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Contemporary Art. Chosen by Dogs. For Dogs and Humans

26/06/2019

With a little help from their human companions, these canine curators have selected artworks in what is believed to be the first exhibition of its kind. ...

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Artist Vincent Kamp Turns Filmmaker to Inspire His Next Series of Crime Noir Paintings

25/06/2019

Influenced by cinema and a fascination with the gritty world of urban subculture, Kamp's paintings delve beneath the surface of social class to capture a moment of high tension....

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Tehran’s Art Fair Opens Despite Growing Tensions With US

24/06/2019

The second edition of Teer Art Fair aims to foster domestic Iranian art scene at a time when international sales are increasingly difficult for the country's galleries....

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Hong Kong’s Art World Unites As Demonstrations Continue

21/06/2019

Artists have been a driving force behind the demonstrations, while the gallery community has encouraged strike action, with many closing to enable staff to join protests. ...

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Artist Martin Roth Dead at 41

20/06/2019

Roth’s last solo exhibition was centred on a desert plant stolen from the garden of Stephen Paddock, the man behind the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival....

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Louvre to Offer Mona Lisa Virtual Reality Experience

18/06/2019

Mona Lisa: Beyond the Glass is the Louvre's first virtual reality work, marking the 500th anniversary of the Leonardo da Vinci's death....

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BBC Director-General and Channel 4 CEO to Be Questioned by Lords

14/06/2019

The Committee will question Lord Hall of Birkenhead and Alex Mahon as part of an ongoing inquiry into public service broadcasting in the age of VOD....

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Art Basel Removes Part of Andrea Bowers’ Work in #Metoo Outcry

12/06/2019

Bowers honours request by alleged assault survivor who states she did not give permission for her image to be included in the piece....

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Artist+AI: Figures & Form in the Age of Intelligent Machines

11/06/2019

Interdisciplinary artist Scott Eaton underscores the impact AI is set to have on art-making and how it will change our perception of the human form....

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Free Range Undergraduate Art Fair 2019

07/06/2019

The work of over 800 art and photography students will be on display, showcasing fresh creativity from across the UK....

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David Lynch Collaborator Dean Hurley Announces Anthology Resource Vol. II

05/06/2019

Philosophy of Beyond weaves together a rich sonic tapestry built in part from comb-filtering experiments, tape loops, and sampled field excursions into unique acoustical environments....

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Breeze Art and Makers Fair Announced for This September

05/06/2019

The fair is a celebration of unique craft from a specially selected collection of artists from around the South West....

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UK Drill Rappers Collaborate With Russian Blood Artist to Protest Government Censorship

04/06/2019

Skengdo, AM and Drillminister have collaborated with Andrei Molodkin to create three new additions to the Russian artist's Young Blood series (2019) based on censored protest music. ...

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Freedom of Expression in the Arts Under Threat in the UK

31/05/2019

The Arts Censorship Support Service, an initiative from Index on Censorship, has been launched to keep the space for artistic freedom of expression as wide open as possible....

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Two Contemporary Women Concrete Artists

29/05/2019

Two current exhibitions on opposite sides of the globe present work from two contemporary women artists; each, in her own way, a concrete artist. At RaumX, in north London, Katrina Blanin shows...

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World Illustration Awards Exhibition 2019

29/05/2019

The Category and Overall winners will be announced at an awards ceremony held at Somerset House on 10 July, alongside the winners of three new cross-category awards....

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First London Show for Millo in Over Six Years

28/05/2019

The influential Italian street artist will intertwine his works with Japanese painter Hikari Shimoda in a double solo show at Dorothy Circus Gallery....

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Contentious Polish Artist Kle Mens Brings Dark Catholic Critique to East London

24/05/2019

In her first UK solo show, the artist summons both religious martyrs and mythological hybrids to evoke the force of female transformation, which underlies all her work. ...

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Tasting the Statue

23/05/2019

A sculpture on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth made from 10,000 date syrup tins has inspired a new cookbook by artist Michael Rakowitz....

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First UK Retrospective of Donald Sultan

21/05/2019

Dark Objects: Works 1977-2019 is comprised of 17 works and features three canvasses from the American figurative painter's seminal Disaster Paintings series. ...

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Science Museum Group Call for Art Submissions

20/05/2019

The Science Museum Group, in collaboration with contemporary art commissioners Foreground, is seeking creative responses to its ambitious project to construct a new collection management facility at...

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First Exhibition Dedicated to Werner Bischof USA Series

14/05/2019

The acclaimed Magnum photographer brought early 1950s America vividly to life through his series of enigmatic images, yet his work was never printed in his lifetime....

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Vivian Maier Collection Finally Available to UK Collectors

13/05/2019

After years of copyright limbo, the mysterious Vivian Maier's works are available to British collectors for the first time at Photo London....

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Avante-Garde Eurovision Alternative to Take Place This Month in London

08/05/2019

EuroNoize will celebrate the obscure, niche and uncategorisable music that runs deeper than national borders. ...

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Migrant Shipwreck to Be Shown at Venice Biennale

07/05/2019

The damaged boat, shown by artist Christoph Büchel, will stand as a powerful testament to the hundreds of migrants who have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea....

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Lichtenstein Panel Created for Gunter Sachs Set for Auction

03/05/2019

Composition, one of only three unique porcelain enamel works, was created to outfit the German photographer's bedroom suite in his notorious pop art apartment....

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Second Known Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci Discovered

02/05/2019

The profile of a bearded man is believed to have been made by an assistant to the artist shortly before the artist’s death in 1519....

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Ruth Asawa to Get a Google Doodle Today

30/04/2019

Sculptor Ruth Asawa will be the subject of the next Google Doodle, as the search engine will change its homepage logo to feature the artist today....

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New Banksy in Support of Extinction Rebellion

26/04/2019

A mural depicting a young girl holding an Extinction Rebellion sign appeared overnight at the protestors' base camp in Marble Arch, London....

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AI: More Than Human

25/04/2019

A major new exhibition is an unprecedented survey of creative and scientific developments in artificial intelligence, and explores the evolution of the relationship between humans and technology....

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