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Ai Weiwei Freed At Last
The renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was released on bail today, after state media said he admitted to tax evasion. These are accusations his...
Rare Theo Van Gogh Portrait Discovered
Vincent Van Gogh's brother Theo was his patron, confidant and companion. In his many letters to him, Van Gogh reveals himself as artist and man....
Freda Koblick Abstract Sculptor And Acrylic Pioneer Dies At 90
Freda Koblick the pioneering Abstract sculptor who was one of the first to experiment with acrylic resin has died age 90. The San Francisco artist...
Art In The Streets Cancelled By Brooklyn Museum
The Art in the Streets exhibition which includes work by Banksy and Shepard Fairey currently held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles...
2012 Olympic Poster Artists Unveiled
Twelve Artists have been selected by the organizers of the 2012 Olympics to design the official posters. The list reads like a who's who of A-...
Lord Attenborough Donates Picasso to Leicester Museum
Lord and Lady Attenborough, have loaned 140 Picasso ceramics to the city of Leicester to be displayed at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery....
David Chipperfield Wins Mies van der Rohe Award
British Architect David Chipperfield who recently won the Pritzker Prize has now received the most prestigious European accolade, the Mies van der...
Brian Haw: Mark Wallinger’s Turner Prize Winning Inspiration Dies
Brian Haw the peace campaigner who help set up the peace camp in Parliament Square has died of cancer age 62. in 2007 Haw won a Channel 4 News award...
Jack Smith Kitchen Sink School Realist Painter Dies Aged 82
Jack Smith, the Kitchen Sink realist painter who turned abstractionist has died age 82. Smith was one of four artists associated with the Beaux Arts...
Patti Smith New Photography Exhibitions 2011
October Exhibitions For Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Hartford, Connecticut / Cartier Foundation, Paris Patti Smith (b.1946) The pioneering artist,...
Michael Landy Launches New Art On The Underground
YBA Artist defines what kindness is and how we respond to it YBA Artist Michael Landy, the man who brought us "Breakdown" 2001, the destruction of...
Wim Heldens Painting “Distracted” Wins 2011 BP Portrait Prize
The prize winners for the BP Portrait Award 2011 were announced at the Awards Ceremony on 14 June 2011. The First Prize was awarded to Wim Heldens...