Opening Night of the 27th BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) spotlights a new documentary 'I Am Divine' about the life and legend of the extraordinary actor, drag queen, performer and singer, born Harris Glen Milstead in Baltimore but known to the...
Barbara Nessim, the highly influential Bronx-born artist and illustrator was in London last night for the launch of an exhibition of her work at the V&A. The display is made up of 100 objects, many works on paper, which represent a significant body of output,...
A new exhibition which explores the experiential and phenomenal aspects of light by bringing together sculptures and installations that use light to sculpt and shape space in different ways has opened at the Hayward Gallery in London. Titled, 'Light Show', the...
HRH The Prince of Wales presented Sir Terence Conran with a medal for Arts Philanthropy on 18 December. The medal celebrate his support of the arts in its widest forms and recognise the contribution of the most inspiring supporters throughout society.Sir Terence...
The National Portrait Gallery, London has announced that a display of contemporary portraits by artist Susan Aldworth depicting sitters with epilepsy will go on show in March 2013. The National Portrait Gallery, London aims to increase the appreciation...
Four globally important national treasures have been saved for display in UK museums in 2011/12. The four works are highlighted in the 58th annual report of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest, published today. The...
Hollywood - A gingham dress with a pinafore worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic film, the Wizard of Oz has sold for £302,000 at auction in Beverly Hills.The blue and white garment realised a respectable price within the high and low estimate guidelines. A...
A Spanish Londoner has won the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 for a picture of a camera shy Bolivian woman. Jordi Ruiz Cirera, 28, who studied at London College of Communication, snapped the photograph of a 26-year-old woman from...
There are only a handful of museum exhibitions that become events each year and the Hollywood Costume exhibition at the V&A certainly falls into this category. It is one of those unpredictable occurrences, when the public engages and embraces an exhibition, that...