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Tracey Emin Unveils My Bed At Tate Britain Fifteen Years Later
The Turner Prize nominated My Bed, 1998, by Tracey Emin will be unveiled as one of the highlights of Tate Britain’s newly rehung displays, opening...
William Pye Bronze Sculpture Stolen From The Watts Gallery
Another major bronze theft has taken place, this time at the newly renovated Watts Gallery in Surrey. It is now thought that heavy scale specialist...
Cy Twombly Sculpture Toppled And Damaged By Museum Visitor
A rare sculpture (Untitled 1954) by the 20th century artist Cy Twombly was accidentally knocked over last week, causing thousands of pounds worth of...
Venice Biennale 56 Sees More Exhibiting Artists From Asia-Pacific
Earlier this month the list of the selected artists for the 56th Venice Biennale by curator Okwui Enwezor was released: 136 artists from 53...
Picasso Bass Beer Painting Worth £10m Confiscated By Italian Police
The ownership of an Analytic cubist painting depicting a violin with a bottle of Bass beer dating from 1912, by the Spanish born French artist Pablo...
Doug Aitken Station to Station Project To Take Over The Barbican In June
This summer Doug Aitken’s project Station to Station: A 30 Day Happening, takes over the Barbican from Saturday 27 June with more than 100...
Made in Britain Auction At Sotheby’s Creates Ten New World Records
Sotheby’s Made in Britain sale, a dedicated auction celebrating the diversity of British art from 1900 to today has created ten new records for...
Grayson Perry Appointed As Royal Academy Trustee of the British Museum
The Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry CBE RA has been appointed as the Royal Academy’s nomination to the British Museum Board of Trustees....
New Diana Thater Installation Opens At Hauser & Wirth London
Hauser & Wirth London presents 'Life is a Time-Based Medium', a new video installation by Diana Thater. The work comprises footage from the...
Ai Weiwei And Joan Baez Given Amnesty International’s Ambassador Of Conscience Award
The top 2015 human rights award from Amnesty International - the non-governmental and non-profit organisation focused on human rights - has been...
Albert Irvin RA English Abstract Expressionist Dies Aged 92
Albert Henry Thomas Irvin OBE, the English Abstract Expressionist painter, was born 21 August 1922. During World War II, he was evacuated from...
Jonathan Horowitz: 304.8cm Paintings To Open At Sadie Coles HQ
Sadie Coles HQ presents Jonathan Horowitz’s spring 2015 exhibition '304.8cm Paintings', featuring a new series of paintings traversing themes of art...