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Meta Open Arts Unveil London Artworks – Michelle Donelan Is The New UK Culture Secretary – Olafur Eliasson New Online VR and NFT
Meta Open Arts have unveiled newly commissioned artworks for Meta's recently opened London King's Cross offices. Last month Meta revealed a similar...
Yousuf Karsh Portrait of Winston Churchill Stolen – Earliest Keith Haring Radiant Baby Auctioned – Meta Set To Launch Art Filled NY HQ
An iconic portrait of Winston Churchill, executed when he was the British Prime Minister, has been stolen off the wall of an exclusive hotel in...
Spencer Tunick Announces First Gallery Show In Ten Years
Public Interventions will be Spencer Tunick's first gallery show in 10 years and features new and unseen work. Tunick defies genres and transforms...
Michael Heizer: Monumental Earthwork City Unveiled
A monumental earthwork by Michael Heizer (born 1944) has been unveiled in Central Eastern Nevada. City is a monumental sculpture that is a mile and...
Hauser & Wirth Buy Soho’s Groucho Club For £40m
The Groucho Club, an infamous Soho watering hole known for its literary and arty crowd, has been purchased by gallerists Hauser & Wirth for a...
Raymond Briggs Creator Of The Snowman Dies Aged 88 – Issey Miyake Japanese fashion designer Dies Aged 84 – Peter Waldron British Abstract Painter Dies Aged 80
The children's author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best-known for his 1978 book/film The Snowman, has died aged 88. The Snowman went on to win...
Horniman Return Benin Bronzes To Nigeria – Henry Darger Federal Lawsuit Revealed – Green Light For Gormley Alan Turing Sculpture
The Horniman has agreed to return their collection of looted Benin bronzes to Nigeria. The London Museum and Gardens have owned the works since they...
Damien Hirst To Publically Burn Paintings – Samson Kambalu To Unveil Fourth Plinth Commission – Rhea Storr New Art On The Underground Commission
Damien Hirst and HENI will collaborate to present a unique exhibition of paintings from his first NFT collection, The Currency, at Newport Street...
Claes Oldenburg Proto New York Pop Artist Dies Aged 93
Claes Oldenburg, the first-wave Pop Artist who turned everyday objects into hard and soft sculptures, has died aged 93. Pace his Gallery for many...
Documenta Director Sabine Schormann Resigns Over Antisemitism Row – Sotheby’s Sell $2.5m Tables Made From Asbestos – Complete Hilma af Klint Catalogue Raisonné To Be Published
Sabine Schormann, the director general of Documenta, which has been embroiled in an antisemitism row, has resigned from her post. Alexander...
Van Gogh and Modigliani Sketches Discovered Reverso – Museum Of The Year £100k Winner Announced – Harsh New Fines For Damaging Public Sculptures In Britain
A previously unknown self-portrait by the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh has been found on the back of a work by the artist, in the National...
Royal Academy Elects Three Dynamic New Academicians
Three new Royal Academicians have been elected to round off the year. Shirazeh Houshiary, Brian Griffiths and Clare Woods are all sculptors. They...