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Leonora Carrington Last Surrealist Dies At 94 - ArtLyst

2011-05-26T12:58:00.000-07:00

Leonora Carrington Last Surrealist Dies At 94

Leonora Carrington was born in Clayton Green, Lancashire, UK, on 6 April 1917. She studied at The Chelsea School of Art and was the lover of Max Ernst a leading exponent of Surrealism. She emigrated to Mexico during the second World War, dividing her time between Mexico City, New York and Chicago, but her last longtime home and inspiration was Mexico. It was once famously dubbed a "surrealist country" by writer, poet and founder of the Surrealist Movement, Andre Breton who cherished it for its colorful and sometimes grotesque costumes, masks, rituals and dances.
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Princess Bea Hat Reaches $102,000 On Ebay - ArtLyst

2011-05-20T16:08:00.000-07:00

Princess Bea Hat Reaches $102,000 On Ebay - ArtLyst

Looted Nazi Art Records Published Online - ArtLyst

2011-05-05T06:51:00.000-07:00

Looted Nazi Art Records Published Online - ArtLyst

Sex Lies and Pablo Picasso - ArtLyst

2011-04-27T12:39:00.000-07:00

Picasso was a Love-Rat

This painting is about to be put under the hammer for £12m at Christie's. Read the full Story about Pablo Picasso's Wife Olga Khokhlova, his mistress Marie-Therese Walter and the woman he cheated with Dora Maar
Sex Lies and Pablo Picasso - ArtLyst

Syd Barrett Painting Stolen First Photo - ArtLyst

2011-04-11T23:18:00.000-07:00

Syd Barrett Painting Stolen First Photo - ArtLyst

John McCracken American Artist Dies - ArtLyst

2011-04-11T14:33:00.000-07:00

John McCracken American Artist Dies - ArtLyst

Syd Barrett Painting Stolen From London Gallery - ArtLyst

2011-04-11T09:54:00.000-07:00

Syd Barrett Painting Stolen From London Gallery - ArtLyst

Artist Ai Weiwei Arrested and Missing In China - ArtLyst

2011-04-05T05:39:00.000-07:00

Ai Weiwei the dissident Chinese artist and pro-democracy activist has been taken by the authorities and is presumed to have been detained in a secret location. He is due to come to London for his first solo show at the Lisson Gallery.Which runs from 13 May to 16 July. He will present his show of sculptural and video works at the same gallery as Anish Kapoor,Tony Cragg and Ryan Gander. This will be a chance to view a number of key works by the artist, one of the most significant cultural figures of his generation, both in China and internationally. He is also expected in New York in the first week of May to unveil the new project with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and to receive an award from the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. All of the other dissidents have now been released but Weiwei has continued to be detained by the Chinese authorities with no explanation, his whereabouts unknown.
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Arts Council Funding Cuts Announced Today

2011-03-29T23:53:00.000-07:00

It is going to be a very difficult 24 hours for the arts as a body of industries. The wait will be over and Arts Council England will decide who's in and who's out in relation to funding. The list goes public and live at 10 am tomorrow at a press conference. This will hopefully create a clearer picture of how and where the cuts will be made. Speculation has been rife for months and now we will see who will be dead man walking.
There are 1,333 arts organisations that have entered the application process as part of the new National Portfolio. 850 are funded and an estimated 750 will have their projects realised. They will receive funding over the next three years. New organisations applying for arts council grants for the first time will stand alongside well known institutions. A clearer picture of the 15% cuts to frontline arts organisations. will become apparent and It will also allow the first real insight into the Arts Council's collective state of mind under the leadership of Dame Liz Forgan, the newish chair.
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Black Bloc Invade London 26 March 2011

2011-03-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

This is the entry point of Anarchist Group Black Bloc to Trafalgar Square 26 March 2011. They are on their way up Charing Cross Rd. to Cambridge Circus. Note: the police don't seem to be following the splinter group. The rest is history.

At around midday a group of around 100 anarchists part of the organisation known as Black bloc, headed through Trafalgar square to the cheers of many, as they made their way up Charing Cross Rd towards Cambridge Circus.
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Ai Weiwei Sculpture for Somerset House This Spring

2011-03-17T07:05:00.000-07:00

A large scale public sculpture by China's most controversial artists, Ai Weiwei's is to go on display in the courtyard of London's Somerset House. He is best know in London for his massive Tate/ Unilever commission in the Turbine Hall last autumn. Weiwei filled the vast space with over 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds. Read More...

Gaddafi's Son Saif's Eleven Million Pound Squat - ArtLyst

2011-03-16T15:23:00.000-07:00

This is a work of art

I visited the palatial Neo-Georgian red brick mansion belonging to Colonel 's son Saif in Hampstead Garden Suburb today. A group of squatters have taken over house but it seemed to be in a state of lock down and no one answered the door. Read More

Kay Saatchi Collection Goes Under The Hammer - ArtLyst

2011-03-16T01:37:00.000-07:00

Kay Saatchi Collection Goes Under The Hammer - ArtLyst

China Overtakes Britain as the World's Second largest Art Market - ArtLyst

2011-03-15T01:23:00.000-07:00

China has overtaken Britain as the world's second largest art and antiques market .The dragon economy over took the UK last year as mainland buyers proved they were important players on the world art market stage. British art professionals have voiced concern about the planned EU levy on art, known as the Droit de Suite which comes into effect in 2012 The levy is aimed at the sale of works by living artists and was introduced in the United Kingdom in 2006 via an EU directive. Read More...

AP Sues Urban Outfitters Over Shepard Fairey Obama Image

2011-03-14T12:50:00.000-07:00

Associated Press has now decided to pour salt on the wounds of the recently settled Shepard Fairey case by suing retailers Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom and Zumiez, seeking unspecified damages. They have pinpointed the revenue generators who monetised the image on T shirts and accessories and now want blood. They won the case through excessive litigative bulling pumping millions into the case. In 2009 Fairey sued AP,seeking a declaration that he had not violated their copyright with his image. AP counter-sued, stating that he had done so through his uncredited and uncompensated use of its picture. The lawyers representing AP stated that the photo was used without permission, to create Fairey's image, violating copyright. AP successfully argued in court that using the image was a wilful and blatant violation of the copyright of the photo. Read Full Article...

Koons' Pink Panther Goes Under The Hammer $20 -$30 M Estimate

2011-03-12T00:03:00.000-08:00

The German publisher and art collector Benedikt Taschen, known for his glossy art books including a delightful publication of Koons fornicating with his ex porn star wife, La Cicciolina, is selling his 1988 porcelain sculpture of a tacky blonde woman holding a large pink panther cuddly toy. It is going under the hammer, this May at Sotheby's spring Contemporary Art Evening Auction in New York. The polychrome porcelain sculpture has a pre-sale estimate of 20 -30 million dollars. Read More....

