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V&A Dundee: Planning Permission Granted Building To Start Next Summer
The V&A at Dundee has taken a major step forward as the construction process is set in motion following Dundee City Council's decision yesterday...
Threadneedle Prize 2013 Shortlist For Representational Painting And Sculpture Announced
A special effects artist who has fashioned an ‘urban burka’ from a pair of running trainers, a former artist in residence at the Royal Shakespeare...
Sir Laurie Magnus Appointed New Chairman Of English Heritage
Sir Laurie Magnus has been appointed Chairman of English Heritage by Culture Secretary Maria Miller. Sir Laurie has 35 years’ commercial experience...
Banksy Flower Girl Mural Hacked Off And Repackaged As Gallery Art
Julien’s Auctions in Los Angeles will host its inaugural Street Art auction on Thursday, December 5th, 2013. The event features the sale of Banksy’s...
Hackney WickED Returns For A Weekend Of Art And Festival Fun
The Olympic dust has settled and life has returned to normal (as normal as it gets) in the Wick. The organisers of Hackney WickED are delighted to...
Behold The Monkey Fresco Saved As 40,000 Tourists Visit Church
An elderly parishioner who stunned Spanish cultural officials with an amateur and unauthorised restoration of a prized local fresco of Jesus Christ...
Happy Birthday Herb Ritts August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002
Herbert "Herb" Ritts (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was one of the most influencial American fashion photographers in the late 20th century....
Bob Carlos Clarke Celebrity Portraits Donated To The National Portrait Gallery
An impressive selection of rarely seen celebrity portraits by renowned photographer Bob Carlos Clarke have been donated to the National Portrait...
SHUBBAK FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY ARAB CULTURE ANNOUNCES LONDON THIRD EDITION
The second edition of Shubbak, A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, featuring artists from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,...
Jake and Dinos Chapman Selected To Create Performa 13 Commission
Jake and Dinos Chapman have been commissioned to create a piece for the Performa13 biannual. This New York-based organisation and international...
Abdulnasser Gharem Explores Changing Saudi cultural Landscape In New Exhibition
Edge of Arabia is presenting the first major solo exhibition of work by Abdulnasser Gharem – the most significant Saudi artist of his generation and...
AES+F Digital Project Challenges Perceptions Of Islam In Western Society
The Russian based photo-conceptualist group AES made up of artists Tatyana Arzamasova, Lev Evzovitch, and Evgeny Svyatsky began the Islamic project...