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McJesus Sculpture Sparks Protest At Haifa Museum
Several hundred fundamentalist Christians have staged a protest outside the Haifa Museum of Art in Israel demanding the removal of 'McJesus' a...
Is Pyotr Pavlensky Just An Attention Seeking Muppet
In the aftermath of sentencing the exiled Russian artist Petr (AKA Pyotr) Pavlensky on Thursday, I ask myself why is he doing this? Is it for art?...
Jock McFadyen RA Announced As Coordinator Of 251st Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
The Scottish painter, Jock McFadyen RA will be the coordinator of the 251st Summer Exhibition in 2019. This year’s committee members are Royal...
Elmgreen & Dragset Prada Marfa Honoured With Cameo On The Simpsons
The ever-timely Elmgreen & Dragset have been honoured with a cameo appearence of the “Prada Marfa” Shop installation on an episode of The...
The Shed NY Unveils Buildings Named After Patrons Bloomberg And Tisch
The Shed has announced the opening date and building names for New Yorks newest not for profit artspace. On April 5, 2019 the arts centre which is...
Top Artists Join Forces To Raise Money For Refugee Crisis
Multicolour is a new exhibition and auction fundraiser to support those affected by the global refugee crisis created by Migrate Art. Some of the...
John Ruskin: 200th Anniversary Celebrated With Year-Long Programme
To mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of the influential writer, thinker, artist and social reformer John Ruskin (1819 -1900), galleries,...
Towner Art Gallery To Exhibit Living Collection At London Art Fair
The London Art Fair has partnered with Eastbourne’s Towner Art Gallery to present The Living Collection, an exhibition that celebrates the gallery’s...
Zombie Formalism: Ticking The Right Boxes Be Damned – Edward Lucie-Smith
I’ve been looking again at Georgina Adam’s recently published book, The Dark Side of the Boom (Lund Humphries). It ranges over a wide variety of...
Looking Forward To Art In 2019 – Edward Lucie-Smith
Looking forward to the art year ahead of us – 2019 – there are certain things one notices immediately, in the announcements so far made by various...
New Year’s List 2019 Honours Artists Wearing, Dean and Shonibare
The New Years Honours list 2019 has given a nod to several Visual Artists in this year's presentation. The List reflects the contribution the Visual...
Sister Wendy Beckett Art Historian And Carmelite Nun Dies Age 88
The celebrated art historian and nun Sister Wendy Beckett has died at the age of 88, it has been announced. In the 1980s and 90s she became one of...