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Culture Secretary Maria Miller Resigns After Back Bench Pressure
The culture Secretary Maria Miller has resigned. She said she is "devastated" that she has let her constituents down. Amid growing pressure on...
Damien Hirst Hires Ghostwriter To Pen Autobiography
For the sake of consistency, YBA Damien Hirst who has been heavily criticised for not making his own art work, has commissioned the ghostwriter...
The Artists Scrapbook Explored In New ICA London Exhibition
The ICA in London explores the medium of a scrapbook in a new exhibition. The scrapbook has been used as a storehouse for memories, to preserve a...
Art Collector Cornelius Gurlitt To Return Claimed Stolen Degenerate Masterpieces
Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of a Nazi era art dealer has come to a co-operative agreement with German authorities to resolve which...
Bridget Riley Unveils New Mural Art At St Mary’s Hospital London
The British artist Bridget Riley, best known for her colourful 'OP Art' paintings and prints has created a 56m-long mural for a corridor at St...
Alan Davie RA Seminal Scottish Painter And Printmaker Dies Age 93
Alan Davie the seminal Scottish painter and printmaker has died aged 93. Born in Grangemouth, near Falkirk on 28 September 1920, the son of a...
Mary Ellen Mark To Be Honoured At Sony World Photography Awards
The American photographer Mary Ellen Mark is this year's recipient of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards’ Outstanding Contribution to...
Will Culture Secretary Maria Miller Be Resigning This Week?
How do you solve a problem like Maria? The buzz in Parliament last week was not about David Cameron's tax breaks for small businesses, but all media...
Leee Black Childers Chronicler Of Drag Queens And Punks Dies
Leee Black Childers, the photographer who captured a generation of New York underground culture, in the 1970s, has died in Los Angeles. He first...
Charles Esche Sao Paulo Biennial 31 Curator Receives Award In New York
Charles Esche, curator of the 31st Sao Paulo Biennial, which will take place from September 6 to December 7, 2014, will receive the Audrey Irmas...
Gustav Klimt Nazi Restitution And The Blockbuster Hollywood Film
A new film covering the subject of Nazi looted art is about to go into pre-production in Hollywood. This time it will star Dame Helen Mirren. The...
Dennis Oppenheim: Systems of Information Rather Than Abstract Gestures
"I have never been able to be what they call a signature artist," he said in one of his final interviews, "Most of my work comes from ideas. I can...