Marc Quinn: Alison Lapper Pregnant 2005: From gym ads to dating apps, from T.V. programmes on plastic surgery to how to look ten years younger, our contemporary obsession with the body beautiful is one that many ancient Greeks would recognise.
1 September 2020
The YBA artist Artist Marc Quinn who was responsible for iconic contemporary statues such as ‘Self’ (Blood Head) and Alison Lapper Pregnant which appeared on London’s Fourth Plinth and Bristol resident Jen Reid unveil a new temporary, public installation, A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, on top of Edward Colston’s empty plinth in Bristol, England.
15 July 2020
The eighth Annual MTV RE: DEFINE 2019 Art Auction & Gala is honouring the YBA Artist Marc Quinn who has donated two Artworks produced exclusively for the event.
28 March 2019
Zombie Boy an iconic body artist and model tattooed as a living skeleton, has been found dead in Montreal.
3 August 2018
London’s Science Museum has commissioned the YBA artist Marc Quinn to create a monumental sculpture of Zombie Boy for the new Medicine Galleries.
13 March 2018
The new Marc Quinn exhibition at the Sir John Soane’s Museum is a rare treat. It merges contemporary art with one of the finest house museum settings in the world.
28 March 2017
The Sir John Soane’s Museum will present ‘Drawn from Life,’ an exhibition of new works by artist Marc Quinn, In Spring 2017. A series of ethereal fragmentary sculptures, made in collaboration with his partner, a dancer, will be placed among the multiple antique casts and sculptures that fill the museum.
14 December 2016
The YBA artist Marc Quinn, best known for his ‘Blood Head’ sculpture, ‘Self’ has parted company with his long-standing gallery… Read More
15 February 2016
A new exhibition of work by Marc Quinn is always an event in London. It’s not just that he’s on the… Read More
20 July 2015
Marc Quinn is to have his first London gallery exhibition in five years at White Cube. He will be unveiling… Read More
4 June 2015
A major exhibition of works by Marc Quinn, opens on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore on 29 May 2013,… Read More
1 May 2013
A new exhibition at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev is highlighting the work of YBA artist’s Damien Hirst and Marc Quinn…. Read More
4 March 2013
An enormous recreation of the Marc Quinn sculpture of disabled artist Alison Lapper pregnant similar to the one that was… Read More
30 August 2012
ARTIST SHOWS AT THE OCEANOGRAPHIC MUSEUM OF MONACO A major exhibition of works by Marc Quinn will go on show… Read More
9 May 2012
Two of the world’s foremost design pioneers, Sir Jonathan Ive, KBE, and Marc Newson, CBE, have collaborated with musician and… Read More
9 September 2013
Gilbert & George inaugural Hong Kong exhibition for London Gallery White Cube has announced that its new gallery at 50… Read More
13 January 2012
Tschabalala Self and Andra Ursuţa have been revealed as the chosen artists to grace the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square
16 March 2024
A proposal to officially move the statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston into the M Shed museum in Bristol as a permanent display
14 February 2024
In the February 2024 Art Diary, the Revd Jonathan Evens looks at the Pre-Raphaelites, the works of Alison Lapper, Monia Sjöö and various group exhibitions, including shows at Cross Lane Projects, Drawing Room and The William Morris Gallery.
1 February 2024
Bowman Sculpture and Canopy Collections are presenting a joint exhibition, ‘When Matter Becomes Form’, opening Friday, 6 May 2022
1 May 2022
While living in Jordan as an Arabic student in 2014, Hannah Rose Thomas worked with UNHCR to organise art projects with Syrian refugees for an exhibition to commemorate World Refugee Day.
25 November 2020
In this new series, Sue Hubbard explores single works by leading contemporary artists.
1 September 2020
Pi Artworks has announced ‘It still is as it always was’, the first joint exhibition by Nancy Atakan and Kalliopi Lemos; artists who have reputations for work rooted in storytelling, identity and the female experience. The show will feature the premiere of the collaborative film, ‘Necklace of Time’, several new individual works, as well as an exceptional performance based on ‘Necklace of Time’ to be staged at the opening.
20 February 2020
The Goss-Michael Foundation located in Dallas Texas is presenting Nothing New Under The Sun, a showcase of eight new works by the South African artist Ryan Hewett in association with Unit London.
21 November 2019
The highly anticipated auction of British singer and songwriter George Michael’s art collection which captured the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, has realised £9,264,000 / $12,302,590 / €10,848,145. Proceeds from the sale will be used to continue George Michael’s philanthropic work.
14 March 2019
The late George Michael, the British singer and songwriter, is to auction off his extensive collection of YBA artworks.
8 February 2019
The latest artist to exhibit a work for the “Fourth Plinth’ commission is the US artist Michael Rakowitz’.
28 March 2018
Here is the first view of Michael Rakowitz’s new commission, The Invisible Enemy, Should Not Exist which will be unveiled on the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square
15 January 2018
Damien Hirst’s has released a mocumentary film on Netflix following the storyline of his Disney-like exhibition
8 January 2018
The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is one of 27 artists who have given their support to a high profile charity auction in aid of award-winning NGO, Help Refugees.
5 December 2017
Art Below are featuring the work of 28 international artists across billboard space at Regent’s Park tube station for 4 weeks starting 25th September.
27 September 2017