Mr Brainwash Run DMC Lawsuit

2011-03-11T07:00:00.000-08:00

This must be the season for artists lawsuits. First it was Shepard Fairey settling the case concerning the iconic disputed photo of Obama. Than Jeff Koons sued Canadian company Imm-Living for allegedly copying his metallic balloon dog sculptures and marketing them as $30 resin bookends. The suit implied that Koons owned the intellectual rights to balloon dogs so to stop further embarrassment, he conceded. The latest in line for a court battle is Thierry Guetta, a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash who is being taken to court by the photographer Glen Friedman, creator of one of the best known photos of rap group, Run DMC. It has been implied that Guetta ripped off the image using it for limited edition prints and promotional material for his 2008 break-out exhibition. Read More..,.,.

Frieze Art Fair Appoints Carmody Groarke 2011 Architects - ArtLyst

2011-03-10T07:16:00.000-08:00

Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover,the directors of the Frieze Art Fair have announced the appointment of the London-based architectural studio Carmody Groarke as the new architects for the Deutsche Bank sponsored, Frieze Art Fair 2011. The firm designed the Surreal House Exhibition at the Barbican one of the most successful events last year. It was A series of archetypal "house" forms are clustered together in the Barbican Art Gallery to create a bespoke backdrop for presentation of surrealist art, sculpture, film and architecture. The labyrinth of rooms created by the installation draws on familiar as well as abstract associations of domestic space, and challenges the visitor's preconceived expectations of the existing gallery. Frieze Art Fair Appoints Carmody Groarke 2011 Architects - ArtLyst

Tino Sehgal Gets Tate Turbine Hall Commission For 2012

2011-03-08T09:58:00.000-08:00

Tino Sehgal commissioned for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall for the 2012 Olympic period.
17 July to 28 October 2012
Tate has announced that Tino Sehgal will undertake the annual commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2012. To be unveiled on 17 July that year, Sehgal’s new work will be the thirteenth to be commissioned in The Unilever Series.
Tino Sehgal 2012 will be part of the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad. Sehgal has risen to prominence for his innovative works which consist purely of live encounters between people. Avoiding the production of any objects, he has pioneered a radical and yet entirely viewer-oriented approach to making art. His works respond to and engage with the gallery visitor directly, creating social situations through the use of conversation, dance, sound and movement, as well as philosophical and economic debate. Having trained in both political economics and choreography, the resulting works are renowned for their high levels of interaction, intimacy, and critical reflection on their environment.Read More....

Overhyped Picasso Painting Hung At Tate Modern - ArtLyst

2011-03-07T06:17:00.000-08:00

Overhyped Picasso Painting Hung At Tate Modern - ArtLyst

Review- Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970’s - ArtLyst

2011-03-07T04:26:00.000-08:00

Review- Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970’s - ArtLyst

Pinner Vase Sale a £51m Stiff ?

2011-03-06T14:34:00.000-08:00

Intrigue and sabotage blamed for the sales collapse.

The internationally reported sale of an 18th century Qianlong-dynasty Chinese vase from a small suburban London auction house last November has fallen through. Bainbridge's of Ruislip scored the record, for the highest price realized for a piece of Chinese art, sold in the UK. The fact of the matter is the buyer has never payed for it and it looks like the sale was either shambolic or a severe case of buyers remorse. Read More....

Artist Suze Rotolo Dies in New York - ArtLyst

2011-03-04T23:55:00.000-08:00

Artist Suze Rotolo Dies in New York - ArtLyst

Damien Hirst Survey Tate Modern 2012

2011-03-03T07:12:00.000-08:00

The Tate feel that this is the best Artist to represent Britain during its most high profile world event in the last 100 years.

Tate Modern have announced the first substantial survey of the work of Damien Hirst which will run from 5 April - 9 September 2012. This is hardly a retrospective, given Hirst's age. It will instead cover in-depth two decades of the artist's output. The exhibition will highlight works including many of his most iconic pieces such as, The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living 1991 (the shark) and his Spot and Spin paintings. The exhibition is sponsored by the Qatar Museums Authority and takes place during the period of the Olympics. Read Full Article....

Tate Exhibition Programme 2012 Include Picasso, Hirst and Munch

2011-03-03T06:50:00.000-08:00

The Tate has announced an ambitious exhibition programme for 2012, just in time for the Olympics. First off Tino Sehgal is to create the Turbine Hall commission for the London 2012 Festival. Other major exhibitions will stretch across all four Tate galleries and will feature some of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Outstanding contemporary artists including Picasso, Munch, Damien Hirst, Yayoi Kusama, Cy Twombly and Alex Katz, alongside a range of pioneering historic exhibitions including the Pre-Raphaelites. Read More....

March Latest London Art Reviews - ArtLyst

2011-03-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

March Latest London Art Reviews - ArtLyst

John Galliano You're Fired - ArtLyst

2011-03-01T10:48:00.000-08:00

John Galliano You're Fired - ArtLyst

Susan Philipsz New Chicago Installation - ArtLyst

2011-03-01T05:52:00.000-08:00

Susan Philipsz New Chicago Installation - ArtLyst

John Galliano Racist Attack Video - ArtLyst

2011-02-28T12:34:00.000-08:00

John Galliano Racist Attack Video - ArtLyst

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Banksy Fails To Scoop Best Documentary Film Oscar - ArtLyst

2011-02-28T00:36:00.000-08:00

Banksy Fails To Scoop Best Documentary Film Oscar - ArtLyst

British Council Appoints New Director

2011-02-26T00:30:00.000-08:00

Graham Sheffield has been appointed the new director of The British Council he succeeds Rebecca Walton who was acting as interim Director of Arts in the UK’s largest international cultural relations organization.Sheffield’s extensive arts management and creative experience will ensure that the arts remain at the heart of the British Council’s mission to strengthen ties between the UK and people in over 100 countries." Sheffield has been involved in several high profile jobs in the UK and internationally. His role as CEO of the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong was considered important enough for promotion to this key position. He has also worked as Artistic Director of the Barbican Centre and Chair of the City of London Arts and Culture Forum. Read Full Article...

Picasso Denounced Computers In 1968

2011-02-25T12:20:00.000-08:00

In 1968, when Pablo Picasso stated that, "Computers are useless.They can only give you answers", he would not have been exposed to the modern computer as we know it. If Picasso had seen a computer at the time, it would have been a big, cumbersome mainframe, utilizing punch cards like the ones used by banks and insurance companies, for database management, calculating invoices, bills, and insurance premiums. In 1968 Intel was founded and it was inconceivable to realize the implications of this development on the future of home computing and its application to art. Read Full Article....

