UBS Ends Tate Modern Sponsorship

Tate Modern announced at their annual press conference, that they had lost the backing of UBS the largest Swiss Bank. The extension building program is nearly at a halfway point in raising funds. UBS posted a first-quarter loss in April 2008 of 12 billion Swiss francs (then $11.9 billion). The bank has since turned around: In July 2010, it reported its third consecutive quarterly profit of 2.01 billion Swiss francs. Read More......

British Museum £25m Sainsbury donation

Lord Sainsbury has given the British Museum a £25m donation to create an improved conservation department and expand the exhibition spaces in the gallery. It is understood to be the largest single private donation in the last 20 years. The Conservative peer was also responsible for the controversial Sainsbury wing at the National Gallery designed by Robert Venturi and opening in the early 1990’s. The original Richard Rogers design was rejected after the Prince of Wales compared it to a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend. A spokeswoman for the museum described the donation as "incredibly generous". She said,   Read More....

Latest Photography Competitions UK & International Autumn 2010

Here is ArtLyst's selection of the TOP 20 most interesting Photographic Competitions for the Autumn, UK and beyond. The submissions must be in by the stated deadlines and some are ending or about to close in September.They include the The Terry O'Neill Award 2010 and the prestigious, Hasselblad Masters Award 2010 for full details Read more…..

David Shrigley New Video Highlights Cuts to the Arts Sign Petition

David Shrigley's New Video 'An important message about the arts' 

Campaign Highlighting Funding Cuts 

Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is leading a campaign to protest against cuts to the Arts by the UK Government. A proposed 25% has been earmarked, shaving arts funding down to the bone. The campaign launch yesterday at London’s Royal Festival Hall has the backing of more than 100 high-profile visual artists, including the 2009 Turner Prize winner David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anthony Caro, Howard Hodgkin, Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton, Bridget Riley, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin. 

Sign the petition and watch the video make a difference.  Read More....

Takashi Murakami vs Versailles New Exhibition

The splendour of France's royal palace Versailles and the manga-inspired work of Takashi Murakami join forces in a new exhibition where modern meets stately chateau. The exhibition has evoked it’s own controversy with many visitors to the world heritage site alarmed at the juxtaposing of the sculptures, many resembling oversized children’s toys with the existing rooms and gardens. Read More...

Banksy Installation HMV Store Oxford Circus September 2010

The Graffiti Artist Banksy (AKA, Robert Banks) has invaded the HMV Store in Oxford Circus in central London. The elusive sprayer left the shop with a little more then they expected, when asked to install a display of posters,to promote the release of his DVD ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’. Read More.....

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Eadweard Muybridge Photographer Pioneer Tate Britain

Eadweard Muybridge

The Photographer Who Proved Horses Could Fly

Eadweard Muybridge (British-born 1830) left the London suburb of Kingston in the middle of the 19th century, to make his name and seek his fortune in the New World. Muybridge is now recognised at home and abroad as one of the most important pioneering photographers of the Victorian age. He emigrated to the United States in the 1850s pushing the limits of new camera technology. He experimented with the possibilities of creating images of animals and humans in motion. This was unexplored territory and like the Wild West beyond the reach of conservative prejudices. His work also explored vast panoramas of American landscapes, such as the Yosemite Valley, and his documentation of the rapidly growing west coast of America, particularly in San Francisco has been an important historic record of the times. Muybridge’s dramatic life included extensive travels in North and Central America, a career as a successful lecturer, and the scandal of his trial for the murder of his wife's lover. READ MORE....