Banksy Spybooth Mural: Temporary Stop Notice Issued By Cheltenham Council
An immediate halt to the removal of the Cheltenham Banksy which appeared on a wall last April has been issued… Read More
7 July 2014
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Dependency: Group Exhibition Explores Lengthening Chains Of Interdependence
A new group exhibition titled ‘Dependency’ at the Gasworks, a contemporary art organisation based in South London, explores the “lengthening… Read More
7 July 2014
Emin, Hirst and Gormley Decorate Unique Wine Bottle For Turner Contemporary Auction
The largest bottle ever produced of English sparkling wine by the award winning Kent-based winery Chapel Down, has been signed… Read More
6 July 2014
John Moores Art Prize Shortlist Announced At Liverpool Biennial
The shortlist for the John Moores Art Prize, one of Britain’s most important awards has been announced at a luncheon… Read More
5 July 2014
Liverpool Biennial: All Moves North For Britain’s Most Important Art Event
Liverpool’s Biennial is here and opens tomorrow, with a press view today. It is set to take over the city… Read More
4 July 2014
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair Takes The Ferry Cross The Mersey
The amazing Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, the UK’s most accessible and outright fun art fair takes the show on… Read More
4 July 2014
Ben Quilty Launches His First London Solo Exhibition At The Saatchi Gallery
The first UK solo exhibition of the Australian painter Ben Quilty is to be held at the Saatchi Gallery from… Read More
3 July 2014
Ken Livingstone Painting By Andrew Tift Goes On Display At National Portrait Gallery
Ken Livingstone, the often controversial left wing politician has been inducted into the National portrait Gallery with a new painting… Read More
3 July 2014
Digital Revolution Explored In New Multimedia Exhibition At The Barbican
Digital Revolution is an immersive and interactive exhibition which brings together for the first time a range of artists, filmmakers,… Read More
3 July 2014
Lost Glasgow School Of Art Degree Show Recreated From Ash
I felt that there was something very fitting and beautiful in the use of a material born out of destruction… Read More
3 July 2014
Putin Bans Profanities From Art, Film, Theatre, Music and Media
A new Russian law banning all curse words from art, film, theatre, music and media has come into effect today… Read More
2 July 2014
Mall Gallery Removes Leena McCall Painting Deemed Too Pornographic And Disgusting
A standing portrait by the emerging London and Berlin based visual artist Leena McCall has been removed from The Mall… Read More
2 July 2014
Arts Council England: New Grants For 122 Visual Arts Organisations
Arts Council England has announced details of its investment plans for the next three years 2015-2018 including its new national… Read More
2 July 2014
Tracey Emin’s Turner Prize Nominated Unmade Bed Fetches £2.5m At Christie’s
Tracey Emin’s Turner Prize nominated ‘My Bed’ installation has sold at Christie’s, London salesroom tonight for £2.5m (including commission), a… Read More
2 July 2014
Sotheby’s Lands £100m Paul And Bunny Melon Estate Sale
This Autumn, a series of sales at Sotheby’s will offer for sale one of the most important single owner collections… Read More
1 July 2014
Gerry Judah Creates Massive Sculpture For Goodwood Festival Of Speed 2014
The artist Gerry Judah has created a monumental motor racing themed sculpture for this years Goodwood Festival of Speed. Mercedes-Benz… Read More
1 July 2014
Record Price For Francis Bacon Triptych And Peter Doig At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s London was again breaking records this evening when a rare Francis Bacon triptych of George Dyer attracted bids from… Read More
1 July 2014
Glastonbury Festival Archive Donated To V&A For Future Generations
The Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington has acquired the Glastonbury Festival Archive. The V&A has announced a collaboration with… Read More
30 June 2014
START Art Fair’s First Edition Ends On A High Note
London’s latest contemporary art fair START has ended on a high note, after receiving universal praise for its fresh approach…. Read More
30 June 2014
Tracey Emin Unmade Bed Goes Under The Hammer At Christie’s 1 July
Tracey Emin’s unmade, My Bed, 1998 goes under the hammer at Christie’s tomorrow and is expected to realise in excess… Read More
30 June 2014
Banksy Spy Booth: Stop Notice Could Be Issued By Cheltenham Council
Cheltenham Borough Council have not ruled out placing a stop notice on a Grade II building in order to prevent… Read More
29 June 2014
MANIFESTA 10 Opens To The Public In Contentious St Petersburg Russia
MANIFESTA 10 opened to the public yesterday on 28 June 2014, in St. Petersburg, Russia. As a location, St. Petersburg… Read More
29 June 2014
Picasso Mandolin And Guitar: The Mystery Of A Hidden Portrait
Picasso once said, “Art is a lie that tells the truth”, this statement offers great insight into his painting “Mandolin… Read More
28 June 2014
Banksy Mural Removal Could Damage Cheltenham Grade II Listed Building
The people responsible for removing a Banksy mural from a wall in Cheltenham may be acting illegaly under Section 9… Read More
27 June 2014
Masterpiece London Preview Announces Sales In Excess of £40m
Masterpiece London’s top art and antiques fair which is often compared to Maastricht has opened with reports of strong sales… Read More
27 June 2014
Ikon Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Best Of Paintings, Sculpture And Installation
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery is marking its 50th anniversary with a best of exhibition survey of Ikon’s programme from the 1980s,… Read More
27 June 2014
Warhol, Doig And Bacon Star In Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale
The market continues to storm ahead, ravenous for great works by great artists. This sale – one of the most… Read More
26 June 2014
Smiljan Radic Combines Flintstone With Jetson To Create New Serpentine Pavilion
Smiljan Radić has unveiled the fourteenth Serpentine temporary Pavilion located outside the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens…. Read More
25 June 2014
London Art Book Fair 2014 Returns To The Whitechapel In September
The London Art Book Fair celebrates the best of international contemporary art publishing. Exhibitors include galleries, booksellers, colleges and leading… Read More
25 June 2014
Christie’s Reveals £86m Impressionist and Modern Evening Sales Figures
Christies London has released the results for the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening sale which took place on 24 June … Read More
25 June 2014
BP Portrait Award 2014 Thomas Ganter Announced Winner At NPG
The winner of the BP Portrait Award 2014 was announced last night at the National Portrait Gallery. The first prize… Read More
25 June 2014
Phyllida Barlow Presented As Inaugural Hauser & Wirth Somerset Exhibition
Phyllida Barlow’s ‘GIG’, is set to be the inaugural exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Following Barlow’s critically acclaimed Duveen… Read More
24 June 2014