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Sixth Annual Passion for Freedom Art Festival Launches in London
The 6th annual Passion for Freedom Art Festival takes place in London from 5th -15th November in the Embassy Tea Gallery (close to Tate Modern) in...
Plaster Casters: V&A Relaunch Cast Court First Opened In 1873
The V&A have announced the re-launch of the newly refurbished Italian sculpture Cast Court. Measuring 24 metres in height, the two...
Ai Weiwei In Collaboration That Shocked Fashion World
Ai Weiwei has caused a confused reaction from the fashion world after he responded to the request to photograph a series of designs for publication....
Hitler Watercolour To Be Auctioned By Weidler In Nuremberg
A painting by Adolf Hitler's will be auctioned off at the Weidler auction house in Nuremberg, Germany later this month, reports the Local. The...
Deptford Stories Launches Mini Arts Festival To Showcase Legends of Deptford
Deptford Stories is more than an exhibition mounted by some very talented artists from the local scene. It is in fact a small arts festival...
Manet Painting Breaks Artist’s Record With £40 Million Sale
A work by Edouard Manet has set a new auction record for the French impressionist. 'Spring', a portrait of a French actress, sold at Christie's in...
Tutankhamun Legend Howard Carter’s Paintings To Be Sold At Bonhams
Howard Carter, the English archaeologist who discovered the tomb of the Boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922 was also a watercolourist , and now three...
Fiona Banner Curates Rarely Seen V-A-C collection Works At The Whitechapel
Fiona Banner chooses rarely seen works from the V-A-C collection by artists including Gerhard Richter, Richard Avedon, Claude Monet and Sigmar...
Olivia Colman Portrait Unveiled As Taylor Wessing Prize Exhibition Opens
The celebrated British actress Olivia Colman is the subject of a striking, newly commissioned photograph which will go on display for the...
Glasgow School Of Art’s Phoenix Bursary To Aid Student Fire Victims
In May of this year when the now infamous fire that broke out devastated Glasgow School of Art's iconic Mackintosh building; the devistation was not...
Boris Johnson Warns Against London Art Funding Cuts
London Mayor Boris Johnson has warned against cutting the capital's arts funding after a group of MPs asked Arts Council England to focus on...
Chinese Film Mogul Purchases Van Gogh’s Masterpiece For £39m
Wang Zhongjun, the chairman of Huayi Brothers film studio in China has purchased Van Gogh's painting "Still Life, Vase with Daisies and Poppies", at...
