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Rembrandt Relic Discovered Below Artist’s House

25/09/2019

A clay pot excavated from the cesspit below Rembrandt van Rijn’s Amsterdam house has been declared as one of only two “true Rembrandt relics”....

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The Art of Innovation: From Enlightenment to Dark Matter

24/09/2019

This major free exhibition at the Science Museum examines the intertwined relationship between artists and scientists over the last 250 years.  ...

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Elise Ansel Reclaims Female Identity From the Old Masters

20/09/2019

In yes I Said Yes, the artist transforms scenes of violence against women in Old Master paintings into images of consensual pleasure....

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Pacific an Exhibition by Sax Impey

19/09/2019

The work draws upon the unique experiences of the 60 day voyage, including both extraordinary landfalls and the time spent sailing one of the most remote parts of the ocean....

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Artworks by World’s Leading Artists Donated to Make-a-Wish UK Charity Auction

18/09/2019

The Art of Wishes gala auction raises key funding for this independent charity to to enrich the lives of children and young people with critical illnesses....

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Debut UK Solo Show of Arab Spring Artist Bahia Shehab

17/09/2019

Shehab played an active role in the revolution that swept through Egypt between December 2010 and December 2011 through her ongoing series, A Thousand Times No....

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Feliciano Centurión: First London Exhibition

13/09/2019

Centurión, who died aged 34 in 1996 from the complications of AIDS, was a central figure of the Arte Light movement of the late 80s....

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John Hoyland's work at the Tate

Anticipating John Hoyland at the Tate

12/09/2019

Anticipating John Hoyland at Tate, Natalie Andrews is thinking about the contemporary relevance of slow art. ...

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Alternate Realities Digital Art Exhibition UK Tour

11/09/2019

The tour will feature eight international digital art projects from the Alternate Realities exhibition, which was attended this year by over 7,500 people at Sheffield Doc/Fest. ...

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Last Call for VIA Arts Prize

10/09/2019

As the UK’s only Ibero-American themed visual arts competition, the acclaimed award seeks to promote the global and historical reach of Latin American and Iberian culture....

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Voila! Europe Returns for Seventh Year

06/09/2019

Creatives from all corners of the continent share their inventive and politically charged stories at London’s landmark festival of European theatre....

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Outside of Life: Lowriders, Coolers, Bikers and Bloods

04/09/2019

Documentary photographer Hunter Barnes' solo exhibition offers his unique insight into the periphery of modern American narrative. ...

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Artists Unite for Major Exhibition Against Arms Fair

03/09/2019

The award-winning Art the Arms Fair coincides with the DSEI arms fair, one of the biggest such events in the world....

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Firmament by Niccolo Moronato.

Firmament by Niccolo Moronato

03/09/2019

Firmament by Niccolo Moronato is an ongoing artistic exploration of an alternative “side” of the sky. ...

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Danh Vo First Major London Solo Exhibition

29/08/2019

Untitled continues Danh Vo’s largely conceptual practice, weaving together archival fragments and personal references....

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Filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky First Full UK Retrospective

21/08/2019

The award-winning Mexican filmmaker is best known for his innovative documentaries which chronicle the struggles of Mexico’s indigenous population against environmental threats and societal...

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Four Giants of British Modernism Retrospective

16/08/2019

The exhibition offers a retrospective of some of the greatest works created by Terry Frost, William Scott, Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron, as they revolutionised British art....

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Seminal John Hoyland Works to Be Part of Tate Britain Spotlights

14/08/2019

The foremost British Abstract Expressionist of the 20th century, Hoyland pushed boundaries with his bold use of colour and ever-evolving sense of what abstract painting could be. ...

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Helen Beard Largest Solo Exhibition to Date

14/08/2019

It's Her Factory introduces a new body of Beard’s large-scale, vibrant works that examine contemporary portrayals of sexuality, and reclaim ownership over the body from the male gaze....

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Pioneering Kinetic Artist Takis Has Died at 93

09/08/2019

Greece’s culture minister Lina Mendoni said: “For more than 70 years, Takis was a pioneer, an artist whose childish curiosity of the forces of the universe never ended.”...

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UK Trailer Released for New Chris Morris Film

07/08/2019

The Day Shall Come exposes the farce at the heart of the homeland security project: it is harder to catch a real terrorist than it is to manufacture your own....

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Largest Solo Presentation to Date of British Artist Sam Lock

06/08/2019

Now/here showcases Lock’s affinity with ‘process art’, marking him out as a leading contemporary exponent of this methodology. ...

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New Oliver Payne Film Explores Pre-Internet Hacker Art

29/07/2019

The Art of Warez tells the story of the pre-Internet and barely known world of the underground hacker art scene....

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Umberto Boccioni: Recreating the Lost Sculptures

23/07/2019

Using a combination of vintage photographic material and cutting-edge 3D printing techniques, digital artists Matt Smith and Anders Rådén have recreated four of Boccioni’s destroyed works....

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Restored Southbank Undercroft Skate Space to Reopen

18/07/2019

This weekend marks a conclusion to several years of planning and fundraising to help reopen a space considered as one of the world’s most important and iconic skateboarding sites. ...

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First Ever Survey of Honey-Suckle Company Works

16/07/2019

Omnibus presents key aspects of Honey-Suckle Company’s work, revealing the group’s past, present and future through an amalgamation of existing works within new installations....

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No Plastic – Folking Fantastic

16/07/2019

Returning this year with an ‘Outstanding’ A Greener Festival Award, Cambridge Folk Festival today furthers its sustainability commitment and announces the ban on single use plastics. ...

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World Illustration Awards Overall Winners Announced

12/07/2019

All of this year's award winners are displayed alongside the full shortlist at the World Illustration Awards 2019 Exhibition, which runs at Somerset House until 28 July. ...

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Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art

11/07/2019

The first major show staged on this theme, Into the Night features both famed and little-known sites of the avant-garde from the 1880s to the 1960s....

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Bedtime Stories Helping Children Reconnect With Parents in Prisons

10/07/2019

Reading together builds trust and strengthens family bonds, so what happens when a parent is in prison? A project in Stratford-upon-Avon is bridging the gap....

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