Banksy Christmas Mural Highlighting Homeless Crisis Appears In Birmingham
A new Banksy Christmas artwork has appeared in Birmingham (UK), highlighting the homeless crisis.
Tackling Artistic Inequality Outside Mainstream Art Institutions
Art has incredible power. It is a force for cultural reflection, social change and an invaluable medium through which we challenge existing assumptions, broaden our outlook and catalyse change.
9 December 2019
Go Bananas! Miami Art Basel What The Dealers Said
Art Basel in Miami Beach closed yesterday with reports of significant sales in all disciplines and mediums. In recent years it has become the cultural meeting point for the Americas, in December attracting collectors and institutions from the U.S., Latin America, and around the globe.
Pantone Picks Classic Blue As 2020 Colour Of The Year
Classic Blue has been chosen by Pantone as the 2020 colour of the year. The hue is elegant in its simplicity.
5 December 2019
Turner Prize 2019: Sharing But Who’s Caring – Edward Lucie-Smith
The decision made by this year’s four Turner Prize 2019 nominees to share-and-share-alike has had a mixed reception from the press.
4 December 2019
Hepworth Wakefield Receives £100k Freelands Foundation Award
The Freelands Foundation has announced The Hepworth Wakefield as the fourth recipient of the annual £100,000 Freelands Award.
3 December 2019
All Four Nominees Win Multifaceted Turner Prize 2019
And the winner of the 2019 Turner Prize is… All Four Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani. They will forever be known as the Collective.
2 December 2019
London Art Fair: First UP For The 2020 Art Season
London Art Fair is the UK’s oldest established Contemporary art fair. It returns from 22-26 January 2020, bringing museum-quality modern and contemporary art to the capital.
1 December 2019
Judy Chicago: Baltic Gateshead – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the calendar moves ever closer to the pre-Christmas election that will in all likelihood bring about Brexit, exhibition scheduling grows ever more bizarre. A good example is an outstanding exhibition devoted to the career of Judy Chicago that has recently opened its doors at the Baltic Art Gallery in Gateshead.
29 November 2019
Your Art Basel Miami Beach 2019 Everything Guide – Artlyst
The 18th edition of Art Basel Miami Beach takes place in the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Centre from 5-8 December 2019.
22 November 2019
Nan Goldin and Dr Nicholas Cullinan In Conversation NPG – David Buckley
To coincide with her major exhibition “Sirens” at the Marian Goodman Gallery, Nan Goldin was welcomed by a full-house audience at the National Portrait Gallery.
21 November 2019
Troy – A State of Mind – Edward Lucie-Smith
The latest in an excellent series of significant exhibitions at the British Museum – much better than the smaller ones the B.M. does in the cramped spaces of what used to be the reading rooms of the British Library – is about the legendary city of Troy, long besieged and finally at last taken and destroyed by a coalition of Greek states.
13 November 2019
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces 2019 Recipients of Awards for Artists
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) has announced the 2019 recipients of Awards for Artists, one of the most significant philanthropic awards for visual artists and composers in the UK.
12 November 2019
Steve McQueen Unveils Year 3 Project At Tate Britain
Steve McQueen the Turner Prize-winning artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker has together with Tate Britain, Artangel and A New Direction, launched an ambitious project using the medium of the traditional school class photograph.
£250k Sotheby’s Prize Shared By Two Brazilian Exhibition Projects
Sotheby’s has announced the winners of the 2019 Sotheby’s Prize, which, in its third year, continues to celebrate curatorial excellence and champion the work of innovative institutions who strive to break new ground by exploring overlooked or under-represented areas of art history.
6 November 2019
Turner Prize To Be Presented By British Vogue’s Edward Enninful
This year’s year’s Turner Prize will be presented by the Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue, Edward Enninful OBE, in Margate on Tuesday 3 December 2019.
4 November 2019
Landmark Collaboration Announced Between LACMA, Yuz Museum Shanghai And Qatar Museums
A landmark collaboration has been announced between Yuz Museum Shanghai (YUZ), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and Qatar Museums (QM)
Tutankhamun: Raiding The Tomb At The Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
As a child in Jamaica, where there are no archaeological museums of any kind, I fell in love with this long-ago Egyptian pharaoh. I borrowed a book about King Tutankhamun by Howard Carter, miraculously present in my local library, to read all about him.
31 October 2019
Parasol Unit To Close London Gallery
The Parasol Unit has announced that they will be closing their Wharf Rd gallery space in East London next year.
28 October 2019
Sotheby’s Appoints Charles F. Stewart New CEO
Sotheby’s has announced the appointment of Charles F. Stewart as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Stewart succeeds Tad Smith, who served as CEO of Sotheby’s since 2015.
How Wheelchair Friendly Are London Commercial Galleries? – David Lock Investigates
As a wheelchair user, I wanted to write a piece about what it’s like for a disabled person visiting commercial galleries in London.
25 October 2019
Richard Baker Wins £10,000 HIX Award 2019
Richard Baker has been named the winner of the £10k 2019 Hix award. He soared over the other fourteen shortlisted artists chosen from over 600 entries. His work titled Hall Stand is a realistic depiction of an everyday piece of furniture.
Yayoi Kusama Designs Art Balloon For Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Yayoi Kusama, The world-renowned Japanese artist, has designed a balloon for this year’s iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
21 October 2019
Historic Muybridge Collection Returns To His Hometown Kingston
A highly important collection of work by pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge is to be brought back to his home town thanks to a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston and Kingston University. The unique material is part of the Victorian photographer’s own personal collection, which he bequeathed to Kingston Museum on his death.
20 October 2019
NPG Unveil Frances Segelman Sculpture Of Holocaust Survivor Sir Ben Helfgott
The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled the Gallery’s acquisition of a bronze sculpture of Holocaust Survivor Sir Ben Helfgott, Honorary President of Yad Vashem UK Foundation, by Royal sculptor Frances Segelman (Lady Petchey).
13 October 2019
Max Mara Art Prize for Women 8th Edition Announces Shortlist
The Whitechapel Gallery, Collezione Maramotti and Max Mara have announced the five shortlisted artists for the 8th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women
John Giorno Multidisciplinary Artist Poet Dies Age 82
John Giorno whose legendary influence as an artist-poet stemming from the expansive and multidisciplinary nature of his work has died age 82.
8 October 2019
Phillip A. Bruno Collection Gifted To The Hunterian Glasgow
A new exhibition at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, celebrates the gift of over 70 works from the collection of distinguished gallery director and art collector Phillip A. Bruno.
7 October 2019
All Change: Tim Marlow Resigns As Royal Academy Art Director
Last week Christopher Le Brun announced he was stepping down as President of the Royal Academy and this week Tim Marlow the highly regarded Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts has revealed he will also be leaving to become Chief Executive and Director of London’s Design Museum.
1 October 2019
Banksy Opens Croydon Pop Up Shop
A shop by the Street Artist Banksy has appeared overnight at an empty retail premises in Croydon.