LONDON.- As part of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation’s 50th birthday celebrations, it has generously awarded the Art Fund with a grant of £600,000 for the creation of new collections in museums and galleries throughout the UK. Sitting at the heart…
The New Turner Contemporary Art Galley Opened April 2011 in Margate, UK
London (The Guardian).- “The sun is God.” These are said to be the last words Joseph Mallord William Turner spoke from his London deathbed as the light streamed through his window. Not quite true: what the artist actually said, to his doctor, was “G…
Nazi Warplane, Thought to Be World’s Last Known Example, Lying Off UK Coast is Intact
LONDON (REUTERS).- A rare World War Two German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden for years by shifting sands at the bottom of the sea, is so well preserved a British museum wants to raise it. The Dornier 17 — thought to be …
Salvador Dalí’s Iconic Alice in Wonderland Sculpture Makes Its Debut Appearance in the UK
LONDON.- Modern Masters Gallery and The Dalí Universe are pleased to announce Dalí and the City, an outdoor installation of Salvador Dali’s Alice in Wonderland monument, previously unseen in the UK. The unveiling of this monumental piece coincid…
Serpentine Gallery Launches a Major New Project by UK-Based Artist Marcus Coates
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery, in collaboration with St. John’s Hospice, London, launched a major new project by UK-based artist Marcus Coates, on view from March 3 through May 2, 2011. The film is produced as part of the Serpentine’s ongoi…
London’s Natural History Museum: Earliest Human Skull-Cups Made in the UK
LONDON.- One of the human skull-cups made by ice age Britons 14,700 years ago unearthed from Gough’s Cave. The process required great skill and knowledge of anatomy. The 3 cups are made out of 14,700-year-old human skulls and were found in Gough’s…
London’s Natural History Museum: Earliest Human Skull-Cups Made in the UK
LONDON.- One of the human skull-cups made by ice age Britons 14,700 years ago unearthed from Gough’s Cave. The process required great skill and knowledge of anatomy. The 3 cups are made out of 14,700-year-old human skulls and were found in Gough’s…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
Unseen Egon Schiele Work to be Unveiled at the New Richard Nagy Gallery in UK
LONDON.- More than forty-five extraordinary works by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, previously unseen in the UK, will be unveiled at Richard Nagy’s new gallery on Old Bond Street from 07 February – 04 March 2011. Much of the four thousand work…
Philippe Parreno’s First Solo Exhibition in the UK Opens at the Serpentine Gallery
LONDON.- This autumn the Serpentine Gallery presents Philippe Parreno’s first solo exhibition in a public institution in the UK. Parreno rose to prominence in the 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his work, which employs a diversity of media inc…