Preservation Of A Much Loved Waterloo Public Art Poem – Sue Hubbard
In these grim times, we need all the art we can get. Public art feeds the soul as well as the mind. It provides spaces for contemplation in a gritty difficult world.
20 March 2019
Art And Money Laundering Why The Global Art Market Needs Regulation
High-end art, antiquities, and antiques have become more and more attractive to money launders says, Peter D. Hardy a partner at Ballard Spahr, writing for The National Law Review, in an in-depth article published today.
20 March 2019
Unprecedented $1m Contemporary Art Prize Launched By Japan’s Nomura Holdings
Nomura Holdings, Inc. announced today that it is creating the largest cash award in contemporary visual arts to encourage and nurture creativity.
19 March 2019
Foundling Museum: HRH Duchess of Cambridge Becomes Royal Patron
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has announced that she is to become a patron of London’s Foundling Museum.
National Portrait Gallery Turns Down £1m Sackler OxyContin Donation
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is the first high profile institution to turn down a £1m grant from the Sackler Trust, over the controversy connected to the growing global OxyContin, drug crisis.
18 March 2019
Mike Nelson Unveils The Asset Strippers A Tate Britain Sculpture Commission
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 […]
17 March 2019
Gavin Turk Unveils The world’s Largest Giant Egg Collaboration
Just in time for Easter, the sensational/YBA artist Gavin Turk has unveiled an ambitious new project in collaboration with Photo London, Somerset House, and Ben Brown Fine Arts, featuring his giant bronze egg sculpture, ‘Oeuvre’, to be unveiled on the River Terrace at Somerset House on 14th April.
Okwui Enwezor African Born Curator, Critic And Poet Dies Age 55
Okwui Enwezor the Nigerian curator, art critic, writer, poet, and educator has died of cancer age 55. He lived in New York City and Munich. In 2016, he was ranked 28 in the Artlyst Power100 most influential people in the art world, just one year after he was appointed the director the Venice Biennale. “He […]
Duchess Of Cambridge Joins Jenny Saville And Grayson For NPG Gala
The Duchess of Cambridge National Portrait Gallery patron joined, Princess Beatrice of York, Miles Aldridge, Phyllida Barlow, David and Victoria Beckham, Ozwald Boateng, Alexa Chung, Michael Craig-Martin, Lawrence Dallaglio, Jourdan Dunn, Christina Estrada, Jess Gillam, Bianca Jagger, Sir Don McCullin, Kate Moss, Duro Olowu, Martin Parr, Grayson Perry, Elizabeth Peyton, Nicola Roberts, Jenny Saville, Mike Skinner and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye were among the guests at the 2019 Portrait Gala, a special event held at the NPGon Tuesday 12 March.
11 March 2019
Kara Walker To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The African American Artist Kara Walker has been selected to create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern.
58th Venice Biennale Announces Invited Artists & Collateral Events
The 58th International Art Exhibition held at the Giardini and Arsenale in Venice from Saturday 11 May until Sunday 24 November 2019 will be titled May You Live In Interesting Times. Curated by Ralph Rugoff, Director of Hayward Gallery in London since 2006
7 March 2019
Hockney Tops Christie’s Contemporary Sale With £33m Double Portrait
Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s London saw 41 lots finding buyers with three unsold and if not a record price for David Hockney’s Henry Geldzahler and Christopher Scott (1969), a solid over the estimated sale price £33 million ($43.4 million)
Carolee Schneemann Pioneering Feminist Artist Dies Age 79
Carolee Schneemann, multidisciplinary artist who transformed the definition of art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender has died age 79.
4 March 2019
Art Exhibitions Up Now in London March 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
Writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London March 2019. He currently writes freelance including for Art Monthly, Frieze, Elephant, STATE, Photomonitor, Border Crossings and World of Interiors.
Yannis Behrakis Pulitzer Prize Winning Reuters photographer Dies At 58
Like other photographers who work for news agencies, Yannis Behrakis pictures were known through the news, but his name was not familiar to the public.
3 March 2019
Lost Caravaggio Judith: Is This Painting Another Salvator Mundi?
A long lost painting attributed to Caravaggio which languished in a chateau attic in France for over 100 years is touring art market capitals and then going under the hammer at La Halle aux Grains in Toulouse, in June.
Dorothea Tanning The Doors of Perception – Tate Modern – Jude Cowan Montague
Dorothea Tanning is the artist, face hidden to me back then, who drew and painted a short series of paintings that I have loved since a child.
26 February 2019
RCA And UAL Ranked Top Art Universities In The World
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
Ghana Announces All Star First National Pavilion For Venice Biennale
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
Cranach the Elder Venus Masterpiece Gifted To National Gallery
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 […]
17 February 2019
Bosco Sodi Brick By Brick – Interview Zoltan Alexander
One of my favourite galleries Blain Southern presented at the time the first exhibition of renowned Brooklyn based Mexican artist, Bosco Sodi.
Warhol Muse Lee Radziwill Sister Of Jackie Kennedy Onassis Dies
Lee Radziwill The socialite sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis and friend to Pop Artist Andy Warhol has died age 85.
14 February 2019
Artsy Hacked With User Details For Sale On Dark Web
Artsy the art selling platform has been hacked along with 620 million accounts
Minimalist Artist Robert Ryman Dead At 88
Robert Ryman, a Minimalist who was known for his white paintings died last week at his home in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. He was 88.
Residents Lose Tate Modern Invasion Of Privacy Case
The residents of four flats in the Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern in the South Bank have lost their invasion of privacy case.
12 February 2019
Fatos Ustek Appointed Director Of Liverpool Biennial
Fatoş Üstek has been appointed as the new Director of Liverpool Biennial.
Nan Goldin Takes Over The Guggenheim To Protest Sackler Donations
Nan Goldin the photographer and anti-opioid activist, brought her campaign to the Guggenheim, New York yesterday with a Saturday night protest.
George Michael’s Contemporary Art Collection To Be Auctioned At Christie’s
The late George Michael, the British singer and songwriter, is to auction off his extensive collection of YBA artworks.
7 February 2019
Marina Abramović Serpentine Performance Presented In Augmented Reality
Marina Abramović, the iconic performance artist, presents her latest performance: The Life in Mixed Reality (a wearable augmented reality experience).
4 February 2019
Hertfordshire County Council Sells Off Their Art Assets
A Major Art Collection including works by Barbara Hepworth and Keith Vaughan is to be sold on behalf of Hertfordshire County Council to fund much-stretched services but should this be happening at all? And will they squander the funds raised on everything but enriching the art community in the area?
2 February 2019
Recommended London Art Exhibitions February 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
The noted art writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows for London Art Exhibitions February 2019.
1 February 2019
Banksy Princess Diana Tenner Acquired By British Museum
The British Museum has added a Banksy to its permanent collection. This is the first time one of his works has been acquired by a major London Museum. It is quite surprising that Tate Britain has overlooked this important artist.