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Christie’s Sets $975m Benchmark For Post War and Contemporary Art Sales
Christie’s has set a new benchmark for the Post-War and Contemporary art market, raising a record total of $975 million and setting 35 new price...
Neil Raitt Announced As Winner Of Catlin Art Prize 2014
Neil Raitt has been announced as the 2014 winner of the Catlin Art Prize. He takes home the £5,000 prize for a new body of work, which includes...
Franz West: A Major New Exhibition At Hepworth Wakefield For Summer
The Hepworth Wakefield is dedicating its gallery spaces to a large-scale exhibition of Franz West, who died in July 2012. West, one of the most...
David Prentice Instrumental In Founding Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery Dies
David Prentice the artist who was instrumental in founding the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham has died age 77. He was also a renowned watercolour...
Asia Society Art Gala Launches Art Basel Hong Kong
More than four hundred of the world’s most distinguished collectors, curators, gallerists and dignitaries gathered this evening to honour four...
H. R. Giger Oscar Winning Biomechanical Painter And Designer Dies
H. R. Giger,the Oscar winning Neo-Surrealist artist who inspired and designed the sets and props for Ridley Scott's Alien film series, has died aged...
Richard Mosse Wins Prestigious Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2014
The Irish Photographer Richard Mosse has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for 2014. At a special ceremony in The Photographers’ Gallery...
David LaChapelle Explores Apocalyptic Luminosity In New Landscapes Exhibition
The celebrated American artist David LaChapelle is presented in a new exhibition of landscapes at Robilant & Voena, in London....
Tehran Museum Could Display Modern Masterpieces After 30 Year Hiatus
A billion pound collection of modern masterpieces which has languished in a storeroom bunker under Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran may...
Mackintosh Architecture: A fresh look at a familiar Icon at The Hunterian
A new exhibition at The Hunterian is set to challenge the customary view of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, offering a fresh look at this familiar icon....
Philipp Geist Installation Ends Year of Germany in Brazil
At the end of the Year of Germany in Brazil 2013/2014, the artist Philipp Geist (Berlin, 1976) develops two light installations in Rio this year;...
Frieze New York: Cultural Temple Or Just Another Trade Show
There are no words for the fatigue I felt after five full hours on my feet, traversing the 29 countries represented in 190 galleries on 250,000...