Google Street Art View Showcases Graffiti - ArtLyst

2011-02-23T04:58:00.000-08:00

Google Street Art View Showcases Graffiti - ArtLyst

General Idea’s A A Bronson Receives French knighthood

2011-02-21T13:03:00.000-08:00

AA Bronson Conceptual Artist and last surviving member of the collective General Idea has been awarded the highest honour in France for his contribution to visual art. On the eve of the opening of the first-ever retrospective of GI’s work in Europe, Bronson is named a chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des arts et lettres by France. The honour is an Order of France, established in 1957 by the Minister of Culture in France and confirmed as part of L’ordre National du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.
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Christian Marclay The Clock Turner Prize Contender?

2011-02-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

Christian Marclay walks a fine line between being entertaining and mundane. His work The Clock which has been a surprise international success closes it’s New York stint at the Paula Cooper Gallery this weekend. 'The Clock' which had its London debut at White Cube in Mason’s Yard in October and November is constructed out of moments in cinema when time is expressed or when a character interacts with a clock, watch or just a particular time of day. Marclay has excerpted thousands of these fragments and edited them so that they flow in real time. While 'The Clock' examines how time, plot and duration are depicted in cinema, the video is also a working timepiece that is synchronized to the local time zone.
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Was The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Rigged?

2011-02-19T02:07:00.000-08:00

Was The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize rigged? The 2010 prize is supposed to present the very best in contemporary portrait photography, showcasing the work of talented young photographers and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals and photography students. Through editorial, advertising and fine art images, the entrants have explored a range of themes, styles and approaches to the contemporary photographic portrait, from formal commissioned portraits to more spontaneous and intimate moments capturing friends and family.This year the competition attracted nearly 6,000 submissions from over 2,400 photographers from around the world. Read More...

Sotheby's Post War and Contemporary Art Sale Protest

2011-02-18T15:41:00.000-08:00

While the Sotheby's Post War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale realized totals of £44.4 million another very different auction was taking place outside on the street in London. The Arts Against Cuts group were auctioning off public services like the libraries for £.99 or a pound could purchase the NHS. When confronted by the police the auctioneer stated; "and what do you think about the cuts to the police services?" The officers declined to comment. Read More...

Banksy Meets Jamie Oliver

2011-02-18T04:55:00.000-08:00

Banksy Meets Jamie Oliver

British guerilla artist Banksy has created a new work on a wall in Westwood California in preparation for his Oscar nominated documentary, "Exit Through the Gift Shop". The ballots are due Tuesday and it is looking good for the artist, who is busy lobbying for votes by keeping a high profile. The work has been dubbed "The Crayola Shooter," Read More....

Nazi Art Claimant Maria Altmann Dies

2011-02-12T04:09:00.000-08:00

Maria Altmann who in 2006 successfully reclaimed five paintings by Gustav Klimt, from Austrian museums that were seized by the Nazis in 1938, has died age 94. The case was one in a string of high profile disputed ownership cases that has rocked the art world in the last decade. The successful outcome resulted in a sale at Christie’s realizing 180 million pounds. ( 330.7 million dollars).
The Klimts, three landscapes and a portrait, were part of a group of five reunited with Maria Altmann by the Austrian government. The Nazis plundered the paintings along with other arts treasures owned by this prominent Jewish family,who were friends and patrons of the Vienna Secession elite. Read Full Story

Eduardo Paolozzi Murals At Risk By Developers

2011-02-09T06:30:00.000-08:00

Several of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi's mosaic murals designed for the Tottenham Court Road Tube Station, in the 1980s are to be removed, to make way for new passages and reinforced tunnels, as part of the expanded tube station, connecting to the new Cross Rail project. The unlisted works of art include, panels of tessellated mosaics inspired by Tottenham Court Road's electronics shops and the once vibrant music industry. The 1000 square metre commission is a distinct and internationally recognized feature of the station. The mosaic's frenetic designs are much loved by art critics and the public. In a statement from TFL, "London Underground highly values the Paolozzi mosaics within Tottenham Court Road Underground station, and alongside the Tube’s ‘Art on the Underground’ programme, we have been working closely with the Paolozzi Foundation as the Tottenham Court Road upgrade progresses. We are taking great care to protect and preserve these wonderful mosaics as we upgrade Tottenham Court Road station". Test areas have been investigated and a feasibility study undertaken removing sections of tiles. In all cases the damage was negligible. Read Full Report

Julian Assange The New Che Guevara Wikiart

2011-02-07T07:31:00.000-08:00

Julian Assange has become one of the hottest subjects for street art since Che Guevara. Hundreds of images of the web-entrepreneur have appeared in places as diverse as New York, London, Lisbon, Rio de Janerio and Tel Aviv. Although most of the Artists are anonymous It is thought that Shepard Fairey is responsible for a work in the style of the Obama ‘change’ poster. The term Wikiart has been coined to discribe the phenomenon. Read Full Article

Jeff Koons Settles Balloon-Gate Lawsuit

2011-02-06T04:47:00.000-08:00

Jeff Koons’s attorneys LLC, have called off their irrational lawsuit with the Park Life Gallery in San Francisco and the Canadian company IMM over the production and sale of multi-coloured resin balloon dogs. In an attempt to copyright the balloon dog image, as his intellectual property, the plaintiff has relented that the case is untenable. Koons, whose oversized metal balloon dog sculptures sell for millions was suing a gallery and manufacturer for copyright infringement, ordering production and sales to cease. Read Full Article

Kinetica Art Fair 2011

2011-02-03T12:38:00.000-08:00

The Kinetica Art Fair opened in London tonight with a fantastic display of automatons, moving sculpture and light /sound installations. The fair is produced by the Kinetica Museum and is the first of its kind in the UK. It brings together international galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups who focus on universal concepts and evolutionary processes though the convergence of movement art and technology.
The fair which runs throughout the weekend,provides a platform for museums, collectors, curators and the public to view and buy artworks in this thriving cutting edge field. Alongside the fair there will be special events, screenings, tours, talks, workshops and performances.
For 2011 a Kinetica feature exhibition and events programme will explore the evolution of the human body, brain, mind and consciousness.
The Kinetica Art Fair 2011 is the UK's only art fair dedicated to kinetic, robotic, sound, light and time-based art featuring new and ground breaking work, will take place from 3 - 6 February 2011 at the Ambika P3 space in London. The feature exhibition focuses on the Evolution of Consciousness and will explore the progression of the human body, brain, mind and consciousness in reference to our place in the universe. Of special note, the works of Tim Lewis,Tanja Vujinovic,Arts Republic,Tom Wilkinson,Alex Posada,The Middllesex University and my favorite, Christiaan Zwanikken.Have a look at the high definition ghost corpse holograms and ectoplasm by Musion Academy. It's superbly executed and extremely authentic.This is the most fun,friendly and accessible art fair to be mounted annually.don't miss it!!!! Visit The Fair See Details

