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Christie’s London Post War And Contemporary Auction Realises Over £70m
Christie’s London evening auction of Post-War & Contemporary Art held on 25 June has realised a total of £70,253,225 / $108,470,979...
British Museum: Once Again UK’s Most Popular Visitor Attraction
The British Museum has published their Annual Review 2012/13 and for the 5th year running is the UK's most popular visitor attraction. Celebrating...
D* Face Mural Unveiled In Spitalfields May Be The Largest In London
A monumental mural painted by Street Artist D*Face AKA Dean Stockton, 36, from Dulwich, has appeared on Commercial Street near Spitalfields market....
Howdy Doody Designer Mel Shaw Dies In LA Aged 99
Mel Shaw the American animator, designer and artist who died in LA age 99, last November, was best known for designing the iconic 1950s marionette...
Picasso Cubist Painting Held In International Embezzlement Case
The Department of Justice in Washington has ordered restraint on the 1909 Pablo Picasso painting "Compotier et tasse" – estimated to be worth...
Antoni Gaudi Honoured With Google Doodle On His 161st Birthday
Antoni Gaudí who is celebrated today with a Google Doodle, created some of the most memorable architecture of the early 20th century. He...
Tom of Finland: Crossing Over To The Realm Of Fine Art
I first came across the work of Tom of Finland at the Homotopia exhibition titled, "Fellow Travellers," at Novas Contemporary Urban centre,...
Chi Ming and J S Tan Exhibition Featured At London’s Fine Art Society
The Fine Art Society Contemporary is presenting the work of two bright young stars of the Beijing art world, Chi Ming and J S Tan. Following on from...
Collecting Gauguin: A Glimpse Into Samuel Courtauld’s Collectors Eye in the ’20s
The Courtauld Gallery has one the most important collection of 19th and early 20th century paintings in the United Kingdom. The collection houses...
Gloria Steinem Presents Sackler First Award To Julie Taymor
The iconic Gloria Steinem took centre stage, in the auditorium of the Brooklyn Museum, for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center’s “First Award”, an honor...
Pussy Riot Speak At London’s Southbank Meltdown Festival
This weekend, Emely Neu and Jade French presented a panel discussion about their new book which continues the dialogue of feminism and political...
Andy Warhol’s Pop Empire: A Legacy Of Greed And Mismanagement
On February 22, 1987, Andy Warhol died unexpectedly from complications due to a routine gall bladder operation, leaving a will of only eleven pages....