For the past 247 years the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition has brought with it a cultural overview of contemporary art in the capital, and this year’s exhibition holds 1,100 works for the avid collector to peruse at their leisure - but [as usual] it might take a...
Art in whatever form – painting, theatre, a child’s potato stamp – is the means by which we express externally an almost infinite range of internal emotions, goals, aspirations, complaints.When it gets it right, it is sublime, and touches many people...
The figures are in for the most visited exhibitions of 2014 and Yayoi Kusama's exhibitions in South and Central America have topped the list with over 9,000 members of the public visiting her exhibition each day. The 86-year-old Japanese...
The creators of the World War One ceramic poppy display at the Tower of London will be honoured today with MBEs by the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace in recognition of the immersive 'Blood Swept Lands And Seas Of Red'. Sculptor Paul Cummins, 37, is...
Paul Cummins the artist behind the poppy installation at the Tower of London has revealed that he received death threats as a result of the artwork.The threats were sent via email, phone and letter and were in relation to services charities benefiting from the...
Ebay has released a map of the most popular searches for artists in the US. This State by State guide is a milestone for defining the popularity of artists, some household names, some not at all recognisable to the international art community. The US is the worlds...
Brave new Minecraft Worlds inspired by Art invade Tate who have teamed up with leading Minecraft mapmakers to create virtual 3-D worlds inspired by artworks. The virtual environments or ‘maps’ known as Tate Worldsare based on paintings and...
With the recent removal of Paul Mccarthy's 'Tree' sculpture from Place Vendome, in Paris after the Parisian meltdown that took place over the work as it resembled a particular type of sex toy; even causing an unknown assailant to slap McCarthy in the face - three...
To mark the 100 year anniversary of the First World War, which began at 23:00 on 4 August 1914 and continued until 11 November 1918, the Tower of London is mounting a major new installation, 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' is an evolving installation by...