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Earliest British Portrait Of Freed Slave Goes On UK Tour
The National Portrait Gallery has put on display a portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo the first Black, Muslim emancipated slave. It will travel to...
Yinka Shonibare New Ballerina Sculpture Debuts At Opera House
Last week the Royal Opera House received new adornment in the form of a ballerina in a snow globe. The work is by renowned artist Yinka...
Lance Loud Death Of An Alternative American Dream
In 1973 An American Family, a documentary about the darker side of the American suburban dream, first appeared on US television. It is now viewed as...
Bureau Spectacular Creates Walk-In Comic Strip At The AF
For their first solo exhibition outside of North America, Chicago-based architecture practice Bureau Spectacular have transformed The Architecture...
The Rise And Rise Of Performance Art In London
With the opening of 'The Tanks' on 18 July, Tate Modern continues its transformation with the the world’s first museum galleries...
Bruce Lacey Exhibition Explores The Obsessive Process Of Collecting
Exhibition Co Curated By Jeremy Deller At The Camden Arts Centre 7 July - 16 SeptemberBruce Lacey (born 1927) is one of Britain's great...
Francis Bacon And Paula Rego Feature In New Cumbrian Exhibition
Abbot Hall's summer exhibition in Cumbria has mounted an exhibition titled; "Francis Bacon to Paula Rego". It celebrates and explores the work...
Kate Middleton Portrait By Bambi Sells To Brad Pitt
It has been reported that a North London based graffiti artist known as Bambi has sold three works to the serious art collector and actor Brad Pitt...
EURO ART EXCESS INCLUDING WHAT TO SEE AT DOCUMENTA
If it's Tuesday this must be BaselArmed only with a European Rail Pass, a shamefully underused German phrase book and an extravagant six days off...
Aleah Chaplin Wins 2012 BP Portrait Award At NPG
The American portrait artist Aleah Chapin has won the 2012 BP Portrait Award, at London's National Portrait Gallery, for her raw, honest, gentle...
Edvard Munch Norwegian Expressionism Beyond The Scream Tate Modern
2012 is turning out to be a massive year for the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch – with the recent landmark auction of a version of “The...
Alexander Calder In India The Bombay Mix
On 12th January 1955 Alexander and Louisa Calder arrived in Bombay and travelled to Ahmedabad, the home of their hosts Kamalini, Gautam and Gira...