featuring more than 80 works by the British artist Tracey...
Lost Ingres Masterpiece Discovered In A Hospital Attic In France
The chance discovery of a painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, located in the town of Lons-le-Saunier, in the French province of Jura, was...