17 May 2019
Susan Meiselas Wins Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019 has been won by Susan Meiselas.
17 May 2019
The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019 has been won by Susan Meiselas.
1 May 2019
The four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2019 have been announced at Tate Britain today.
16 April 2019
The V&A has announced a new, long-term collaboration with Elton John and David Furnish to improve public access to photography.
9 April 2019
Grayson Perry has donated a work of art to raise funds for the leading HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust.
8 April 2019
In September 2019, the Royal Academy of Arts will present a solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950), the most significant in the UK for over a decade.
6 April 2019
The Shed, Manhattan’s newest arts centre has opened to rave reviews. Despite local condemnation calling the rest of the development of glass and steel skyscrapers bland and dated.
5 April 2019
Jimmie Durham has been announced the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 58th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
4 April 2019
The artist behind ‘Paint-by-Numbers’ hobby kits Dan Robbins has died at age 93. He passed away Sylvania, Ohio. Robbins worked for paint products firm the Palmer Paint Company of Detroit Michigan in the 1940s when he invented the kits. By the 1950s millions were being sold across the US, and it ignited a craze for […]
4 April 2019
The artist Christo has announced that he has received permission from the French government and the country’s Center for National Monuments to wrap the Arc de Triomphe, one of the most iconic landmarks in Paris.
3 April 2019
The French/British artist Laure Prouvost has been commissioned by Art on the Underground to create a major new artwork. This ambitious city-wide series of posters will take-over advertising sites across all 270 London Underground stations will be her first UK public commission.
19 March 2019
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has announced that she is to become a patron of London’s Foundling Museum.
18 March 2019
Tate Britain has unveiled a major new commissioned work by Mike Nelson. The Asset Strippers has been created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, supported by Sotheby’s, which invites artists to create a new artwork in response to the grand space of the Duveen Galleries. Mike Nelson has transformed the heart of Tate Britain into […]
11 March 2019
The African American Artist Kara Walker has been selected to create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern.
27 February 2019
Get ready for the fourth edition of Bahrain’s leading art fair, ArtBAB. The 2019 event will be presenting 16 international galleries from Buenos Aires to Kuala Lumpur.
26 February 2019
London art and design schools have again topped the list for the best in the world. They landed the top two spots for excellence according to global rankings presented by the ninth annual QS University Rankings, a rating agency
25 February 2019
Sir David Adjaye OBE will design the architecture for the first Ghana Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte 2019. It will take place under the patronage of Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and advised by Okwui Enwezer.
20 February 2019
Visitors to the National Gallery are in for a treat as they will be able to view a new acquisition by one of the Renaissance’s most significant figures. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) Venus and Cupid (1529) painted in the early 16th century, will be displayed in Room 4 and is an essential addition to […]
12 February 2019
Fatoş Üstek has been appointed as the new Director of Liverpool Biennial.
2 February 2019
The noted art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows for London Art Exhibitions February 2019.
26 January 2019
ArtBAB 2019 plans to push technology to the next level at the 2019 edition of the region’s highly influential fair.
25 January 2019
It’s been a fantastic run of accolades for the Turner Prize-winning artist Lubaina Himid CBE who has been elected as a Royal Academician in the category of Painting
11 January 2019
The Scottish painter, Jock McFadyen RA will be the coordinator of the 251st Summer Exhibition in 2019.
9 January 2019
The Shed has announced the opening date and building names for New Yorks newest not for profit artspace.
18 December 2018
The winner of the UK’s most popular acquisition in 2018 is an Anglo-Saxon gold pendant, found in Winfarthing, Norfolk and purchased by Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
7 December 2018
The Art Car Boot Fair Xmas elves are working hard to ensure that the fabulous venue The Workshop London is overflowing with artworks and wares and plenty of festive spirit! They promise that there will be something for everyone and at a price everyone can afford. If you are looking for something special and original, […]
7 December 2018
PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral has been selected as the institution’s colour of the year.
6 December 2018
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the Russian Government in the case of Punk activist band Pussy Riot, whose members include Nadya Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina.
4 December 2018
This year’s Turner Prize winner 2018 has been awarded to Charlotte Prodger a Glasgow-based video artist whose work deals with identity and place. She was nominated for her solo exhibition at Bergen Kunsthall.
4 December 2018
The Jerwood Charitable Foundation has announced the 12 recipients of awards and commissions that will form the 2019 visual arts development and exhibition programme at Jerwood Space, London and on tour nationally. The total value of grants directly awarded to artists is over £100k.
27 November 2018
Iwan Wirth, and Manuela Wirth, the Co-Founders of Hauser & Wirth, along with Marc Payot have announced the establishment of Hauser & Wirth Institute, an independent, non-profit private operating foundation dedicated to supporting art historical scholarship and to preserving and advancing the legacies of modern and contemporary artists through enabling greater public access to their […]
25 November 2018
The Freelands Foundation has announced Spike Island as the third recipient of the annual £100,000 Freelands Award.