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Simon Starling Chosen for Tate Britain 2013 Commission
The Turner Prize winning artist Simon Starling (b 1967), has been selected to create a major new project for the Tate Britain Commission 2013,...
Grayson Perry Tapestries Gifted Jointly To Arts And British Council
The Arts Council Collection and British Council, announced today (30 November) the joint acquisition of Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of Small...
Teresa Margolles Wins The £40,000 Artes Mundi 5 International Art Prize
Teresa Margolles has been chosen as the winner of the Artes Mundi 5 prize. The winner was announced in an evening ceremony at National Museum...
Turner prize Artist Douglas Gordon Sculpture Stolen From Christie’s
A Solid gold sculpture by the Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon valued at £500,000 has been stolen from a Christie's storage facility in...
James Abbott McNeill Whistler Exhibition For Dulwich In 2013
Ian A.C. Dejardin the Director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery announced today details of the Gallery’s 2013 programme, which will include the first...
ICA Exhibits Maquettes In Fourth Plinth Contemporary Monument Exhibition
The ICA have compiled an exhibition of scaled Maquettes celebrating the Fourth Plinth commission. Since 1999, the ‘empty’ Northwest plinth in...
Zap Comix Artist Manuel Spain Rodriguez Dies In San Francisco
The pioneering underground comix artist Manuel “Spain” Rodriguez has died, aged 72. Born in Buffalo, NY, Rodriguez built his early cartooning career...
Banksy: Shady Dealings In Excavated Murals Exhibited In Miami
The Keszler Gallery in the Hamptons, New York are exhibiting two Banksy murals removed from Bethlehem in 2007, at an Art Basel Miami Beach satellite...
Conference For Emerging Art Organisers Pack Out Goldsmiths’ Auditorium
The second annual Conference for Emerging Art Organisers arranged by ALISN (Artists-led Initiative Support Network) took place last Saturday at...
Early Photographs Of The Middle East Cairo To Constantinople
In 1862, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) was sent on an educational tour of the Middle East, accompanied by the British photographer...
Willem de Kooning’s Daughter Collapses And Dies In St Thomas
Lisa de Kooning an artist and philanthropist and the only child of the Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning has died at the age of 56....
CARVING IN BRITAIN: MODERNISM EXPLORED IN NEW LONDON EXHIBITION
The Fine Art Society in New Bond Street is presenting an exhibition that tells the story of Carving in Britain from 1910 to the present day. In the...