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British Council Announces The Appointment Of Three New Trustees
The British Council has announced three new members to their Board of Trustees, and have confirmed the appointment of one further trustee effective...
National Portrait Gallery Commissions Ben Okri Poem To Freed Slave Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
The Booker Prize winning writer Ben Okri has been commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to write a new poem to be incorporated into a...
Queen’s Sculptress Commissioned To Immortalise Boris Johnson In Bronze
Sculptress to HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Frances Segelman will sculpt Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in recognition of his role in...
Amazon Launches Aggressive Expansion Into Fine Art Sales
Would you buy expensive fine art from Amazon? We will soon find out as Amazon.com, Inc. has announced the launch of Amazon Art a marketplace that...
Caroline Douglas Announced As New Contemporary Art Society Director
The Contemporary Art Society has just announced that Caroline Douglas has been appointed as their new Director from October 2013. Caroline joins the...
David Bowie: Groundbreaking Exhibition Set To Go Live At Cinemas
David Bowie’s sell out retrospective exhibition at the V&A is set to go live at a cinema near you, as the museum prepares to...
Andy Warhol Live Graveside Webcam Honours Artist’s 85th Birthday
"I never understood why when you died, you didn’t just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just...
Bob Dylan To Exhibit Pastel Portraits At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery, London will be exhibiting pastel portraits by Bob Dylan in September. This is the first time his work will have been...
Modern Painting Conservation Techniques Could Be Damaging Museum Masterpieces
New research carried out in Denmark has brought to light that modern techniques commonly used in the preservation of old master paintings could be...
Jeremy Deller Collaborative Work Unveiled For Jupiter Artland Site Specific Commissions
Jupiter Artland has unveiled its 2013 programme, including a new exhibition examining the collaborative work of Jeremy Deller with Alan Kane and a...
Getty Museum Temporarily Prevented From Exporting British Rembrandt
A last ditch chance to raise the £16,500,000 is needed to keep a newly discovered Rembrandt painting in the UK. The Culture Minister Ed Vaizey...
Ron Mueck Sculptures Emerge In Artist’s Rooms At Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The work of the Australian born sculptor Ron Mueck has been unveiled at the Wolverhampton Art Gallery (20 July – 2 November) as part of ARTIST...