Frieze Tate Fund Announces Three New Acquisitions For 2025
Tate has announced three new acquisitions made possible through the 2025 Frieze Tate Fund, supported this year by £150,000…
16 October 2025
Art News
Rare Rembrandt Lion Drawing Auctioned To Fund Big Cat Conservation Efforts
Billionaire collector and conservationist Thomas Kaplan has announced plans to sell Young Lion Resting, a rare Rembrandt drawing, to support wildlife conservation initiatives….
10 April 2025
$12 Renoir Discovery In Pennsylvania Antique Auction Could Be Authentic
In what could be the art find of the year, Pennsylvania antique dealer Heidi Markow reportedly purchased an uncatalogued drawing by Pierre-Auguste Renoir….
27 March 2025
British Museum Retains Crown As UK’s Most-Visited Attraction
LONDON — For the second year running, the British Museum has topped the list of the United Kingdom’s most-visited attractions, drawing 6.5 million people through its doors in 2024…
24 March 2025
The Frick Collection Reopens Its Gilded Age Fifth Avenue Home
New York, NY – The Frick Collection, housed in one of New York City’s last great Gilded Age homes, offers intimate encounters with one of the world’s foremost collections of fine and decorative arts….
17 March 2025
London’s National Gallery Bicentennial Breaks Visitor And Digital Records
In 2024, over four million people experienced the National Gallery in person, a 15% increase from 2023. 4,713,519 visits were recorded for the Gallery
17 March 2025
Tate Unveil Máret Ánne Sara As Next Hyundai Commission Artist
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced that Máret Ánne Sara, a Northern Sámi artist and writer, will create the 10th annual Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall….
5 March 2025
Steve McQueen’s Grenfell: A National Tour of Remembrance
Over the next three years, Steve McQueen’s film installation Grenfell will travel to six public art galleries across the UK…
15 February 2025
Hidden Picasso Portrait Found Beneath A Blue Period Masterpiece
A previously unknown painting by Pablo Picasso has emerged from the shadows of history, hidden for over a century beneath one of the artist’s earliest Blue Period masterpieces….
14 February 2025
Modigliani Portrait Found In Le Mans Flea Market Authenticated
The discovery of a lost masterpiece is always a popular read. However, the story becomes headline news when a painting by Amedeo Modigliani….
12 February 2025
Campaign Launched To Put Arts At The Heart Of UK Schools
In a bold move to revive the dwindling presence of arts education in British schools, a coalition of more than 20 UK organisations has unveiled Arts and Minds…
12 February 2025
William S. Burroughs: Rare and Unseen Artworks On Show in London
William S. Burroughs, the maverick writer, artist, and cultural provocateur whose work defied convention, reshaping the landscape of 20th-century literature…
5 February 2025
Dame Tracey Emin: Investiture Ceremony Held At Buckingham Palace
King Charles III has appointed the artist Tracey Emin a Dame Commander for services to the arts at Buckingham Palace. The event took place earlier today (Tuesday, 4 February).
4 February 2025
Philip Guston’s Anti-Fascist Mural Restored And Unveiled In Mexico
After nearly a century, Philip Guston’s monumental mural, The Struggle Against Terrorism, has been meticulously restored…
29 January 2025
JMW Turner Turns 250: Celebrating Britain’s Greatest Artist
Britain is poised for a landmark year in 2025 as institutions across the UK prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner…
21 January 2025
Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Discovered At School Heads To Auction
A long-lost sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain’s most celebrated modernist artists, was found last February in an… Read More
15 January 2025
Robert Indiana: Love Sculpture Lego Set Unveiled
Lego has released a Pop Art Tribute to Robert Indiana’s Love sculpture in time for Valentine’s Day. The new “Love” Set…
13 January 2025
Art World Figures Named In King’s 2025 New Year Honours List
The King’s New Year Honours List is an essential and long-standing tradition where individuals throughout the United Kingdom are recognised for their outstanding contributions to society….
30 December 2024
Louise Bourgeois: Towering Spider Returns To Tate Modern
Louise Bourgeois’s soaring spider sculpture Maman (1999) will return to Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall next spring in honour of the gallery’s 25th-anniversary…
17 December 2024
Banksy Unveils Cryptic Mural Of Mother And Child For Christmas
Banksy’s latest intervention mural revealed via Instagram has set social media ablaze with conjecture, provocation, and a rush to decode its meaning.
17 December 2024
Tate Modern Celebrates 25th Anniversary With Free Four-Day Festival
Tate Modern, the world-renowned museum of modern and contemporary art, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a four-day vibrant celebration…
10 December 2024
ICA Hosts New Contemporaries Exhibition As Organisation Marks 75th Anniversary
The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London will open its doors to the latest edition of New Contemporaries’ annual exhibition, featuring works by 35 of the best emerging and early-career artists…
9 December 2024
Barbican Secures £191 Million for landmark renewal programme
The Barbican Centre, one of the keystones of London’s cultural life, has secured £191 million from the City of London Corporation…
7 December 2024
Venice Biennale Announces Koyo Kouoh As Artistic Director 2026
The Venice Biennale named Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh as the artistic director of its 61st International Art Exhibition.
3 December 2024
Notre Dame Reopens: First Look At Iconic Cathedral Post-Fire
Notre Dame Cathedral, one of the best examples of Gothic architecture and an iconic representatives of French heritage is about to open its doors….
29 November 2024
Banksy’s Well Hung Lover Mural Faces Uncertainty As Building Auctioned
One of Bristol’s most iconic and photographed Banksy artworks, Well Hung Lover, is about to enter a new chapter.
28 November 2024
Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Faces UK Export Ban
A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain’s most lauded 20th-century artists, has been placed under a temporary export bar…
28 November 2024
The Groucho Club Shuttered Amidst Serious Criminal Investigation
The Groucho Club, a Soho institution beloved by the media and arts elite, has temporarily closed its doors as the Metropolitan Police…
27 November 2024
Bananas? Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Comedian Fetches $6.2M at Sotheby’s
Comedian (2019)—Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana duct-taped to a wall—caper took the art world by storm, fetching $6.2 million
21 November 2024
Landmark Archibald Knox Exhibition Opens On The Isle of Man
Archibald Knox is synonymous with turn-of-the-century Liberty London elegance and innovation in art and design. Next April, the Isle of Man-Knox’s homeland…
18 November 2024
Steph Wilson Wins Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 winner is London-based photographer Steph Wilson for her portrait Sonam…
13 November 2024
Ai-Da Portrait of Alan Turing Sells At Sotheby’s for A Cool $1m
The ultra-realistic robot/doll artist Ai-Da has made history at Sotheby’s by selling an AI-generated portrait of Alan Turing…
10 November 2024