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Google Art Project Takes Tate Britain and National Gallery Online

2011-02-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

Google, The Internet colossus has now turned its technical innovation to Art. Their latest innovation is called, Art Project, a web portal devoted to putting the world’s great museums online. Collaborating with 17 international Museums and Galleries, including the Metropolitan and MoMA in New York, the Uffizi in Italy , the Hermitage in Russia, as well as London’s the National Gallery and Tate Britain,they have created a staggering archive, which will grow over the next few years. Art Project took 18 months to develop and offers 6,000 “street view” formatted, room panoramas. They are similar to the visuals used by Google street maps and incorperate1,061 high-resolution artworks. Read Full Article

Cairo Museum Looted Latest

2011-01-31T04:26:00.000-08:00

Looters broke into the Egyptian Museum in Cairo Friday night smashing vitrines,damaging statues and mummies.The robbery took place while police attempted to quell the violent protests which erupted on the streets last week and have carried on throughout the weekend. The museum is home to the world's largest collection of Ancient Egyptian treasures, including the priceless collection of King Tutankhamen.
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Arts Donations From UK Business Falls By 11%

2011-01-29T01:00:00.000-08:00

Businesses investment in UK arts fell last year by 11%. This was despite Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s DCMS directive to encourage corporate philanthropy. The initiative was launched last year to take the pressure off of the Government, which has made cuts to the arts of around 30%. The figures clearly highlight the universal tightening of belts taking place in some of the most prestigious British company boardrooms. The amount of funding raised for the cultural sector last year was £144m, down from £157m the year before. This revelation comes only two months after Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans for a "year of corporate giving" to help boost private funding. Read Full Article....

Christie's Sales Total Record-breaking £3.3 Billion

2011-01-28T04:27:00.000-08:00

Contemporary art market bounces back In 2010

Christies has announced sales figures of £3.3 billion or $5.0 billion for 2010. This is up 53% and a record for the world’s leading art business. The 245-year-old company now holds the record for the highest total recorded in the industry. The contemporary art market bounced back last year, logging $961 million, compared to a relatively weak $387 million the previous year. Impressionist and modern art was Christie's leading category, totaling $1.2 billion, a rise of more than 50% over $786 million realised in 2009. Read Full Article......

Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 Open Submissions

2011-01-26T13:11:00.000-08:00

New Contemporaries gives people still at, or just after, art school the opportunity to show their work in the context of a professional art gallery. It is important in that it takes the work out of the educational context and into the real. The relationship between education and art is known, respected, but strangely not recognised enough. As an organisation New Contemporaries is, however, totally independent of the art school as it allows applicants a democratic chance for the work itself to shine through. Reputations that might otherwise become set within the art school system are able to break out.

The annual exhibition is selected from slide, film, video, CD, proposal, and then at a second stage from a shortlist of the work itself. New Contemporaries is one of only two open exhibitions in the country.

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Banksy Nominated for Oscar and Bafta

2011-01-25T08:30:00.000-08:00

It’s official Banksy's film, Exit Through The Gift Shop, has been nominated for an Academy Award as well as a Bafta. The Bristol street artist’s first film has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category for the Oscars which will take place in Hollywood in February. The Academy is already considering what do in the likely event that the 'reclusive' artist fails to show up to collect the award should he win. The film was placed on the long-list, for an Oscar in the category of, Best Documentary Film and has now made it onto the final 5.
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Dennis Oppenheim Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies 72

2011-01-24T10:56:00.000-08:00

Dennis Oppenheim the pioneering conceptual artist has died of complications from liver cancer, he was 72. Oppenheim was born in 1938 in Electric City, Washington and studied at the California College of the Arts and Stanford University, before moving to New York in 1966. He made a name for himself as one of the first land artists in the 1960s, and explored Body Art at the inception of the movement. Oppenheim’s work evolved into the first wave of Conceptual Art and was influential and embraced by a younger generation of artists. He was a contemporary of ground breaking artists including, Vito Acconci, Gordon Matta Clarke and Bruce Nauman. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums internationally, including Tate Modern, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Read Full Obituary...

Art 42 Basel Who’s In Who’s Out

2011-01-24T04:48:00.000-08:00

June 15 – 19, 2011

Richard Green and Patrick Painter have pulled out of the worlds biggest Art Fair, Art 42 Basel .The fair is the most important international art show for Modern and contemporary art, held annually in Switzerland. It features nearly 300 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. More than 2,500 artists, ranging from the great masters of Modern art to the latest generation of emerging stars, are represented in the show's multiple sections. The exhibition includes the highest-quality paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, video and multiple works. Read Full List....

Has Jeff Koons Gone Bonkers?

2011-01-23T07:43:00.000-08:00

Forever an egotistical megalomaniac, Koons is obsessed with himself. His inflated self-importance has overstretched all sensible boundaries, reaching the point of no return. He is now suing a small San Francisco gallery for design and copyright infringement. It all began about a month ago when Koon’s lawyers sent a ‘Cease and Desist’ letter to the Park Life Gallery in California. The dispute arose over a pair of cast resin bookends in the form of multi-coloured Balloon Dogs. The bookends are manufactured by Toronto-based imm Living, available in some 700 stores in the United States, retailing for $30. Does Koons think he owns the intellectual rights to Balloon Folding? Here is the complaint. Read Full Story ....

VIP Art Fair Is Virtually There

2011-01-22T16:01:00.000-08:00

Review - First Major Online Art Fair Launches

The first online art fair featuring top international dealers, artists and prime location galleries, launched today with overloaded servers and the type of crashes only experienced when trying to buy Lady Gaga tickets online. “Please bear with us, as we work to remedy this situation”; was the frustrating message.

I persevered and managed to have a look at the ‘virtual fair’, cracking into some of the better-known galleries like Gagosian, White Cube and Pace but the slowness made me lose interest before browsing what I really wanted to see, the ‘Emerging’ and ‘Focus’ pages. I will return tomorrow ,as the fair continues for seven days.

The VIP Art Fair operates on a two-tier system. Participating galleries have sent invitations to their client lists, allowing them instant-messaging privileges. This also allows access to a wider variety of works not on show on the horizontally scrolling, virtual stands. The largest booths publicly display 20 works. The remaining 80 works on offer will be by request, opening up a dialogue between client and dealer. Valued clients may chat in private online viewing rooms. Visitors without invitations will be able to browse a limited inventory for free, but in order to view all areas the public must pay $100 for a pass, to see price ranges and interact with dealers, via instant messaging. Read Full Story...

