A bronze sculpture by Henry Moore that was the subject of an ownership battle when corrupt former mayor Lutfer Rahman attempted to sell it for millions at auction, has been reinstated in East London. The work of art had been on loan to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park...
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Mark Dean Projects Stations of the Cross Videos On Henry Moore Altar
Over the Easter period, St Stephen Walbrook, was involved in Stations 2017, a two-part artwork based on the Stations of the Cross and the Stations of the Resurrection. The first part of this project involved the artist Mark Dean in projecting filmed Stations of the...
Henry Moore Foundation At Forty Reveals Artist Still Relevant Force
My first introduction to Henry Moore took place in Toronto which houses the most important collection of the artist’s work. It only wound up in Canada after Tate refused to accept the sculptor’s gift of some forty major works due to the stipulation of the gift which...
Henry Moore: £24.7m Auction Record For Important Festival Of Britain Masterpiece
Henry Moore’s ground-breaking 1951 modernist sculpture Reclining Figure: Festival (£24.7m) led Christie's 250th anniversary auction Defining British Art on 30 June, the sale achieved £99,479,500/$133,203,051 — which...
Henry Moore 1951 Festival of Britain Bronze Hits Auction Block
A rare Henry Moore 1951 modernist bronze sculpture 'Reclining Figure’ created for the Festival of Britain, will lead the sculpture section of Christie’s 250th anniversary auction, Defining British Art, in London on 30 June...
Henry Moore: Unknown Drawing Offered At Bonhams Modern British Art Sale
In 1952, the world famous artist Henry Moore was invited to provide a design as part of a Christmas fundraising project for a new charity. The artist's contribution, Madonna and Child, was used on mail labels during the festive period to raise awareness for the...
Happy Birthday Henry Moore A Giant Of 20th Century Art
Happy Birthday Henry Moore! One of the giants of 20th century art. Moore was born to a mining family in West Yorkshire, England in 1898. He died in East Hertfordshire, England in 1986. His public commissions occupy university campuses, pastoral expanses and major...
High Court Rules Henry Moore’s ‘Old Flo’ Belongs To East London Council
The new Mayor of Tower Hamlets has scrapped his disgraced predecessor's decision to sell Henry Moore's 'Old Flo'. The public sculpture's real title being Draped Seated Woman (1957-58) which is in fact the property of Tower Hamlets Council, the High Court in London...
BALTIC Director Godfrey Worsdale To Take Up Henry Moore Foundation Post
The director of BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, Godfrey Worsdale, will leave his position in July 2015 to take up the role of director at The Henry Moore Foundation, in Leeds.“Godfrey has made an outstanding contribution to BALTIC during his...