Bridget Riley Unveils New British School At Rome Painted Ceiling
Bridget Riley has unveiled a painted ceiling for the British School of Rome (BSR) Riley has created many murals and wall paintings but this is her first ceiling painting.
4 May 2023
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Royal Sculptor Frances Segelman Unveils King Charles Sculpture Ahead Of Coronation
Ahead of the Coronation, Royal sculptor Frances Segelman has created a new bronze sculpture of King Charles III.
4 May 2023
France Set To Release Recommendations On Cultural Restitution
France is set to release their long-awaited policy report on the restitution of cultural property—the guidelines for returning looted artworks from Nazi occupation and stolen artefacts from the colonial period.
4 May 2023
Warhol Painting Of OJ Simpson Goes Under The Hammer At Phillips
A silkscreen portrait on canvas of the controversial football player OJ Simpson by the Pop Artist Andy Warhol is to be auctioned by Phillips in New York.
1 May 2023
Karin Hindsbo To Succeed Frances Morris As New Director Of Tate Modern
Karin Hindsbo, Director of The National Museum, Oslo, has been appointed the new Director of Tate Modern. She will replace Frances Morris, who has been at the helm of the job for the last seven years.
29 April 2023
Turner Prize 2023 Shortlist Announced By Tate And Towner Eastbourne
The four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2023 was announced by Tate today. They are Jesse Darling, Ghislaine Leung, Rory Pilgrim and Barbara Walker.
27 April 2023
Royal Academy Schools Partner With Claridges Creating New £30k Art Prize
The Royal Academy of Arts and Claridge’s have announced a partnership to create The Claridge’s/Royal Academy Schools Art Prize.
26 April 2023
More Sackler Pain at Harvard – Damien Hirst’s 9 Day £20m Windfall -Texas Princess Evicted In Rome
News In Brief: Harvard Students have been protesting at the University’s Arthur M. Sackler Museum….
24 April 2023
Paisley Art Institute Made Homeless After 147 Years – Clare Henry
A total fiasco is taking place in Paisley. The Art Galleries are gone, replaced by 60 digital displays, a café, picnic areas and a museum.
24 April 2023
UK Government Endorses Seven Sites For UNESCO World Heritage Status
The UK Government has revealed the seven places it supports to win UNESCO World Heritage Status.
18 April 2023
Monica Lewinsky Poses For New York Artist Marilyn Minter – Damien Hirst Sculpture Knocked Off Its Plinth By Rolls Royce
Monica Lewinsky Poses For New York Artist Marilyn Minter – Damien Hirst Sculpture…
13 April 2023
Damien Hirst Puts The Spin On NFTs – Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai New Joint Ownership
Damien Hirst has released a new series of his ‘Spin” artworks a digital and physical creation using machine learning algorithms.
6 April 2023
Global Art Market Resilient: Art Basel/UBS Release Annual Report
The art market has again bucked the trend remaining buoyant throughout the post-pandemic fiscal year.
4 April 2023
Dominique White Wins 9th Max Mara Art Prize For Women
Max Mara, Whitechapel Gallery and Collezione Maramotti have announced Dominique White (b. 1993) as the winner of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
28 March 2023
Museum Visitor Figures Bounce Back Following Disruptive COVID Pandemic
Following the uncertainty and disruption caused by lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gallerygoers are finally returning to exhibitions at major museums worldwide.
28 March 2023
Ai Weiwei Unveils Lego Monet Water Lilies At Design Museum – Suffragette Millicent Garrett Fawcett Portrait Acquired By Parliament’s Art Collection
Ai Weiwei Unveils Lego Monet Water Lilies
27 March 2023
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 – What The Dealers Said – Artlyst
The 2023 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong finished yesterday with optimistic sales reports and a sigh of relief at the return of pre-COVID attendance figures.
26 March 2023
New Banksy Mural Reduced To A Cloud Of Dust
Banksy created a new mural which appeared on the wall of a derelict farmhouse in the seaside town of Herne Bay, Kent
16 March 2023
Phyllida Barlow English Artist And Educator Dies Aged 78
Phyllida Barlow was a much-loved teacher at the Slade for nearly half a century. She had several illustrious students, including… Read More
13 March 2023
British Architect David Chipperfield Wins 2023 Pritzker Prize
Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH has won the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He is best known as a civic architect, urban planner, and activist.
9 March 2023
Blueprints Museum: An Interactive Devised Production At MOCA London
Blueprints Museum: An Interactive Devised Production At MOCA London
9 March 2023
David Bowie Archive Gifted To The V&A – Raphael Flaget Madonna Could Be The Real Deal – Tim Whiten Awarded 2022 Gershon Iskowitz Prize
David Bowie Archive Gifted To The V&A – Raphael Flaget Madonna Could Be The Real Deal – Tim Whiten Awarded… Read More
23 February 2023
Ghana-born El Anatsui To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The Ghana-born artist El Anatsui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern. He is one of the leading lights of contemporary African artists working internationally today.
22 February 2023
Frieze Los Angeles 2023 – What The Dealers Had To Say
Frieze Los Angeles has returned for the Largest edition of the Fair Yet, With Strong Sales, International Attendance….
20 February 2023
New Banksy Rearranged By Margate Council – Ronald S. Lauder Compensates Family For Restitution Klimt – Bob Ross Biopic Is Fiction Not Fact
A local council partially disassembled a new Banksy mural installation in Margate celebrating Valentine’s Day as it contained a broken freezer deemed dangerous.
16 February 2023
Gilbert & George Launch Private London Art Centre and Archive
Underpinned by the artists’ ethos’ Art for All’, The Gilbert & George Centre launches as a permanent HQ for Gilbert & George’s artistic legacy
15 February 2023
Veronica Ryan, Barbara Walker And Roger Hiorns Newly Elected As Royal Academicians
The Royal Academy of Arts has elected Veronica Ryan, Barbara Walker And Roger Hiorns as new Royal Academicians, at a recent General Assembly meeting. An honorary Royal Academician was given to Kerry James Marshall Hon RA and Professor Ngaire Woods CBE becomes an Honorary Fellow.
9 February 2023
Masterpiece Fair Relaunches Under New Branding – Photo London Welcomes New Fair Director Kamiar Maleki
The co-founders of the now defunct Masterpiece fair, cancelled last month by the MCH Group, owners of Art Basel, are reviving the fair in time for Summer
9 February 2023
US Cracks Down On Christie’s And Sotheby’s Russian Money Laundering – Damien Hirst Quietly Donates £8m To NHS – Anish Kapoor Unveils New York ‘Bean Style’ Public Monument
US Cracks Down On Christie’s And Sotheby’s Russian Money Laundering – Damien Hirst Quietly Donates £8m To NHS – Anish Kapoor Unveils New York ‘Bean Style’ Public Monument
6 February 2023
Tate Modern Loses Privacy Court Case With Goldfish Bowl Luxury Flats
Tate Modern has lost their case with residents of the Neo Bankside luxury development after a high court ruling. The lawsuit has dragged on for several years.
1 February 2023
Alfred Leslie: Leading New York Beat Painter And Filmmaker Dies Aged 95
The leading New York ‘Beat’ Painter and filmmaker Alfred Leslie has died aged 95. Leslie was born in the Bronx in 1927 and lived and worked in Manhattan.
31 January 2023
More Restitution Problems For Picasso, Van Gogh And British Museum Antiquities
Restitution is proving to be a complex and challenging problem for many museums and private collections. This week alone, several cases have been filed. Reputations that were once beyond question have now been brought into question.
25 January 2023