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Giuseppe Penone New Exhibition For September Whitechapel Gallery
A new exhibition of the work of the Italian artist Giuseppe Penone is going into the Whitechapel Gallery in September. Over the past 45 years Penone...
Unravelling the Provenance Behind Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi
As the masterpiece comes to market for a reported $150 Million what are the legalities behind its export? Leonardo da Vinci was an enigmatic...
Disabled and Deaf Artists Unveiled For London 2012 Paralympics
It's just a week to go until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, The London 2012 Festival presents a ground-breaking series of...
Royal College Of Art Film Director Tony Scott Dies
Tony Scott the 68-year-old film director who studied at the former Sunderland Art School,attended West Hartlepool College of Art and earned a degree...
Judy Chicago Returns To London With Two Autumn Exhibitions
Judy Chicago returns to London after an absents of 23 years with two major new exhibitions. Chicago is a well known figure from the 1970's who...
Why Museums Ban Flash Photography Debunking the Myth
Sometimes it seems that a visit to an art museum or gallery is rigidly structured around a set of universal rules – no eating, no drinking, no...
Unilever Abandons Tate Modern Turbine Hall Commission Sponsorship
Corporate sponsor Unilever is ending its 12-year relationship as the official supporter of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall commission. The project, an...
Thomas Schutte New Serpentine Gallery Exhibition For Autumn
The Serpentine Gallery in London is presenting an exhibition of Thomas Schütte titled Faces and Figures as the highlight of the new autumn...
Bristol Street Art Exhibition Attracts Global Attention – Review
Just because the first half of the Olympics games season is over, it doesn't mean the Olympic spirit is gone. The London 2012 festival which has...
Early Pablo Picasso Portrait Loaned To London’s National Gallery
A rarely exhibited portrait of Bibi la Purée, a famous reprobate in turn-of-the century Paris, was painted by the 20-year-old Picasso when he...
Da Vinci Code Cracked by Discovery In Scottish Farmhouse
Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance master was known for his immense creative genius: his energy and interest in everything conceivable left...
Artists Protest As Pussy Riot Jailed For Two Years
The three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 29,have been...