Royal Academy Backdown Over Jess de Wahls Transphobia Row
The Royal Academy of Arts has backed down and apologised to the German textile artist Jess de Wahls over transphobic row.
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23 June 2021
Rembrandt’s Night Watch: Rijksmuseum Recreates Original Lost Composition
Rembrandt's The Night Watch has been recreated in its original form for the first time in 300 years. Visitors to Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam can...
16 June 2021
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Posthumously Wrap L’Arc de Triomphe – MacKenzie Scott Gives $2b to Underfunded Cultural Organisations – Robert Indiana Estate Reaches Legal Battle Closure
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Posthumously Wrap L'Arc de Triomphe - MacKenzie Scott Gives $2b Cultural Organisations - Robert Indiana Estate Reaches Legal Closure
15 June 2021
Sir Tim Berners-Lee Auctions WWW Source Code As NFT
Sir Tim Berners-Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web is to auctions his original source code as an NFT
Venice Biennale Announce Title and Theme – Monumental Kokoschka Triptych On Display At Relaunched Courtauld – QUEERCIRCLE New LGBTQ+ Community Space
La Biennale di Venezia Announce Title and Theme - Monumental Kokoschka Triptych On Display At Relaunched Courtauld - QUEERCIRCLE New LGBTQ+ Community Space
20th Serpentine Pavilion By Counterspace Unveiled – Sarah Hardie Wins Inaugural Soho House Art Prize – Madge Gill: Nature in Mind Exhibition Announced
20th Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled - Sarah Hardie Wins Inaugural Soho House Art Prize - Madge Gill: Nature in Mind Exhibition Announced
3 June 2021
London Launches First Gallery Weekend Initiative
The inaugural edition of London Gallery Weekend, a new initiative celebrating art galleries in the UK capital, launches Friday, 4 June 2021.
Sprüth Magers Takes On John Baldessari Estate – Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue Academics Sign Petition – French Woman Ends Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro
Cecil Rhodes Oxford Statue Academics Sign Petition - French Woman Ends Legal Battle Over Nazi-Looted Pissarro - Sprüth Magers Takes On John Baldessari Estate
Richard Nonas Post-Minimalist sculptor Dies – Victoria Pomery To Leave Turner Contemporary – Banksy Loses Second Copyright Battle
Richard Nonas Post-Minimalist sculptor Dies - Victoria Pomery To Leave Turner Contemporary - Banksy Loses Second Copyright Battle
Eric Carle Artist Illustrator Of Very Hungry Caterpillar Dies Age 91
Eric Carle, the much-loved artist, illustrator, and writer has died at his summer studio in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was 91.
24 May 2021
Super Inclusive Fourth Plinth Proposals Unveiled In London
The latest proposals for the Fourth Plinth commission project in Trafalgar Square were announced in London today.
23 May 2021
Lord Hall National Gallery Chairman Resigns Over Diana Interview – 20th Serpentine Pavilion – Art Basel HK What The Galleries Said
Lord Hall National Gallery Chairman Resigns Over Diana Interview - 20th Serpentine Pavilion - Art Basel HK What The Galleries Said
21 May 2021
The Trouble With The Turner Prize – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Turner Prize continues to be in trouble. The competition has an aim: to single out the best new artists living and working in...
20 May 2021
TEFAF Maastricht Cancels 2021 Art Fair – Rijksmuseum Examines Slavery Past – Robot pAInts Her Way Into Art History
TEFAF Maastricht Cancels 2021 Art Fair - Rijksmuseum Examines Slavery Past Through Art - Robot pAInts Her Way Into Art History
19 May 2021
Liverpool Biennial Launches 11th Edition Titled The Stomach And The Port
The Liverpool Biennial opens today, showcasing nine new exhibitions, bringing together the complete presentation of the 11th Edition
David Hockney Criticised For Childish Tube Sign Design
On the eve of a major new show at the Royal Academy, Britain's best-loved artist David Hockney has been criticised, by members of the...
13 May 2021
Picasso Monet Basquiat and Kusama Brighten Up New York Spring Auctions
Results from the major Modern and Contemporary art sales at Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams' NY has conveyed a message of optimism to the COVID...
Turner Nominated Black Obsidian Sound System Bites The Hand Of Tate
The 2021 Turner Prize nominated artist collective, Black Obsidian Sound System has lashed out at Tate in a statement following their surprise nomination. They...
Turner Prize 2021 Announces Shortlist of Artist Collectives
The shortlist for the Turner Prize 2021 has been revealed by Tate Britain, and for the first time, the Turner Prize jury has selected...
Bill Gates Art Collection And The Divorce – Ackroyd & Harvey 100 Oak Tree Joseph Beuys Homage – Search For Art Fund Museum of the Year
Bill Gates Art Collection And The Divorce - Ackroyd & Harvey 100 Oak Tree Joseph Beuys Homage - Search For Art Fund Museum of...
Eli Broad Philanthropist And Art Collector Dies Age 87
The Philanthropist and entrepreneur Eli Broad, who co-founded with his wife Edye the contemporary art museum, The Broad, in LA has died age 87.
29 April 2021
Art Movers: Leon Black Departs MoMA – Amy Cappellazzo Quits Sotheby’s – England’s Creative Coast
Art Movers: Leon Black Departs MoMa - Amy Cappellazzo Quits Sotheby's - England's Creative Coast
27 April 2021
€1500 Caravaggio Found In Madrid Auction House – Robert Indiana Estate Cheated By Lawyers – Armory Show Announces 2021 Exhibitor List
€1500 Caravaggio Found In Madrid Auction House - Robert Indiana Estate Cheated By Lawyers - Armory Show Announces 2021 Exhibitor List
27 April 2021
Jeff Koons Quits Gagosian and Zwirner For Exclusive Pace Gallery Representation
Jeff Koons has left his long term galleries Gagosian and David Zwirner to be exclusively represented by Pace.
22 April 2021
Nan Goldin Harassed By Sackler PI – Olafur Eliasson Climate Change Initiative – Sotheby’s First Women-Only Artists Sale
Nan Goldin Harassed By Sackler PI - Olafur Eliasson Climate Change Initiative - Sotheby's First Women- Only Artists Sale
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint – Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca – Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington
Researchers Create Whitest White Paint - Yoko Ono Unveils Wish Tree In Washington - Maurizio Cattelan At Pirelli HangarBicocca
Netflix Takes On Gardner Museum Heist – Why Saudi Arabia Refused To Loan Salvator Mundi – theVOV A New Virtual Arts Ecosystem
Netflix Takes On Gardner Museum Heist - Why Saudi Arabia Refused To Loan Salvator Mundi - theVOV A New Virtual Arts Ecosystem
9 April 2021
Frieze Cancels Prestigious Los Angeles 2021 Art Fair
Just when it looked like the LA art scene was recovering from COVID, Frieze LA has found it necessary to cancel its 2021 event
Tracey Emin Announces Bladder Cancer All Clear
In an extensive interview with BBC's Newsnight, Tracey Emin, 57, has spoken candidly about her three-month all clear milestone.
7 April 2021
Van Gogh and Hals Theft Arrest – Bayeux Tapestry Loan In Jeopardy – $55m Picasso At Christie’s
Van Gogh and Hals Theft Arrest - Bayeux Tapestry Loan In Jeopardy - $55m Picasso At Christie's