The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has announced the 2019 recipients of Awards for Artists, one of the most significant philanthropic awards for visual artists and composers in the UK. Launched in 1994, the awards support visual artists and composers with financial...
Yayoi Kusama, The world-renowned Japanese artist, has designed a balloon for this year's iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It will take 40 people to navigate the three-story high inflatable. Kusama’s balloon titled 'Love Flies Up to the Sky' makes its debut in...
John Giorno whose legendary influence as an artist-poet stemming from the expansive and multidisciplinary nature of his work has died age 82. Sperone Westwater Gallery NY who opened their first solo show of his work on the 5th September announced his death yesterday....
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, unveiled the new design of the £20 note featuring the artist JMW Turner. The ceremony took place at Turner Contemporary in Margate. A feature on the note is a depiction of the popular gallery designed by the British...
A travel-themed pop-up sponsored by Montblanc in collaboration with the London contemporary artist, Philip Colbert opens between 15 – 20 October at 47 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market. The pop-up and trolleys act as vehicles to transport visitors to my personal...
Frieze London is in full throttle with day two of the previews underway at the time of writing. I spent the first day walking around with curator Lee Cavaliere and artist-writer Michael Petry, a much less taxing way of seeing as we were immersed in conversation. Each...
A shop by the Street Artist Banksy has appeared overnight at an empty retail premises in Croydon. The installation has been timed to coincide with the 'big bucks' international art fair Frieze. Croydon couldn't be further away from the heavyweight 'art' business going...
The V&A will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael's death by transforming the way museum visitors experience the highly important Raphael Cartoons, loaned to the V&A from the Royal Collection by Her Majesty The Queen. A unique Renaissance treasure, both in...
“I want to be my own connection to America,” Amy Sherald tells the rapt audience, at her spectacular inaugural show at Hauser & Wirth. The compelling portrait show depicts youngish people who pop from their monochromatic backgrounds. I have the power to create...