10 April 2020
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Creates £20m emergency COVID-19 Fund
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has created a £20m emergency fund and will this year split its £1m visual artists and composers’ awards amongst EVERY eligible entrant.
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Liverpool Biennial Postponed Until 2021
The Liverpool Biennial is the latest casualty in the 2020 cultural calendar. The highly regarded international event has been postponed due to the COVID-19...
8 April 2020
National Gallery Explores Easter Story Paintings Online
London's National Gallery is cleverly telling the Easter story through paintings in their collection. The story of the events leading up to and following...
Royal Academy Postpones Summer Exhibition Until Autumn
The 252nd Summer Exhibition, at the Royal Academy which was due to open in June, has been rescheduled for autumn 2020 due to the...
2 April 2020
Sotheby’s Announce Significant Redundancies Due To Coronavirus
Sotheby's has announced significant redundancies, staff hiatuses, and pay cuts as a result of the Coronavirus.
1 April 2020
All Edinburgh Festivals Cancelled For 2020
For the first time in over 70 years, the five festivals that transform Edinburgh into the world’s leading cultural destination every August are not...
Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage Saved For The Nation
The appeal to save artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman's Prospect Cottage for the nation has successfully reached its £3.5-million target in just ten weeks,...
31 March 2020
Early Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Dutch Museum
Police have launched a criminal investigation and are reviewing security footage after a painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen during the early hours...
29 March 2020
Art Goes Viral – Edward Lucie-Smith
The coronavirus has been responsible for a major crisis in the art world. Museums and galleries have slammed their doors shut. Increasingly the only...
26 March 2020
And Last But Not Least Art Basel Gets Postponed
Well well, we all knew this was coming. TEFAF Maastricht is currently under fire for infecting the upper echelons of the art world with...
25 March 2020
Manifesta 13 Marseille Postponed Due to COVID-19 Crisis
Manifesta 13, the European Nomadic Biennial which originated in the early 1990s in response to the political, economic, and social change following the end...
25 March 2020
Rebecca Salter PRA Wins £25,000 Genesis Prize
The Genesis Foundation today announced Rebecca Salter, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize.
24 March 2020
Paul Kasmin Formative Contemporary Art Dealer Dies Age 60
The London-born dealer PAUL KASMIN (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement.
Italy I Love You My Heart Is With You – Marina Abramović
Marina Abramović made a statement to the people of Italy in association with Palazzo Strozzi as part of project IN TOUCH. The international artist...
Cass Art Shuts All UK Shops
Cass Art has shut all of their stores leaving artists to scramble for supplies. All professionals and students looking to stock up on materials...
Art And Corona What happens Afterwards – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the contemporary art world goes dark, and as galleries - official spaces and commercial ones - slam shut their doors, one inevitably starts...
20 March 2020
Fourth Plinth Commission Postponed Because Of You Know What
The unveiling of the Fourth Plinth commission, a giant soft-serve dollop of whipped cream topped with a cherry, a fly and a drone by...
18 March 2020
Frieze New York 2020 Cancelled
Frieze has announced the cancellation of the ninth edition of the Frieze New York art fair. It falls in line with health and safety...
Art In The Time Of COVID19 – Sue Hubbard
First, the Louvre in Paris closed. Then the galleries in London started to shut their doors, one by one, like the “lamps going out...
Tate Closes Galleries Due To Coronavirus Epidemic
The Tate has just released a press statement informing that it will be closing up shop until May due to COVID19 virus. The Serpentine...
16 March 2020
London Art Gallery Closures Latest COVID19 Updates
The National Gallery has unprecedentedly cancelled their highly anticipated Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition, scheduled to open on 4th April. The ICA, Wellcome Collection, South London...
15 March 2020
Old Master Paintings Stolen From University Of Oxford Gallery
If you think UK galleries are safe while everyone is panicking from the COVID19 virus think again. Three valuable paintings have been stolen from...
15 March 2020
Arts Council England Promises Arts Support But Warns Of Closures
Arts Council England has released a statement outlining support for the arts during the COVID 19 crisis. In a statement released today (Sunday 15...
15 March 2020
South London Gallery First To Announce Lengthy Closure
The South London Gallery, a popular, public, cultural oasis has decided to close until further notice. This is the first, with many to follow...
14 March 2020
Gagosian Gallery Closes Due To COVID-19
Gagosian, the largest chain of commercial galleries in the world, has shuttered until further notice. The following message was released this morning.
13 March 2020
Anicka Yi To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
Tate Modern has announced that Anicka Yi will create the next annual Hyundai Commission, an annual event at the gallery. Her new site-specific work...
Metropolitan Museum Leads Global Cultural Shut-Down
The Metropolitan Museum in New York has announced, it is to Close Temporarily Starting today, March 13. It will close all three locations—The Met Fifth...
Emma Talbot Wins Max Mara Art Prize for Women 2020
The Max Mara prize 2020 has been awarded to Emma Talbot. The award supports UK-based female artists who have not previously had a major...
7 March 2020
Late Francis Bacon Triptych Set To Soar At Sotheby’s
Francis Bacon's late large-format Triptych Inspired by the Greek tragedy Oresteia of Aeschylus, will go under the hammer at Sotheby's. This will be the...
Venice Architecture Biennale Postponed Due To Coronavirus Fears
The 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale has been postponed due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus and will now be held from Saturday, August 29th...
Art Dubai Postpones 2020 Fair Due To Coronavirus
The Art Dubai organisers have postponed the 2020 fair indefinitely. This is the second major to be canceled this Winter along side Art Basel...
Ulay: Marina Abramović Creative Collaborator Dies
Frank Uwe Laysiepen, AKA Ulay, Conceptual artist and long-term creative partner of Marina Abramović, has died age 76. Born in Germany and based in...