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Gustav Klimt Gets A Google Doodle Homage
The life and work of the Austrian Secessionist artist Gustav Klimt is celebrated today with a Google Doodle. His iconic painting of a couple kissing...
Artist Edgar Mueller Turns Portobello Square Into Bottomless Pit
Edgar Mueller the internationally renowned street artist has been commissioned as part of the InTRANSIT Festival to create a large-scale 3D illusion...
ICA Forced To Close Doors In Olympic Period Lockdown
Olympic Security has forced the ICA (Institute Of Contemporary Arts) and the Mall Gallery to shut their doors for a month, during the busy summer...
Second Henry Moore Sculpture Stolen From Hertfordshire Foundation
A bronze sundial by the Modernist British sculptor Henry Moore has been stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation. The sculpture is valued at up to...
Tate Modern Blackout For Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun
‘Over the years, I have been absorbed by phenomena such as light, time, the negotiation of space, compassion and the relation between body,...
Bhopal Installation Highlights Dow Chemical Sponsorship Of 2012 Olympics
A forty-foot multimedia installation by Indian artist Singh Jodha is coming to London on 18th July in time for the Olympics. Most of the work has...
Private Equity Billionaire Outed As Purchaser Of Munch’s The Scream
Apollo Global Management founder Leon Black has been named as the client who purchased the record breaking $120 million painting "The Scream" by the...
Time On Their Side The Rolling Stones At 50
The Rolling Stones have been together for an astonishing 50 years and to celebrate this milestone, a free photographic exhibition documenting the...
Roger Hiorns Turner Nominated Seizure Saved For The Nation
The Arts Council Collection has announced that Untitled (Seizure) by Turner Prize 2009 nominee Roger Hiorns has been saved from demolition and will...
Julian Opie Artists vs Artisans In The Post-Industrial Age – Review
In his seminal article on the relationship between artists and artisans in the postindustrial era, John Roberts wrote; " The artist is no longer...
Impressive Deutsche Borse Photography Prize Exhibition Opens- Review
There's a freshness to the show of this year's nominees for the Deutsche Borse prize at the Photographer's gallery. Whereas in recent years the jury...
Syria Fine Art Embargo To Be Enforced By EU
June of this year saw the confirmation of a luxury goods embargo on Syria by the European Union, a political sanction implementing the EU’s...