MODERN BRITISH SCULPTURE REVIEW

2011-01-21T14:19:00.000-08:00

Royal Academy Of The Arts London 22 January – 7 April 2011

Unknown work by Damien Hirst, a barnyard outbuilding and a smattering of 20^th century masters are included in the first extensive survey of Modern British sculpture to be held in a major London gallery, in thirty years. Sir Anthony Caro, who features in the show, hopes it will raise awareness to a younger generation of Artists and Art Enthusiasts. This latest exploration of three-dimensional work has been curated by Dr Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain and former head of the Henry Moore Foundation. The sculptor Keith Wilson is co-curating in conjunction with Dr. Adrian Locke the Exhibitions Curator at the Royal Academy. The team have chosen 120 pieces, which deliberately challenge and encourage an examination of the progression of sculpture, in Britain. It highlights work from 1880 – 21^st century. Read full Review .....

Stolen Masterpieces Recovered in Scotland

2011-01-20T12:50:00.000-08:00

Works by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Samuel Peploe and Federico Barocci Returned.

Poor record keeping and slack security by the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, the Museum of Transport, and Maryhill stores in Scotland has aided the disappearance of at least 10 works of art worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Three paintings stolen from the gallery, more than a decade ago have been recovered after one of the artworks was spotted in an auction catalogue. The painting, “Wooded Landscape With Figures” by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot was discovered by one of the curators at and Museum, in November. Read Full Story

Wallace Collection Appoints Christoph Vogtherr As New Director

2011-01-20T03:02:00.000-08:00

Sir John Ritblat,Chairman of the Wallace Collection has announced the appointment of Dr Christoph Vogtherr as the next Director of the Collection upon the retirement of Dame Rosalind Savill DBE next October 2011.

'Having run a fully international competition, it is very satisfying to find the right balance of scholarship and leadership from within the Wallace Collection itself, and that the appointment of Dr Vogtherr has the wholehearted endorsement of the Board of Trustees' says Sir John Ritblat, Chairman of the Trustees. Read Full Story.....

UK Museum Storage Costs Millions

2011-01-19T03:44:00.000-08:00

Storage costs for art in British Museums is costing over a million pounds per year. A Freedom of Information request put in by the BBC resulted in the finding. “The British Museum spent £86,280 in 2009 and 2010 mothballing 99% of its collection in storage.”Many museums in the capital keep an average of 90% of their collections stored away and the Museums Association says in view of the economic climate, with national museums facing funding cuts of 15%, venues are urged to offer more of their hidden collections on permanent display to the public. Read More....

Yoko Ono Wins Hiroshima Art Prize

2011-01-17T14:39:00.000-08:00

Yoko Ono, the avant-garde artist and widow of John Lennon, has been awarded the eighth Hiroshima Art Prize. This is awarded for her contributions to world peace through contemporary art. The Mayor, Tadatoshi Akiba stated the city will continue with its “Obamajority” anti-nuclear weapons campaign, amid controversy over a recent U.S. subcritical nuclear test, the first under President Barack Obama. Ono released a comment through the city, saying, “The tragedies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were created by humans by themselves, and the humans also have the wisdom to eliminate their root causes,” in reference to the 1945 atomic bombings of the two Japanese cities in World War II. Read Full Article....

London Art Fair 2011

2011-01-17T04:30:00.000-08:00

London Art Fair is one of the largest and longest established Contemporary art fairs in the UK. The five day exhibition covers work from over 100 countries, showcasing some of the best art galleries from Britain and globally.
The fair spreads over three floors in the Edwardian Business Design Centre, in Islington North London. The London Art Fair encompasses almost everything that has happened in art from the post war period.
The undoubted highlight of the Fair is Art Projects and Photo 50. The 2011 section is set to out do itself this year, as it is more extensive and exciting than ever before.

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BP Portrait Award Call For Entries

2011-01-16T15:03:00.000-08:00

The National Portrait Gallery in London is calling for entries into the BP Portrait Award 2011. You must submit your entry by Thursday 10 February. First prize is £25,000, second prize £8,000, third prize: £6,000. There is also the BP Travel Award 2011 of £5,000 and BP Young Artist Award: £5,000.

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Picasso and Dyslexia

2011-01-16T12:32:00.000-08:00

Scientists at Middlesex University in London claim that Picasso's success may be attributed to his dyslexia

The 20^th century master adapted to his shortcomings including the inability to see words written properly. Researchers think they may have explained the motivation behind some of Picasso’s most recognisable works, including his ground breaking Cubist pieces. Read Full Article...

Con-Dem-Nation: UK

2011-01-14T15:41:00.000-08:00

The short-sighted, position-serving budget cuts and decisions being made by the Coalition government since May 2010 have stirred the waters of unrest in the country so deeply that no-one could possibly deny the diversity of people involved, the depth of feeling solicited and the very real reasons for the protests, and reprove of the choices being made by those elected to serve the population.
Will further irrevocable damage be allowed to happen? Will the Coalition be allowed to continue with it’s 'style' of governance? It would certainly appear that with each new decision, the knife is twisted and more and more people are feeling the burn of being marginalised, discriminated, ignored and spoon-fed a media diet of bullshit and buzzwords. Let us not forget that this Coalition Government was not democratically elected in the first place. Surely this is a clear indication that the party political system, with it’s 'celebrity' posturing, finger-pointing and empty promises in dazzling manifestos designed by marketing agents, is fundamentally sick? All in favour say 'I', and read on. Read Full Article By Rebecca Mellor

Fourth Plinth Sculpture Winners Announced

2011-01-14T00:34:00.000-08:00

A giant blue rooster by Katharina Fritsch and a curly haired boy on a rocking horse by Elmgreen & Dragset are the next two sculptures chosen for the Fourth Plinth platform in London’s Trafalgar, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced the winners this morning. The two commissions will go ahead for the Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square over the period covering the 2012 Olympics. Read full article...

Shepard Fairey vs. AP Case Dismissed

2011-01-13T06:24:00.000-08:00

The copyright lawsuit between the American Urban Artist, Shepard Fairey and AP (Associated Press), came a step closer to a conclusion yesterday, when U.S. District Judge, Alvin Hellerstein dismissed the case. The artist who had created the Barack Obama "HOPE" image from a photograph by a professional AP news photographer, has been excluded from the current lawsuit, but a March trial date has been scheduled for claims between the news service and companies that sold merchandise using the artist's image. Hellerstien also said the claims could be reinstated within a month if either side requested it.

