28 December 2020
Patti Smith Joins Artist Anne Imhof To Rock In London’s New Year
American Punk Rock legend Patti Smith and Golden Lion, Venice Biennale winner, German artist Anne Imhof will ring in 2021 online.
Is Banksy William Hogarth’s Successor? – Edward Lucie-Smith
The appearance of a new Banksy graffito in Bristol more or less confirms his position as the genuine top dog in the current British art scene. His only possible rival is Hockney, now living in comfortable exile in France. Bacon and Freud are dead – in any case one of them was as much Irish […]
Aachoo! New Banksy COVID Mural Unveiled In Bristol
A new mural by the elusive graffiti artist Banksy has appeared on a house in Bristol. It depicts an elderly woman coughing her false teeth out
Pantone 2021 Colours Of The Year – Rijksmuseum Slavery Exhibition Unveiled – ICA Set To Re-Boot
Pantone 2021 Colours Of The Year – Rijksmuseum Slavery Exhibition – ICA Set To Re-Boot
8 December 2020
John Lennon’s Death 40 Years On – What Sold At Art Basel Miami Beach – Jeffrey Epstein’s $139m Christie’s and Sotheby’s Sales
John Lennon’s Death 40 Years On – What Sold At Art Basel Miami Beach – Jeffrey Epstein’s $139m Christie’s and Sotheby’s Sales
7 December 2020
Monolith Found On The Isle of Wight – Rex Whistler’s Racist Tate Mural – Christie’s NY Post War Results
Artlyst Fast News: Monolith Found On The Isle of Wight Mirrors US Finds
Tate Cuts Staff – James Murdoch Buys Art Basel – Manifesta’s Catalonian Beach Party
Tate Cuts Staff – James Murdoch Buys Art Basel – Manifesta’s Catalonian Beach Party
1 December 2020
Jenny Saville Propped 1992 Significant Works – Sue Hubbard
Not long after Jenny Saville had left art school in Glasgow. As yet she was unwritten about and unknown. I was taken aback by its power and wrote a short review for Time Out.
1 December 2020
Eddy Peake In Piccadilly – Freelands Award Announced – Johns / Rauschenberg Collaboration Discovered
Eddy Peake In Piccadilly – Freelands Award Announced – Johns / Rauschenberg Collaboration Discovered
1 December 2020
Art of the Internet Age Takes Center Stage – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Museum of Modern Art in New York has rehung ‘a full third of its collection….the Art of the Internet Age Takes Center Stage
Fatos Üstek Quits Directorship of Liverpool Biennial – Society of Antiquaries Priced Out Of Mayfair – Xora’s Sleeping Protest Aimed At JK Rowling
Fatos Üstek Quits Directorship of Liverpool Biennial – Society of Antiquaries Priced Out Of Mayfair – Xora’s Sleeping Protest Aimed At JK Rowling
60% UK Museums Facing Permanent Closure – Banksy vs The Bicycle Thief – Zaha Hadid Estate Settled
Museums, galleries and historic houses across the UK are facing a crisis due to the impact of Covid-19, with six in ten (60%) surveyed worried about their survival.
Art Collective Forensic Architecture Analyse The Beirut Port Explosions
Mada Masr invited the art collective Forensic Architecture to examine open-source information, including videos, photographs, and documents to provide a timeline and a precise 3D model to help investigate the events of the Beirut Port Explosions
Pace Take Over Empty Blain Southern Premises – Helen Frankenthaler Show For DPG – Austin Osman Spare Painting Discovered
Marc Glimcher, President and CEO of Pace Gallery, has announced plans to expand in London taking over the empty Blain Southern space located at 4 Hanover Square.
17 November 2020
Chagall’s Largest Artwork Auctioned – Prix Pictet Theme Announced – Jade Montserrat Performs
News In Brief: Chagall’s Largest Artwork Auctioned – Prix Pictet Theme Announced – Jade Montserrat Performs
Imelda Marcos’ Botticelli Vanishes – Happy 100 Wayne Thiebaud – Iconic JFK Rockwell Painting Auctioned
News Brief: Imelda Marcos’ Botticelli Vanishes – Happy 100 Wayne Thiebaud – Iconic JFK Rockwell Painting Auctioned
12 November 2020
John Waters Gift To Baltimore Museum – Spain’s Latest Horrific Art Restoration – CINOA Begs UNESCO For Art Trade Cooperation
An Open Letter From CINOA Congratulates UNESCO for their 50-year anniversary of the 1970 Convention but pleads for better representation of the facts and better cooperation for the art trade
National Gallery And Nikon Announce Online Content Partnership – Edward Lucie-Smith
The next 12 months,’ so the press release tells one, ‘will see the National Gallery work with Nikon on a broad schedule of online content all aimed at letting people take inspiration from one of the greatest art collections in the world
Feminist Icon Mary Wollstonecraft Gets Statue – Deutsche Börse Prize Shortlist – Stanley Spencer’s Last Self-Portrait
Feminist Icon Mary Wollstonecraft Gets Statue – Deutsche Börse Prize Shortlist – Stanley Spencer’s Last Self-Portrait
Judy Chicago Launches Smoke Sculpture Her First Virtual Artwork
Judy Chicago along with Light Art Space (LAS) is launching the first virtual artwork by this acclaimed American artist.
9 November 2020
Kara Walker Boots Trump Out – Sotheby’s Latest Lawsuit – Eileen Agar Whitechapel Show
Kara Walker Boots Trump Out – Eileen Agar Whitechapel Show – Sotheby’s Latest Lawsuit
Marina Abramović Opera – Big Issue Artist Guitar Sale – Helmut Newton At Hamiltons
Performance artist, Marina Abramović, will premiere a new film version of her iconic opera, The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas (2020), on a series of massive screens at the entrance to Tottenham Court Road Station. The free event will take place next year in central London.
Grayson Perry’s Dead Wood Comment – Donald Trump’s Political Obituary – Taylor Wessing All Women Shortlist
Has Grayson gone mad? Has Trump lost it? Is Taylor Wessing heading for an all-women final. All the news in brief
Jasper Johns Flag Print Valued At $1m Donated To The British Museum
A print by the American Pop artist Jasper Johns depicting an American flag has been donated to the British Museum. Jasper Johns’s Flags I (1973) was gifted to London’s most popular Museum by the New York-based collectors Johanna and Leslie Garfield.
All UK Museums, Galleries and Auction Houses Ordered To Shut Down
Information on new national restrictions from the Gov.UK website state closures from 5 November of Museums Galleries and Auction Houses
29 October 2020
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Presents Her First Major Survey At Tate Britain
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Presents Her First Major Survey Tate Britain
Tracey Emin Reveals Bladder Cancer Surgery Ahead Of RA Show
Tracey Emin, the YBA artist, best known for her Turner Prize-nominated ‘Unmade Bed’ has revealed that she has been suffering from bladder cancer. Last summer, a cancerous tumour was found after suffering severe pain in her abdomen. She said.
Mark Godfrey Guston Now Exhibition Curator Suspended By Tate
Tate has suspended Mark Godfrey, their Senior Curator of International Art and curator of the highly anticipated ‘Philip Guston Now’ exhibition for speaking out on his Instagram account concerning the gallery’s decision to postpone the show until 2024.