Press Association
Leeds lights up for annual festival
Light and sound installations are projected on to builds in Leeds as part of Light Night Leeds, the UK's largest annual arts and light festival
For the past 19 years, over two nights in October, some of Leeds' most recognisable spaces...
Press Association
Dame Barbara Hepworth's Three Obliques installed in London
Dame Barbara Hepworth’s Three Obliques (Walk In) will be installed in St James’s Square, London and will be on view from 15 September – 18 October.
The work (estimate: £6,000,000-9,000,000) will lead the Modern British and Irish Art...
Press Association
Valentine's Day Mascara: Banksy's pop-up artwork prepares for public opening
Inside Banksy's pop-up artwork, Valentine's Day Mascara, following its installation at Dreamland Margate, ahead of its public opening on Sunday 11th June.
Press Association
Glass vaccine sculpture marks 10 million dose milestone
Artist Luke Jerram has created a glass sculpture of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to mark 10 million vaccinations given in the UK.
The artwork is made from the same materials and techniques used in medical scientific glassware for...
Press Association
David Hockney artwork premieres on the Piccadilly Lights in London
People watch the global premiere of a David Hockney artwork which is being screened on the Piccadilly Lights in London.
Press Association
Bayeux Tapestry replica challenge continues for determined woman
Trained primary school teacher Mia Hansson has passed the halfway mark in stitching a full-size replica of the medieval Bayeux Tapestry. She has crafted 34.2 metres (112 feet) of the 68.38 metres (224 feet) of the artwork.
Bridgeman Arts
1970s: Boy speaks
1970s: Boy speaks. Adult speaks to group of kids. Hands hold toad while another person's hand touches toad. Man holds blossom and speaks. Youths and adults approach display and look at stuffed birds.
Bloomberg
Christo's Latest Big Project: The Floating Piers in Italy
Jan. 19 -- It was just over a decade ago, when the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude installed some 7,500 saffron "gates" in Central Park. That art installation captured the public's imagination for sixteen days, and made Christo and...
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Burrell Collection to reopen on March 29 after £68m refurbishment
Interviews with David McDonald, chairman of Glasgow Life, and curator Laura Bauld about the reopening of the Burrell Collection and GVs from around the museum.
A museum home to one of “the finest personal art collections ever amassed”...
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VOICED: French entrepreneur launches art 'stock exchange'
VOICED: French entrepreneur launches art 'stock exchange'
Bloomberg
The Hedge-Fund World of Fine Art
Feb.05 -- Like corporations and consumers, many top-end art collectors have been borrowing like crazy given this era’s ultra-low interest rates. Art-secured loans have jumped 40% since 2016, to at least $21 billion globally, according...
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Monumental landscape artwork 'Hush' in Upper Teesdale
Aerial view of a photo call for new landscape artwork, Hush by Steve Messam at Bowlees Visitor Centre, Barnard Castle, Durham. The artwork, which will be in place for 17 days, uses five kilometres of recyclable saffron yellow fabric,...
Bridgeman Arts
Philipp Otto Runge - Silhouettes
Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810) was driven by the vision of fusing visual art with poetry, music and architecture. Mainly, he expressed his universal ideas through fragile paintings, drawings and silhouettes, which is also the reason why...
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CLEAN : German artist creates sea of rainbow coloured foam in London
German artist Stephanie Lüning creates a sea of rainbow foam at a London festival at her first show in the United Kingdom, transforming an outdoor public space with the multi-coloured installation, which is made up largely of water and...
Curated Video
A collection of John Lennon drawings and manuscripts is up for auction
Whimsical drawings, poems and prose created by John Lennon for his acclaimed books "In His Own Write" and "A Spaniard in the Works" are coming to auction.
The books' British publisher, Tom Maschler, has owned the material for a half...
Curated Video
Contemporary art for any pocket
LEAD IN:Huge portraits, bold sculptures or striking photographs could become additions to the art collections of visitors to Hong Kong's Affordable Art Fair.Now in its fourth year, the annual art event offers visitors an unintimidating...
Curated Video
Ai Weiwei calls tax battle 'opportunity' to expose
Ai Weiwei calls tax battle 'opportunity' to expose
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Ai Weiwei calls tax battle 'opportunity' to expose
Artist and dissident Ai Weiwei says his battle with China's tax authorities is a real opportunity to expose the Communist regime that put him in secret detention for 81 days. Ai Weiwei calls tax battle 'opportunity' to expose on November...
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VOICED : Asian artists use Hong Kong as launchpad
VOICED : Asian artists use Hong Kong as launchpad
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CLEAN : Sotheby's sells first NFT that sparked a craze
The first non-fungible token (NFT) ever created, the origin of a craze that is sweeping the art market, has gone on sale at Sotheby's (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Turner Prize winner to be announced with shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives
For the first time, a Turner Prize jury selects a shortlist consisting entirely of artist collectives, now exhibiting at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bridgeman Arts
Otto Wagner - Architectural design
Otto Wagner's architectural vision of modernity, from Jugendstil to the Vienna Secession.
Curated Video
Original drawings, poems for John Lennon's highly-acclaimed books go up for auction
Drawings, poems and prose created by John Lennon for his acclaimed books "In His Own Write" and "A Spaniard in the Works" are coming to auction.
The books' British publisher, Tom Maschler, has owned the material for a half century and is...
Curated Video
Grayson Perry and Anthony Gormley launch the second 'Art Everywhere' project
British artists Anthony Gormley and Grayson Perry launched the "Art Everywhere" initiative on Wednesday (16 JULY) at London's Waterloo Station.
The nationwide movement, which is now in its second year, features works of art which are...