2 August 2018
Grayson Perry Seeks Early Ceramic Works For Holburne Museum Exhibition
The Holburne Museum in Bath have asked collectors to lend early ceramic works by the Turner Prize winning, transvestite artist Grayson Perry. In an...
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31 July 2018
Disputed Cranach the Elder Paintings To Remain At Norton Simon Museum
The disputed Lucas Cranach the Elder's paintings of Adam and Eve, a highlight of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California
27 July 2018
Sir Charles Saumarez Smith Joins Blain|Southern As Senior Gallery Director
Sir Charles Saumarez Smith is to join Blain|Southern as Senior Director of the gallery. The appointment was announced today 27 July 2018
25 July 2018
National Portrait Gallery To Exhibit Works Regionally Associated With Sitters
The National Portrait Gallery, London has announced Coming Home, a simple but powerful idea that will see the NPG lend 50 of their most...
25 July 2018
Facebook Sent-Up By Flemish Tourist Board After Rubens Painting Ban
The Flemish tourist board has created a video protesting Facebooks continued censorship of old master paintings on their social media site. The government sponsored...
25 July 2018
Christie’s Record £3bn Half-Year Figures Eclipses Sotheby’s
A 26% rise has been reported at Christie’s with overall sales to almost £3bn ($4bn, up 35%) compared to £2.35bn in the first half...
24 July 2018
Visit The Courtauld Gallery Before It Closes For £50m Refurbishment
This summer will be the last chance to visit The Courtauld Gallery before it closes on 3 September for a two-year or more and...
23 July 2018
Late De Kooning Paintings Discovered In Storage Unit – Are They Real?
A Chelsea (New York), art/antiques dealer, claims to have found six late paintings by the Abstract Expressionist Willem De Kooning in a New Jersey...
18 July 2018
Pompeii And Contemporary Art Merge In Newcastle University Site-Specific Installation
For the first time, a new project merges contemporary artworks installed among the ancient ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, creating two art venues in...
15 July 2018
Bill Viola Launches First Experimental Interactive Art Game
The Night Journey (2007-2018) is one of the first experimental art games ever made. A collaboration between renowned media artist Bill Viola
15 July 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 Launches In Liverpool – First Photos
New Contemporaries has opened in Liverpool to coincide with the 20th birthday of the Liverpool Biennial. The exhibition selected from recent graduates of UK...
14 July 2018
John Moores Painting Prize 2018 Jacqui Hallum Wins Top Prize
The winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2018 was announced on Thursday 12 July in Liverpool. The artist, Jacqui Hallum with her painting...
Liverpool Readies For 20th Anniversary Biennial
Liverpool Biennial, the UK biennial of contemporary art, launches its 20th anniversary this week. Taking place over 15 weeks across the city in public spaces,...
10 July 2018
Missing Elisabeth Frink Horse And Rider Reappears In New Bond Street
When I went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition this year I noticed that Dame Elisabeth Frink’s iconic Horse and Rider located in front...
9 July 2018
Ugo Rondinone To Create Monolithic Sculpture At Royal Albert Dock Liverpool
The Liverpool Biennial and Tate Liverpool have announced a new joint project with the internationally acclaimed artist Ugo Rondinone.
8 July 2018
JMW Turner Watercolour Sold In London Auction Room For £100 Exhibited
Research and scientific analysis have created compelling evidence that a small watercolour painting, currently on view at Abbotsford, near Melrose, the former home of...
7 July 2018
Tate St Ives Wins Art Fund Museum Of The Year 2018 Award
Tate St Ives has won the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 award.
4 July 2018
Frieze Sculpture Park Opens – Here’s What Edward Lucie-Smith Thought
The Frieze open-air sculpture park opened in the English Garden at Regent’s Park on July 4th, overlapping by a day with the Masterpiece art...
4 July 2018
Gurlitt Cezanne – Kunstmuseum And Cezanne Family Reach Agreement Over Painting
The Kunstmuseum Bern and the Cezanne Estate have reached an agreement over an important work by the Post Impressionist painter,
3 July 2018
Lucian Freud Landscape Discovered Under Suffolk Sign Painter’s Canvas
A landscape painting depicting trees and a bridge over a stream attributed to the British artist Lucian Freud has been uncovered after conservators painstakingly...
2 July 2018
Art Night 2018 – What To See – What To Do
London once again is gearing up for Art Night this Saturday 7 July from 6 pm to 6 am. Art Night is London’s largest...
2 July 2018
International British Artists Release Prints To Support London’s Busiest NHS Hospitals
Peter Blake, Jeremy Deller, Tom Hammick, Mona Hatoum, David Mach, Elizabeth Magill and Chris Orr have released limited edition prints in time to celebrate...
1 July 2018
London Group Hits The Mark At Waterloo Festival 2018
There was a huge pair of medical looking rubber gloves attached to St John's Church tower, wafting in the breeze. 20-foot arms drawing you...
30 June 2018
Guy Wildenstein Cleared Of Tax Fraud After Second Paris Trial Collapses
The French billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been cleared of tax fraud after a second trial collapsed in Paris on Friday.
28 June 2018
Banksy Murals Appear In Paris To Coincide With World Refugee Day
New Banksy works have appeared in the French capital, Paris. The murals depict messages about Europe's migrant crisis, capitalism and globalisation.
28 June 2018
Masterpiece London – Affair To Remember – Or Not – Edward Lucie-Smith
The initial omens are not good. As you go into Masterpiece 2018, the first thing that greets you – though ‘greets’ is the wrong...
27 June 2018
New Record For Lucian Freud Painting At Sotheby’s London
A painting by the British Artist Lucian Freud from his 'last great nudes' series, Portrait on a White Cover has sold at Sotheby’s London...
21 June 2018
Government Earmarks £20m For Culture and Creative Industries In England
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has launched a £20 million fund aimed at helping culture, heritage and the creative industries to benefit towns and cities...
20 June 2018
Anish Kapoor Sues NRA Over Video Infringement
The Turner Prize-winning artist Sir Anish Kapoor has filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the US.
18 June 2018
Christo Launches Mastaba His First UK Public Artwork
To coincide with a new exhibition of Christo and Jeanne Claude, at the Serpentine Gallery, the 83 year old artist has launched his amazing...
18 June 2018
Art Basel 2018 Round-Up Reports Buoyant Sales At Core Event
Art Basel Switzerland which is always an important barometer in the art market has reported that some of the world’s premier galleries experienced remarkable...
17 June 2018
Glasgow School Of Art Destroyed In Second Devastating Blaze
Fire crews have spent a third day at the scene of the latest fire to hit the historic Glasgow School of Art.