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Warhol Exhibition Explores Sixty Artists Influenced By Andy
Andy Warhol has exerted an enormous impact on contemporary art. For decades, critics have observed this phenomenon but no exhibition has yet...
Maurizio Cattelan Erects Hitler Praying Sculpture In Warsaw Ghetto
A sculpture of Adolf Hitler, praying on his knees by the well known Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, has created controversy after it was installed...
Art Installation Sees 300 Illuminated Paper Boats Sail On Thames
Voyage, is an installation by Aether & Hemera consisting of 300 illuminated floating ‘paper boats, encased in coloured dynamic LED lights...
Tracey Emin and Quentin Blake Receive New Years Honours
The YBA artist Tracey Emin becomes a CBE, Quentin Blake Receives a Knighthood and the Sculptor Richard Long an OBE in this years New Years Honours...
Cutting Into January: London Art Exhibitions By Paul Carey- Kent
Perhaps I could warm up by recommending three shows I’m writing about for other places: * the two venue retrospective of Sanja...
Lady Gaga Documentary The Creation Of Artpop And You
Lady Gaga has always known how to mix art with popular culture. Her art school background seems to surface at every opportunity. Now the mega...
Contemporary Artists, Critics and Industry Insiders Who Have Died In 2012
In Memoriam: 2012 has been a devastating year by virtue of the numbers of truly remarkable artists, critics, curators, gallerists and industry...
Ai Weiwei Publishes His Answer To Mao’s Little Red Book
The Dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei has published his answer to Mao Tse-Tung's Little Red Book. Titled Ai Weiwei-isms it is a collection of the...
Tracey Emin Selected To Create Erotic Art For Playboy
Tracey Emin and Cindy Sherman both Royal Academicians are among seven artists chosen to create an original work of art for Playboy Magazine. Playboy...
Tommy Roberts Swinging Sixties Style Guru Dies Aged 70
Tommy Roberts, who died last week, left an enormous five decade mark on UK culture, as an integral part of Swinging London in the 1960s, the glam...
Kitsch Sells! Green Lady Artist Tretchikoff Achieves £337,000 At Auction
2012 was a year of surprises in the London auction rooms. It wasn't only Munch, Picasso and Warhol that made the headlines. South African artist,...
Banksy ‘ll Fix It Controversial Mural Removed By BBC Television Bosses
A Banksy style mural has been destroyed by the BBC to avoid drawing attention to the Jimmy Savile scandal. It's not clear who the actual...