"It is almost certainly a preparatory work for an oil painting.” A nude drawing in charcoal which is part of a prominent art collection in France may be a study for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa. A French art expert has stated that the work purchased over 150 years...
Bellotto masterpiece, 'The Fortress of Königstein from the North', which was due to be exported from Britain, has been saved for the nation and goes on display in Trafalgar Square today (Tuesday 22 August 2017). Bernardo Bellotto’s works are among the very greatest of...
Maria Balshaw has been confirmed as the new Director of Tate. She is currently Director of the Whitworth (University of Manchester) and Manchester City Galleries, and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council. The appointment by the gallery’s Board of Trustees...
Arts Council of Wales has announced that artist James Richards has been selected to represent Cymru yn Fenis Wales in Venice at the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale, running from 13 May to 26 November 2017. 26 May 2016 This solo...
The internationally renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz has launched her latest exhibition 'WOMEN: New Portraits’ in London. This is a global tour of new photographs Commissioned by UBS, the exhibition opens to the public on 16 January at...
A large-scale multimedia installation by the Turner Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz will be on show at the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington. “Part File Score” (2014), a recently acquired piece, is based...
An international touring exhibition of newly commissioned photographs by world- renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz focusing on portraits of women has been announced. Launching in London in January 2016, the exhibition will travel to 10 global cities...
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a newly commissioned portrait of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, The painted bronze sculpture, by artist Sean Henry, shows Berners-Lee standing at two-thirds life-size on a tall...
Jacob Appelbaum the notable Wikileaks and Tor Project activist has traveled to Beijing for five days to take part in a collaboration with dissident artist Ai Weiwei, at the invitation of art-meets-tech organization Rhizome, on the occasion of the...