The British artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers has been announced as the second winner of the EYE Art & Film Prize 2016 at a ceremony in Amsterdam’s EYE Filmmuseum on 7 April 2016. He received the £25,000 GBP prize to fund the making...
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Richard Wilson Explores Artist Duos For 248th RA Summer Exhibition
The British sculptor and Royal Academician Richard Wilson who is to coordinate this year's Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition has announced the artist duos to be hung in his room. The show will comprise of a range of media, the Summer Exhibition, the...
Activists Target British Museum’s Links With Oil Giant BP
Anti BP Oil Activists staged a demonstration inside London's leading museum yesterday in protest of the institutions continuing sponsorship with the energy giant BP. A group of at least twenty demonstrators organised a "disobedient exhibition" inside...
Sean Scully Receives Harper’s Bazaar Art International Artist of the Year Award
Sean Scully, one of the leading abstract painters of his generation is the recipient of this year’s Harper's Bazaar Art International Artist of the Year Award. The prize which was awarded for “the artist’s outstanding performance in...
Art Dubai Tenth Edition Closes With Record Sales And Attendance
Art Dubai’s tenth edition closed last night with participating galleries and artists reporting one of the most successful years of the fair to date. Welcoming international and regional artists, collectors, private museums, institutions, and curators from over 90...
Tenth XL Catlin Art Prize 2016 Announces Outstanding Finalists
Celebrating its 10th year, the finalists for the XL Catlin Art Prize 2016 have been announced. This curated exhibition is now firmly established as an influential showcase for the most outstanding artists from UK art schools.This year’s finalists...
Joan Jonas Presented With Third Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award
The American artist Joan Jonas has been presented with the third Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon award at a gala dinner at Christ Church Spitalfields, east London. Director Iwona Blazwick of of the Whitechapel Gallery welcomed the 110...
Contemporary Art from China To Be Shown At Qatar Museums
A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is to open at the Qatar Museums in March. The exhibition aims to illuminate a set of current practices...
Brazilian Artist Tonico Lemos Auad Announced For De La Warr Pavilion
Brazilian artist Tonico Lemos Auad is to have his first solo exhibition for a UK public gallery, responds to the natural environment and architecture of De La Warr Pavilion. Inspired by the sea, coast and gardening, Auad draws together...