16 May 2018
Dali Mae West Lips Sofa Saved For Nation By V&A
Back in 2017, we wrote that John Glen the UK’s Arts Minister had placed a temporary export bar on an iconic Salvador Dalí and...
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16 May 2018
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale Totals $415,852,500
Another successful Christies Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale has topped expectations with record prices for Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) and Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935).
15 May 2018
Picasso Self Portrait Belonging To Casino-Boss Steve Wynn Damaged by Christie’s
A Picasso self-portrait belonging to the Las Vegas casino-boss Steve Wynn has been seriously damaged ahead of a Christie's sale.
15 May 2018
Modigliani Nu Couché Tops Sotheby’s Highest Ever Record Price At $157m
Amedeo Modigliani Nu Couché has become the most valuable work ever sold at Sotheby's—selling for $157 million in the 14 May Impressionist & Modern...
15 May 2018
Griffin Gallery To Close As Elephant Magazine Expands Media Empire
The Griffin Gallery in West London which has been a stalwart of inspiring exhibitions and programmes is to close its doors on 24 May.
11 May 2018
Stik To Erect Gender Neutral Sculpture In Hoxton Square
Stik, is an instantly recognisable and much loved London based Street Artist. His style is known for depicting brightly coloured figures which appear on...
Drink-Up Pay-Up F-Off: Tales from the Colony – London’s Lost Bohemia
Darren Coffield’s new book “Tales from the Colony: the Lost Bohemia of Bacon, Belcher and Board” is an authorised history of London’s most notorious...
9 May 2018
Rockefeller Sale Misses Billion Dollar Mark Despite Monet And Matisse Records
It wasn't the billion dollar sale that Christie’s optimistically predicted but it was an evening of fierce bidding and record prices for both Matisse...
8 May 2018
Britain’s Leading Artists Protest Against The Decline Of Art In Schools
Over 100 artists, including Tracey Emin, Jeremy Deller, Antony Gormley, Lubaina Himid, Anish Kapoor, Grayson Perry, Sam Taylor Johnson, Mark Wallinger and Rachel Whiteread,...
7 May 2018
Kanal Centre Pompidou Brussels Launches In Former Art Deco Citroën Garage
The French Minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen inaugurated a temporary exhibition launching the Kanal-Centre Pompidou, Brussels' museum of contemporary art.
3 May 2018
Linda McCartney Photographs Gifted To V&A By Husband Paul
The V&A has announced a major gift of 63 photographs by Linda McCartney, generously gifted by Paul McCartney and his family.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 Artists Announced
New Contemporaries has announced this year's selected artists with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
3 May 2018
A-List Artists Create Fund To Help Artangel Continue Promoting The Extraordinary
A new fund has been created will allow the celebrated arts commissioning agency Artangel to continue to produce extraordinary works by artists in unexpected...
2 May 2018
New Museum NY Partners With Store X For London Frieze Week
The Store X and the New Museum have announced “Strange Days: Memories of the Future”
1 May 2018
Museum Of The Year 2018 Shortlist Announced By Art Fund
Art Fund has announced their shortlist of five UK museums selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018, the world’s largest...
1 May 2018
Gagosian Sued Over Jeff Koons Balloon Venus Production Delay
The film producer Joel Silver is suing the Gagosian gallery over the failure to deliver a balloon Venus sculpture.
The Art Of Smug Turner Prize 2018 – Edward Lucie-Smith
This year’s list of finalists for the Turner Prize has just been announced. While the names on the shortlist are virtuously unfamiliar, the general...
26 April 2018
Tate Announces 2018 Turner Prize Shortlist Online – But Was It An Accident?
London: Tate Britain has announced the 2018 shortlist for the Turner Prize on their website, this evening 25 April.
25 April 2018
Liliane Tomasko Interviewed Ahead Of Her First Berlin Solo Show At Blain|Southern
Ahead of her first solo show at Blain|Southern, Berlin, a key must-see during Berlin Gallery Weekend, Paul Carter Robinson chats to Liliane Tomasko about...
25 April 2018
Long-list Announced: John Moores 60th Anniversary Painting Prize 2018
The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has announced the 60 artists whose paintings will feature in the John Moores Painting Prize 2018 exhibition, marking...
24 April 2018
Gillian Wearing Unveils Statue Of Suffragist Millicent Fawcett In Parliament Square
The Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing has unveiled her depiction of suffragist, Millicent Fawcett to a crowd which included Prime Minister Theresa May and...
24 April 2018
Modigliani Nude Predicted To Break Artist’s $170m Auction Record
Sotheby’s has unveiled plans to auction Amedeo Modigliani’s largest painted work, Nu couché (sur le côté gauche).
Nahmad Family Setback Over £25m Modigliani Painting In Nazi Restitution Case
David Nahmad has incurred another setback in his legal battle to keep a disputed Amedeo Modigliani painting titled 'Seated Man with a Cane' (1918)....
22 April 2018
New Ramones Photography Book By Manager Danny Fields Published
Danny Fields became the manager of the pioneering Punk band The Ramones within fifteen minutes of seeing them on stage at CBGB.
19 April 2018
Peter Doig To Curate Grenadian British Artist Denzil Forrester Exhibition
62-year-old Grenadian British Artist Denzil Forrester is to have his latest exhibition curated by the internationally renowned painter Peter Doig.
19 April 2018
Priceless Chinese Objects Stolen From East Asian Art Museum In Bath
A number of valuable Chinese objects have been reported stolen from a much loved small museum in Bath.
16 April 2018
Slowing Growth: Hiscox Online Art Market Report Reveal £3B Sales
Based on the current growth trajectory, the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report, published today, reveals that the value of the online art market could...
16 April 2018
Helen Cammock Wins Whitechapel’s Max Mara Art Prize for Women
Helen Cammock has won the 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.
Warhol and Sedgwick: Hotel Chelsea Room Door Sells For $52,500
A door from the infamous Hotel Chelsea belonging to the room resident 'Superstar' actress Edie Sedgwick and artist Andy Warhol shared in 1965, while...
13 April 2018
Chris Dercon Quits As Director Of Volksbühne Theatre With Immediate Effect
Chris Dercon has stepped down as director of the Volksbühne Theatre in Berlin with immediate effect.
13 April 2018
Stolen Chagall Oil Painting Recovered By FBI Thirty Years Later
An early painting by Marc Chagall stolen from a New York residence in 1988 will be returned to the owner's estate after going missing...