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ICA Appoints Gregor Muir New Executive Director

2011-01-12T00:56:00.000-08:00

The ICA has named the successor to Ekow Eshun by appointing Gregor Muir, as its new head. He is currently the director of Hauser & Wirth's, a London gallery, In addition to closing the gap between the commercial and curatorial jobs, Muir will inherit an institution in deep crisis. The former broadcaster and journalist, Ekow Eshun,who had held the post as ICA Executive Director since 2005, resigned in August, as did the chair of the board Alan Yentob. Muir has prior experience at the ICA, having co-curated the 1997 show "Assuming Positions”.He has also served as a curator at Tate Modern. Read More....

Tom Lubbock Artist / Critic dies at 53

2011-01-10T13:19:00.000-08:00

The chief art critic for the Independent newspaper in London, Tom Lubbock died yesterday, aged 53. This has come two years after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was best known for his art criticism which embraced a clarity so original that it never relied on art-speak or any other kind of pretence. His honesty was never intimidated by reputations in writing about the visual arts. Read complete Obituary

New Banksy Interview – Documentary Tipped For Oscar

2011-01-08T00:44:00.000-08:00

As the Oscars approach the bickering begins. Joachim Levy a 34-year-old Swiss filmmaker is contesting the omission of his name on the Banksy film, Exit Through the Gift Shop in what he sees as an unjust oversight. Levy worked as a producer and editor with Thierry Guetta the driving force behind the doc" Life Remote Control," a rambling homage to street art which first screened in 2006. When Banksy's saw the chaotic footage from the Guetta /Levy's movie the idea of "Exit Through the Gift Shop was born".

Banksy Interview

ATWT: One thing I've heard repeatedly from members of your team was that, early on, you were alone in your conviction that Thierry could and should be the narrative focus of the film - long before his show in LA that concludes the movie. What drew you to Thierry as a film character and, aside from the fact that he had a lot of archival material about street art at his fingertips, why did you think that he could sustain the film's narrative arc?

Banksy: Thierry’s entertainment potential wasn’t difficult to spot - he actually walks into doors and falls down stairs. It was like hanging out with Groucho Marx but with funnier facial hair. Thierry arrived at a point when my world was becoming infested with hipsters and heavy irony, so his exuberant man-child innocence was fun to be around. Maybe I convinced myself Thierry was a good subject just because I liked him. I’d be lying if I told you the first time I met him I thought ‘this man’s life will deliver a good narrative arc’.

From the outset there are problems with any movie about graffiti because all the good artists refuse to show their face on camera. I needed the film to be fronted by a personality the audience could engage with. The producer Robert Evans said that ‘vulnerability’ is the most important quality in a movie star and that’s a hard thing to portray if all your interviewees have masks over their faces.

ATWT: It's clear in the film that you rely on a team of people to create your artwork. What, if anything, was different about the filmmaking process, and the work you did with that team - Jaimie and Chris and others? And how did you know when you'd found the right collaborators?

B: I paint my own pictures but I get a lot of help building stuff and installing it. I have a great little team, but I tell you what - they all hate this fucking film. They don’t care if its effective, they feel very strongly that Mr Brainwash is undeserving of all the attention. Most street artists feel the same. This film has made me extremely unpopular in my community. Read Full Interview Here...

Dennis Hopper Shot Chairman Mao by Warhol Auctioned

2011-01-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

Next week Christie's will be offering a 1967 Warhol screen print of Marilyn Monroe in purple, yellow, and orange tones on a shocking pink background. This is cataloged with a pre-sale estimate of $40,000-60,000. While that work is obtainable with a higher price tag, a further print with a more historically important background is sold alongside it. This work, a 1972 Warhol screen print of Mao which is estimated at $20,000-30,000 and comes from the estate of Actor Dennis Hopper who shot two bullets through the print, one drunken (if legend is to be believed) night. Read Full Article

London Art Fair Latest

2011-01-05T09:20:00.000-08:00

London Art Fair 19 - 23 January 2011, presents over 100 galleries featuring the great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent. This January over 100 leading Modern British and contemporary art galleries will be brought together for the 23rd edition of the London Art Fair – the UK’s largest Modern British and Contemporary art fair – at the Business Design Centre, Islington. Every year, 23,000 visitors enjoy the work of over 1,000 leading artists ranging from Modern British masters to the most recent contemporary talent. Visit The Fair

Mick Karn Artist Musician Dies At 52

2011-01-05T04:26:00.000-08:00

Tributes are pouring in for the Sculptor/Musician Mick Karn who died yesterday after a long battle with lung cancer. Karn was born in Cyprus and came to England with his family when he was five years old, growing up in Lewisham, South London. Karn came to prominence with his 1980’s band Japan, which he founded at age 16 with friend David Sylvian. Read More....

Art Stock Exchange To Launch In Paris

2011-01-04T08:10:00.000-08:00

Photo: Anselm Kiefer.

Pierre Naquin, a French entrepreneur is to create a fund offering shares in 20th -21st century master works. Collectors, who cannot afford to hang a work by an important artist on their wall, will be able to buy shares in an art work. The first art stock exchange prepares to open in the French capital sometime in January. Read More.....

Is Art Dead?

2011-01-02T11:07:00.000-08:00

Do artists only create for each other? Since Hegel, the idea of the end of art has become a staple of aesthetic theory. Will Post Art be the end of art? The concept of “Post Art” was developed by the happening artist, Allan Kaprow based on his idea that life is much more interesting than art, at the expense of art. Post Art is not a point of no return and in fact there are many fine artists who continue to make important art,so it was perhaps inevitable that “Post Art” would be attacked as non-elitist. Marcel Duchamp called it “intellectual expression” over “animal expression”
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Edvard Munch Thieves Convicted

2010-12-31T10:45:00.000-08:00

Three works stolen from the Malmo Art Museum including a 1.2 million dollar painting by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch.”Two Friends.” were recovered when Swedish police investigating other crimes stumbled upon stolen art. The thieves were convicted by the Swedish court on Wednesday jailing one of the unidentified men for six months and fining the other two. The judge ordered all three to pay damages amounting to 33,000 kronor. Read More......

Dan Flavin Work Classified By EU as Light fittings

2010-12-29T07:34:00.000-08:00

Works by the late American sculptor Dan Flavin have had VAT applied as EU says works are 'light fittings' The sculptures shown at the Haunch Of Venison Gallery in London have been classified as light fixtures rather than art and £36,000 in VAT has been applied which remains outstanding while the dispute continues. As sculptures, the pieces would be subject to only 5 per cent VAT.In its ruling, the European Court said Flavin’s work has “the characteristics of lighting fittings … and is therefore to be classified … as wall lighting fittings".Read More...

