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Rebecca Salter PRA Wins £25,000 Genesis Prize
Rebecca Salter, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize. The award is worth £25,000, and...
Paul Kasmin Formative Contemporary Art Dealer Dies Age 60
The London-born art dealer Paul Kasmin (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement....
Italy I Love You My Heart Is With You – Marina Abramović
The Performance Artist Marina Abramović has made a statement to the people of Italy in association with Palazzo Strozzi as part of project IN TOUCH....
Cass Art Shuts All UK Shops
Cass Art has shut all of their stores leaving artists to scramble for supplies. All professionals and students looking to stock up on materials are...
Art And Corona What happens Afterwards – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the contemporary art world goes dark, and as galleries - official spaces and commercial ones - slam shut their doors, one inevitably starts to...
Fourth Plinth Commission Postponed Because Of You Know What
The unveiling of the Fourth Plinth commission, a giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone by Heather...
Frieze New York 2020 Cancelled
Frieze has announced the cancellation of the ninth edition of the Frieze New York art fair. It falls in line with health and safety guidelines...
Art In The Time Of COVID19 – Sue Hubbard
First, the Louvre in Paris closed. Then the galleries in London started to shut their doors, one by one, like the “lamps going out all over Europe”...
Tate Closes Galleries Due To Coronavirus Epidemic
The Tate has just released a press statement informing that it will be closing up shop until May due to COVID19 virus. The British Museum, National...
London Art Gallery Closures Latest COVID19 Updates
All galleries public and private are now closed or online only. The National Gallery has closed due to the Coronavirus. They had already cancelled...
Old Master Paintings Stolen From University Of Oxford Gallery
If you think UK galleries are safe while everyone is panicking from the COVID19 virus think again. Three paintings valued at £12m have been stolen...
Arts Council England Promises Arts Support But Warns Of Closures
Arts Council England has released a statement outlining support for the arts during the COVID 19 crisis. In a statement released today (Sunday 15...
