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Chris Marker : First UK Retrospective Announced For The Whitechapel Gallery
Chris Marker is widely acknowledged as the finest exponent of the ‘essay film’ and is best known as the director of over 60 films includingSans...
Important Gerhard Richter Abstract Expected To Reach £15m At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale in London in February will be led by an exceptional abstract painting by Gerhard Richter. Estimated to...
Phillip Prodger Appointed Curator of Photography At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery, London, has appointed Phillip Prodger, founding Curator of Photography at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem,...
Francis Bacon Portrait of Lover George Dyer To Be Auctioned
A major portrait by Francis Bacon will be offered at Christie's in their upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction on 13 February 2014....
British Museum 255 Year Anniversary Honoured With Google Doodle
The British Museum is celebrating 255 years today (opening 15 January 1759) with a good news report recording record numbers of visitors to the...
Mario Testino Presented With Honorary OBE By Culture Minister Ed Vaizey
Mario Testino the Peruvian-born photographer was today presented with an honorary OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by...
Ryan Gander Creates New Works For Erno Goldfinger’s Willow Road House
Ryan Gander has often chosen intriguing environments over traditional galleries to exhibit his work. His 2011 ‘Locked Room Scenario’ installation,...
Simon Fujiwara Explores A New Breed of British Born Warrior
The Contemporary Art Society have announced Simon Fujiwara as the next artist to exhibit as part of their DISPLAYS series. Fujiwara’s work,...
Major Arte Povera Exhibition To Be Mounted By Christie’s London
Arte Povera artists filled galleries with animals and decaying matter decades before Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. With its idea that humble ‘poor’...
Lady Randolph Churchill Portrait By John Singer Sargent Offered By Provincial Auctioneers
Nye and Company a small New Jersey auctioneers has announced the sale of an extraordinary and historic work by the renowned American portraitist...
Pussy Riot To Attend Prudential Eye Awards In Singapore
The inaugural Prudential Eye Awards celebrate and recognise artistic talent from across greater Asia and will be held at Singapore’s Suntec City on...
Art Dubai Announces Participating Artists For Projects 2014
Art Dubai Projects includes artists and collectives from the Middle East, North Africa and Asia, commissioned to create new works that are exhibited...