Falling Water Gingerbread House Unveiled

2010-12-28T05:59:00.000-08:00

The most original design for a gingerbread house this year has to go Melodie and Brenton, for the ‘Falling Water Gingerbread House’ a model of Frank Lloyd Wright's well known work, from 1935.The original house, in rural Pennsylvania stands as one of Wright's greatest masterpieces, both for its dynamism and for its integration with the striking natural surroundings. Read More....

Warhol Foundation Founder Dies

2010-12-26T13:19:00.000-08:00

John Warhola, elder brother of artist Andy Warhol has died, on Christmas Eve, in Pittsburgh, from pneumonia. He was 85. Warhola, was one of the three founding members of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and guardian of his legacy. He was a driving force and spearheaded the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh an archive that holds many of Warhol’s work along with original studio contents and letters. A third brother, Paul became an artist, late in life with public exhibitions and widespread interest, Donald Warhola said his dad preferred to focus on the museums and his three children. Read More...

Arts Council England Absorbs Museums Libraries and Archives Council

2010-12-23T14:22:00.000-08:00

These things always happen just before the holiday break.The Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS) under the new Coalition Government, as part of the spending review announced in October, has placed Arts Council England in charge of the budgets of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. Read More...

ICA Lambasted By Independent Report

2010-12-22T13:25:00.000-08:00

A confidential, independent report leaked this week has revealed that the ICA suffered poor leadership under the rein of (Director) Ekow Eshun and former BBC One Controller, (Chairman) Alan Yentob. Both have now departed and the Gallery is attempting damage limitation, reeling from a £700,000 plunge into the red, in 2009.The likely reason for the crisis stems from financial decisions taken by Eshun and Guy Perricone, the former managing director at the ICA, who resigned in October 2009.
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AA Bronson National Portrait Gallery Protest Latest

2010-12-22T07:48:00.000-08:00

AA Bronson’s poignant wall-size color portrait of artist/colleague Felix Partz, a few hours after he died of complications from AIDS,will remain displayed in the exhibition, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” at The American National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, despite Bronson’s recent request for the portrait to be removed as a protest over the censoring of a video segment by David Wojnarowicz titled “A Fire in My Belly,.” The video contains an eleven second segment depicting ants crawling atop a crucifix and has been criticised by the powerful Catholic League, a right-wing conservative religious organization. Read More....

City of Sculpture Festival Wows London Christmas Shoppers

2010-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

Park Lane, known as Monopoly's most expensive street is now hosting ‘The City of Sculpture Festival’ which transforms the heart of the capital's outdoor parks into a world class art gallery by displaying 60 works of contemporary sculpture.The exhibition has been a hit with Christmas shoppers and it looks set to be one of London's top free cultural events of 2010.
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Ai Weiwei Exhibition At London’s Lisson Gallery Spring 2011

2010-12-21T09:11:00.000-08:00

The Lisson Gallery in London have announced that they will be representing Ai Weiwei the Chinese dissident artist responsible for the artistic embellishments displayed on the ‘Birds Nest’ stadium at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He was also this years Unilever commission winner where his ‘Sunflower Seeds' project, filled the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. Weiwei is widely regarded on an international level. Read More.....

photo: MATTHEW MILES © 2010

9/11 Sculpture for London’s Southbank

2010-12-20T10:57:00.000-08:00

An 8-meter sculpture fashioned from girders reclaimed from the world trade centre site is to be erected on Potters Fields Park outside the new City Hall in London’s Southbank. The sculpture designed by American, Miya Ando will incorporate girders from sections of the ruined skyscrapers. They have been donated by the New York Port Authority for the project. This will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and be unveiled at the precise time of the atrocity, creating a permanent tribute to honour the attack’s 2,977 victims. Read More...

Captain Beefheart Dies At 69

2010-12-19T12:56:00.000-08:00

Captain Beefheart AKA Don Van Vliet a legendary figure in both music and the visual arts has died age 69. Growing up in Glendale, California, Van Vliet gained notoriety as a sculptor of life-like animal forms depicted in clay. He would continue to draw, paint and sculpt throughout his life, and in later years painted works which could be compared to Jean-Michel Basquiat. In the early 1960s music became his main passion. Performing under the stage name Captain Beefheart, together with his Magic Band Don Van Vliet produced a number of highly unconventional blues- and rock-inspired albums. He also collaborated with Frank Zappa a friend and fellow student at high school. Van Vliet ultimately secured a place in music history as one of the most original recording artists of his day. After two decades in the spotlight as an avant-garde rock composer and performer, Don Van Vliet turned his back on the music industry and from the early 1980s devoted his entire efforts to painting. Read More.....

Christmas Time At Goldman Sachs

2010-12-18T15:12:00.000-08:00

$111million in bonuses are to be paid out to top Goldman Sachs executives despite the $10 billion of U.S. bailout money given in 2008. This deal still goes ahead, in the face of the worst world recession for 80 years. Read More.....

Tacita Dean Next Unilever Artist Tate Modern

2010-12-15T08:59:00.001-08:00

Tacita Dean Next Unilever Artist Tate Modern

Tate Modern and Unilever have announced that Tacita Dean will create the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. The work will be unveiled on 11 October 2011. Tacita Dean is one of the most respected artists working today. Her practice encompasses artist’s books, drawing, found objects, photography and sound installations, but she is best known for her use of 16mm film. Read More.....

Jeremy Hunt Announces US Style Philanthropy Plan

2010-12-13T15:00:00.000-08:00

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt who will always be best remembered for James Naughtie and Andrew Marr’s four-letter slip up has announced that the government is to make available an £80m 'matching fund' for arts organisations. The idea behind this move is not rocket science, or even science. It is simply a price matching exercise, which forces organizations to go out and prove themselves, before acquiring any form of Government funding. These funds will in theory come from private donations, than the government will apparently match this donation. Read Full Article....

Museum of Everything Goes to Russia

2010-12-10T14:16:00.000-08:00

The Museum of Everything, AKA the international museum for non-traditional and self-taught art will collaborate with, The Garage a Moscow venue, designed in 1926 by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov. The gallery is run by Daria Zhukova, the 29-year-old girlfriend of Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich. Read Full Article .....

Picasso Auction Disputed in Paris

2010-12-09T06:24:00.000-08:00

Cancelled Auction raises ownership questions

An auction, which included several works by the master, Pablo Picasso was cancelled yesterday after questions were raised about the ownership of the lots on offer. The auction of 143 pieces by Picasso belong to the estate of his former driver, Maurice Bresnu, all were dated between 1967 and 1973. The Paris auction house 'Blanchet and Associates', connected to Hotel Drouot, stated that works, including one of Picasso’s palettes has been withdrawn until further notice. Read More....

