This summer a massive Jackson Pollock canvas will make the journey from Iowa to Los Angeles for restoration work. Painted nearly 70 years ago “Mural” is in need of a bit of a facelift due to its size and varnish.“Mural” is an expansive...
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National Portrait Gallery Acquires 18th Century Transvestite Portrait
The LGBT community is thrilled at the NPG London's acquisition of a painted portrait of a male transvestite. The subject dressed in women’s clothing was painted in 1792, it depicts Britain’s first celebrated male cross-dresser. Lost since 1926, this...
French Hold UK Gallery Hostage For Stolen Painting
French government places an export ban on ‘stolen’ 17th Century painting being displayed at a French art fair by London’s Weiss galleryThe Carrying of the Cross by the French master Nicolas Tournier had been bought last year for 400,000 euros by the...
New Warhol Exhibition Opens In Bexhill
'Warhol is Here', a new exhibition which is part of the Artists Rooms series sponsored by Tate Modern and The National Galleries Of Scotland is a legacy of the remarkable donation of hundreds of contemporary masterpieces by collector/dealer Anthony d'offay. The...
Imperial War Museum Launches 9/11 Exhibition
10th Anniversary Marked by multiple showsOn the morning of 11 September 2001, nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger planes in the United States. Two planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, causing both...
New Contemporary and Modern Galleries For National Museum Cardiff
The Welsh Assembly Government, Trusts, Foundations and individuals have made possible major building and refurbishment work to the Cardiff National Museum. The work is now well underway to the west wing galleries set to open this summer. This important regeneration...
Fourth Plinth Sculpture Winners Announced
A giant blue rooster by Katharina Fritsch and a curly haired boy on a rocking horse by Elmgreen & Dragset are the next two sculptures chosen for the Fourth Plinth platform in London’s Trafalgar Square. Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the winners this...
Fourth Plinth Shortlist Designs Unveiled Today
London - The Artists shortlist (2010/2011) for the next commission to go on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has now been revealed and the designs will be unveiled later today. Brian Griffiths, Allora & Calzadilla, Hew Locke Elmgreen & Dragset, Katharina...