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Lucian Freud Bequeaths Vast Sum To Studio Assistant
The British artist Lucian Freud has left an amazing £96 million in his will making that the largest sum ever to have been entrusted by a...
Gered Mankowitz Photographic Retrospective Opens In London
Iconic photos covering four decades on view at SnapA brand new exhibition highlighting the career of veteran photographer Gered...
Happy Birthday Picasso’s Patron & Gertrude Stein’s Lover Alice Toklas
Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) is best remembered as the pseudo-subject of Gertrude Stein’s memoirs, but this American woman was an integral...
Rare Marilyn Monroe Photo Portfolio To Be Sold
Bonham's Offers Complete Bert Stren Set Of Monroe Prints -Bert Stern may not have been the first photographer to capture Marilyn Monroe, but he was...
Gavin Turk Has His Fairytale Wedding In Bexley
Gavin Turk, the 44 year old artist and his long time girlfriend Deborah Curtis were married yesterday as part of an elaborate art installation. The...
David Weiss Swiss Conceptual Artist Dies Aged 66
David Weiss, one half of the Swiss conceptual art duo Fischli + Weiss, passed away on 27 April 2012, after battling cancer since September. Weiss...
Ai Weiwei Miniature Installation Unveiled in London
Ai Weiwei is back in London. This time on a much smaller scale than his last pieces presented at the Tate Modern or his Imperial fountain at...
Zhukova & Koolhaas Pilot Russian Art Revival With New Garage Gallery
Dasha Zhukova – famous for being the daughter of a Russian oil magnate, a stunningly beautiful celebutante, and for almost...
Brighton Promises Biggest Ever Visual Art Festival
With significant funding from Arts Council England, HOUSE 2012 promises to be the most ambitious visual arts festival in Brighton to date. Working...
Cy Twombly Last Paintings To Be Revealed By Gagosian
In tribute to the late great Cy Twombly, Gagosian Gallery is to present his last paintings and one hundred of his photographs, ranging from...
Visual Art Rivals Music For Supremacy In London 2012 Festival Programme
Thomas Keane takes a look at the visual art highlights announced today for the London 2012 Festival – the summer climax of the Cultural...
Feminist Artist Penelope Slinger New London Exhibition
Riflemaker mount first public exhibition of her work in forty years. The art and the life of Penelope Slinger (b.1947 London) are inextricably...
