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Alexander McQueen Retrospective Exhibition At V&A Details Announced Today
The V&A has announced details for the only major retrospective in Europe of the work of the visionary fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen....
Effie Gray: Sensual Rossetti Masterpiece Venus Verticordia Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will be offering Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour version of Venus Verticordia in London on 10 December 2014. The...
UK Museums Given £5m Acquisitions Grant By Heritage Lottery Fund
Twenty three nationwide museums and libraries in the UK will benefit from a £5m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). The cash will...
Latitude Announces Six Cutting Edge Brazil Galleries At Frieze London
Latitude is to present six leading Brazilian galleries at London's Frieze Art Fair next week. Highlights include Galeria Fortes...
Conrad Shawcross Commissioned By Francis Crick Institute To Create Major Public Sculpture
The Camden born London artist Conrad Shawcross has been commissioned to create a major piece of public art for the Francis Crick Institute. Paul...
Northern Goddess Unearthed By Archaeologists In South Shields
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums has announced the discovery of a significant Roman sculpture in South Shields. It was uncovered by the...
Disgraced British Fashion Designer John Galliano Lands New Job At Maison Martin Margiela
The disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, age 53, is to make his comeback in the world of couture as the new creative director of the...
Frieze Week Satellite Fair Set For Cavendish Square Car Park
Geoff Leong joins forces again with the dynamic artist-curator duo Vanya Balogh & Cedric Christie to support this years non-profit...
Falcon Fine Art Introduces Finance Borrowing Initiative Against Works Of Art
Tim Hunter the former Director of Impressionist and Modern Art at Christie's is spearheading Falcon Fine Art, a Fine Art subsidiary of the Falcon...
Carsten Höller Gartenkinder: A Space For Children To Be Showcased At Frieze
Carsten Höller’s installation Gartenkinder, a space conceived specially for children, will be shown by Gagosian at Frieze opening on 15...
Rothko Masterpiece Worth $50m To Be Auctioned In New York
Sotheby’s New York will present The Schlumberger Collection this November. The magnificent compendium of Modern and Contemporary masterworks...
West Coast Punk Scene Depicted By Artist Tomata du Plenty
A new exhibition of art created by David Xavier Harrigan, a.k.a., Tomata du Plenty (1948–2000) has opened in Athens Georgia. Mr du Plenty was...
