A rare bronze sculpture of a horse by the 19th century French Impressionist master, Edgar Degas, has found a permanent home alongside other works at the National Museum of Art in Cardiff. The work, which is expected to become a star-attraction, has been accepted in...
Dinos Chapman who is better known as one half of the Brit art duo the Chapman Brothers is releasing an album. Titled Luftbobler after the sort of bubble you find in an Aero chocolate bar, it is a hybred of ambient (if that term is still allowable) and electronic House...
Christie's London, Winter Impressionist & Modern Evening Sale titled, 'FROM FIGURATION TO ABSTRACTION', set to fall under the hammer at King Street in February, is expected to top 100m in sales. The auction marks the start of the first major series of sales of the...
Art is usually a subject that gets missed off of the popular year end roundups, but as I sit here in our editorial office, reminiscing about the year end I can think of a number of stories that are worthy of a reminder. Here is the first six months in this two...
What is movement? Ok, fine, maybe we know what movement is, but how should we think about it? In the medieval period medicine considered movement to equal life, and stasis to be death – a supposed aetiology of the black plague was “stagnant air”, and...
The most important museum opening in 2013 is the Grand Opening of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on 13 April after a 10 year closure. The renovation, which has completely transformed and renewed the historic building, is one of the most significant ever undertaken...
The Leopold Museum in Vienna has sparked controversy with its latest exhibition “Naked Men” on show from October 2012 until January 2013. Posters for the show scattered around Vienna have been covered up with red gaffer tape and some near schools have been...
A short article in McSweeney’s online magazine ran as follows: “List of Bronze-Age Memes: 1) Bronze”. I mention this because I think it is funny, and because to describe bronze as a meme is quite an interesting way of looking at it: something that...
Tracey Emin may not have won the Turner Prize for her unmade bed, but she is a local hero in Margate, almost single handedly promoting the regeneration of this shabby seaside town. Emin looks ecstatic as she, yet again became the centre of attention, saying carrying...