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Boris Johnson Denounced UK Government Over Parthenon Marbles What About Now?
As a student, Boris Johnson lambasted UK officials for not allowing the repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles. He even wrote a letter in 1986 to the...
Margaret Keane Kitsch Painter Of Big Eyed Children Dies Aged 94
The painter Margaret Keane, creator of melancholy portraits of big-eyed children, popular in the late 1950s-1960s, has died aged 94. The eyes are...
Victor Pinchuk Donates £10.2m Jeff Koons Balloon Monkey Proceeds To Aid Ukraine
The sale proceeds of Jeff Koons’ iconic Balloon Monkey (Magenta) (2006-13), which sold for £10,136,500 / $12,437,486 / €11,738,067 at Christie’s...
Sam Gilliam Pioneering African American Painter Dies Aged 88
One of the great innovators of postwar American art, Sam Gilliam, has died aged 88. Gilliam invented ways in which painting could be interrogated...
Banksy Bataclan Sad Girl Eight Convicted Of Art Theft
Eight men have been convicted of stealing A Banksy artwork depicting a weeping woman that was taken from the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. The...
Windrush Statue Unveiled – Uta Kögelsberger Wins RA’s Charles Wollaston Award – National Gallery Announces Van Gogh Show for Bicentenary
A group of people representing the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station (22 June 2022) to witness...
Gavin Turk Unveils New Public Sculpture Outside Cambridge Central Station
The British artist Gavin Turk has created a new public artwork Inspired by surrealist artistic methodologies and the 'myth' of the artist. The...
Turner Prize To Be Presented At Towner Eastbourne In 2023
The Turner Prize has announced that it will be presented at Towner Eastbourne in 2023, as the centrepiece of the gallery’s centenary celebrations....
Paula Rego: A Generation’s Defining Figurative Painter Dies Aged 87
Dame Paula Rego, one of the finest UK based figurative painters of her generation, has died suddenly in London aged 87. Her gallery, Victoria Miro...
Isaac Julien Cornelia Parker and Quentin Blake On Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours List
The Queen's Jubilee Birthday Honours list 2022 has given the nod to several people involved in the Visual Arts, including a knighthood for the...
Royal College of Art Unveils New Herzog & de Meuron Campus Upgrade
The Royal College of Art, the world’s leading university of art and design, unveiled its new campus in Battersea, London on 23 May 2022, the most...
Whitechapel Gallery Appoints Gilane Tawadros As New Director
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced that curator and writer, Gilane Tawadros, has been appointed their new Director. Tawadros is currently Chief...