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Photographer Nan Goldin Welcomes Sackler Decision To Suspend Arts Funding
The activist photographer Nan Goldin, who has staged anti-Sackler protests at leading international museums has welcomed the decision of the family...
Preservation Of A Much Loved Waterloo Public Art Poem – Sue Hubbard
In these grim times, we need all the art we can get. Public art feeds the soul as well as the mind. It provides spaces for contemplation in a gritty...
Art And Money Laundering Why The Global Art Market Needs Regulation
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr,...
Unprecedented $1m Contemporary Art Prize Launched By Japan’s Nomura Holdings
Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced today that it is creating the largest cash award in contemporary visual arts to encourage and nurture creativity....
Foundling Museum: HRH Duchess of Cambridge Becomes Royal Patron
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has announced that she is to become a patron of London's Foundling Museum. This patronage recognises the...
National Portrait Gallery Turns Down £1m Sackler OxyContin Donation
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is the first high profile institution to turn down a £1m grant from the Sackler Trust, over the controversy...
Mike Nelson Unveils The Asset Strippers A Tate Britain Sculpture Commission
Tate Britain has unveiled a major new commissioned work by Mike Nelson. The Asset Strippers has been created for the annual Tate Britain Commission,...
Gavin Turk Unveils The world’s Largest Giant Egg Collaboration
Just in time for Easter, the sensational/YBA artist Gavin Turk has unveiled an ambitious new project in collaboration with Photo London, Somerset...
Okwui Enwezor African Born Curator, Critic And Poet Dies Age 55
Okwui Enwezor the Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator has died of cancer age 55. He lived in New York City and Munich. In 2016,...
George Michael Art Collection Auction Raises £9.4m For Philanthropic Work
The highly anticipated auction of British singer and songwriter George Michael's art collection which captured the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s,...
Duchess Of Cambridge Joins Jenny Saville And Grayson For NPG Gala
The Duchess of Cambridge National Portrait Gallery patron joined, Princess Beatrice of York, Miles Aldridge, Phyllida Barlow, David and Victoria...
Kara Walker To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The African American Artist Kara Walker has been selected to create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern. Walker is renowned for her...