Christie's, Leonardo DiCaprio and world's top artists team up for wildlife...
Christie's, in partnership with the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, presents "The 11th Hour Charity Auction," an evening sale on May 13th to benefit environmental and wildlife conservation efforts...
View ArticleFirst comprehensive museum retrospective of works by Urs Fischer opens at MOCA
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles presents the first comprehensive museum retrospective of works by the internationally acclaimed Swiss-born artist Urs Fischer. One of today's most important...
View ArticleNew director for Edinburgh festival
The new artistic director of the Edinburgh International festival has been appointed.Fergus Linehan appointed as new Edinburgh International Festival director Fergus Linehan takes over from Jonathan...
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View ArticleMajor retrospective of works by Salvador Dali opens at Reina Sofia Museum in...
Salvador DaliMadrid's Reina Sofia Museum opened on Friday a major retrospective of works by Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali which explores how his experiments with painting, cinema and...
View ArticlePeter Howson
Peter Howson auction £200,000 Works by artist Peter Howson, including 10 original drawings of David Bowie, have sold at auction for more than £200,000. A total of 390 paintings, drawings and sketches...
View ArticleHowson meets McLaughlin
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View ArticleVan Gogh museum
Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum reopened its doors to the public on Wednesday with a stunning new display of some of the Dutch master's greatest works, completing a trio of renovations of the city's most...
View ArticleLancashire's LS Lowry
Contrary to the stereotype, Laurence Stephen Lowry was of middle-class, not proletarian, stock. A Tory voter, brought up in a home straining towards gentility, he collected the paintings of Dante...
View ArticleCezanne painting goes for $41.6 million at Sotheby's Auction of Impressionist...
Paul Cezanne's "Les Pommes" sold for $41.6 million at an auction of Impressionist and Modern art held by Sotheby's in New York, while a painting owned by pop star Madonna went for $7.16 million. "Les...
View ArticleSKY ARTS PORTRAIT ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Sky Arts are searching across the UK and Ireland for an inspiring and talented artist who can be crowned Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year.The winner will join a select group of distinguished...
View ArticleThe Cord Prize - Online exhibition
$11,500 in awards. Deadline: June 2, 2013www.artshow.comFull Article >>> ...
View ArticleDamien Hirst Turner prize
Damien Hirst thought he had lost his £20,000 winnings from the Turner Prize when he couldn’t find the cheque on him the following morning – but it turned out he had put the whole lot behind the bar at...
View ArticleJackson Pollock work "Number 19, 1948" sells for record $58.4 million at...
Jackson Pollock work "Number 19, 1948" sells for record $58.4 million at Christie'sA Jackson Pollock drip painting sold Wednesday at Christie's in New York for a record $58.4 million and a work by...
View ArticleBuy art safely on line
Art has moved on line and it has never been easier to access art from all over the world.Buying directly from artists or on line galleries has never been easier and you can browse the art at your...
View ArticleWarhol authentication
Lawsuit Warhol authentication Did the foundation act illegally and did they confiscate works that were forged and then sell them on. The lawsuit that began i...
View ArticleTate purchases Constable for £23.1m
The Tate has acquired John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, 1831, from the heirs of Lord Ashton of Hyde for £23.1m, considerably less than the £40m it may have cost on the open...
View ArticleStephen Fry to curate opera festival
Stephen Fry to curate Royal Opera House festival Fry said he was "very proud" to be involved in the festival Related Stories Stephen Fry is to curate this year's Deloitte Ignite festival at the Royal...
View ArticleEmin, Saville is this "As good as it gets ?"
Art criticism too fawning – is this as good as it gets?Jenny Saville? A mediocrity. Tracey Emin Outshone by newspaper cartoonist. Art critics, like the Emperors new clothes too afraid to speak out...
View ArticleCharity Art good or bad
Artists are always asked for work to be donated to a good cause and there are a lot of them but is it good for an artist to "Give" work away or is it even morally right for the charity to ask for a...
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