Brooke Shields Nude Photographer Garry Gross Dies

2010-12-08T14:34:00.000-08:00

Should we morn the passing of Garry Gross? For those who think the name vaguely rings a bell, he was the exploitive creator of the original image of a ten-year-old Brooke Shields who posed in the buff dressed as a turn of the century Lolita. This image was taken in a shoot arranged by her mother, of all people. It passed without a blink of an eye in the 1970’s when Playboy published it in a book titled, "Sugar and Spice" but became a cause de celebre when Shields sued the photographer after becoming famous. Gross who exited the States for Italy until 2006,won the case on appeal.US Artist Richard Prince Read Full Story..

Olympic Artists Announced For 2012

2010-12-07T12:41:00.000-08:00

David Hockney, Lucian Freud, Rachel Whiteread and Martin Creed are some of the visual artists the DCMS has announced to officially represent London during the 2012 Olympics. More than 1,000 nationwide events ranging from dance, music, theater, the visual arts, film and digital innovation are planned with the aim of pulling in over three million people. The Festival will leave a lasting legacy for the arts in the UK. The visual arts include special commissions in development by contemporary artists as well as major exhibitions. Read Full Article....

London Art Fair 2011

2010-12-07T06:51:00.000-08:00

London Art Fair presents over 100 galleries featuring the great names of 20th Century British art and exceptional contemporary work from leading figures and emerging talent.

This January over 100 leading Modern British and contemporary art galleries will be brought together for the 23rd edition of the London Art Fair – the UK’s largest Modern British and
Contemporary art fair – at the Business Design Centre, Islington.
Every year, 23,000 visitors enjoy the work of over 1,000 leading artists ranging from Modern British masters to the most recent contemporary talent. Galleries are chosen by a selection Read More....

Christmas Art Exhibitions In London

2010-12-07T06:05:00.000-08:00

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Susan Philipsz Wins Turner Prize 2010

2010-12-06T10:24:00.000-08:00

Susan Philipsz Awarded Turner Prize At Tate Britain

The 2010 Turner Prize outcome reflects the necessity to select more women candidates for this coveted award. This year, two of the four candidates were women and the favourite Susan Philipsz, has won. Her moody sound installations, which are less about superficial appearance and more about the processes of swimming in the experience of sound convinced the jury. I have to say her installation work is better suited to the outdoor urban environment, than closed into a white room at Tate Britain.Susan Philipsz’s work is far more sublime and visually it barely exists. She paints with sound and emotive melancholy. Her work at the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art and in Mirrors, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Spain captured the critics attention. Philipsz uses her own singing voice to create uniquely evocative sound installations that respond to the character of specific, often out-of-the-way spaces. The work installed at Tate Britain puts her work into a “Public Art context” Her current exhibition presented by Artangle, “SURROUND ME A Song Cycle for the City of London” is open Saturdays & Sundays only, 10am - 5pm  9 until 2 January 2011. This will give the visitor a better idea of what Susan Philipsz is about. Read Full Leaked Report...

Turner Prize 2010 Latest News

2010-12-05T10:55:00.000-08:00

The 2010 Turner Prize will be announced live on Channel 4 sometime after 7:00 pm Monday 6 December. The winner is often a surprise and difficult to predict. Last years winner, Richard Wright was an outsider. It was thought Roger Hiorns would win for his installation, "Seizure" a vast room compiled of copper sulphate crystals, but the prize was handed to Wright, for his more traditional wall and floor pieces. This year it is thought that Susan Philipsz will walk away with the honour for her sound installations. Read More Watch Video ....

Turner Prize 2010 Bookies Odds - Fancy a Flutter

2010-12-04T05:05:00.000-08:00

Which artist will take home the controversial Turner Prize? The Turner Prize is awarded to new artists with an aim to celebrate younger talent and to focus attention on new developments in the visual arts in Britain. The shortlist of four Artists representing the Jurors decision for 2010 are: The painterly installations of Angela de la Cruz, sound artist Susan Philipsz, film installation artists, The Otolith Group and the more traditional painter, Dexter Dalwood. But what are the Bookies predictions? Read More....

Government Art Collection On View At Whitechapel

2010-12-03T15:39:00.000-08:00

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Prime Minister’s wife Samantha Cameron, Lord Mandelson and the British Ambassador to Moscow are among the high profile figures to select work for the first ever public exhibition of the Government Art Collection, opening at the Whitechapel Gallery on 3rd June 2011.Highlights from the Collection will be shown in a series of five successive displays, marking the first time the collection has been shown in a public gallery in its 113 year history. It is part of the Whitechapel Gallery’s ongoing programme of opening up collections that are rarely seen by the public in the UK and will be free to attend.The diverse nature of the Collection and its role promoting British culture on the world stage is the subject of a total of five displays at the Whitechapel Gallery. Read More....

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize shortlist announced

2010-12-03T05:59:00.000-08:00

The Photographers Gallery have announced the shortlist for the annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The award honours a living photographer for their significant contribution to photography over the last year. Now in its 15th year, The Photographers’ Gallery’s annual prize of £30,000 is open to any nationality and awarded for the most significant contribution to photography in Europe. The prize exhibition is held 2 - 29 April. Read More....

Picasso Hoard Discovered in Garage

2010-11-29T11:55:00.000-08:00

271 undocumented works by Pablo Picasso estimated to be worth at least €60 million (£50 million) have been discovered in the South of France. A retired French electrician and his wife have revealed the paintings drawings and prints, which had been stored in a garage for over 30 years. Read More....

BFI Takes Over UK Film Council funding Role

2010-11-29T09:38:00.000-08:00

The BFI (British Film Institute) is set to take over the funding role previously managed by the UK Film Council. It was controversially removed in July with the abolition of the body. The new responsibilities will start in April 2011 and the BFI will also distribute lottery money to filmmakers based in the UK. Regional agency Film London will take on the Film Council's role in promoting the UK as a filmmaking destination.

Culture Minster Ed Vaizey set out a package of measures today to ‘support’ UK filmmakers, creating financial stability and a more direct and open relationship with the Government. The key parts of the proposal include:

The BFI will take on a key role as the lead strategic film body and distributor of Lottery funds to UK filmmakers.
Lottery funds for film will rise from around £27m today to around £43m annually by 2014; and
Film London will be given a UK-wide responsibility to promote this country as the best place to invest in film.
DCMS and BFI will lead a review on how to build a more sustainable film industry and develop audiences for British films.
The BFI will work with Film London, BAFTA and to consider the role BAFTA and BBC Worldwide could play to support the distribution of British films abroad; and English Regional Screen Agencies are transforming their network into Creative England, a more efficient structure with an expanded remit to support the creative industries. Read More.....

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