Lorenzo Agius In the Mood at Alon Zakaim Fine Art from Monday 14th September
Lorenzo Agius at Alon Zakaim Fine Art until 14th October 2009. The exhibition presents an exclusive selection of his most celebrated portraits available as limited editions to the public for the very first time. Brad Pitt, Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie and Keira Knightly are just some of the many celebrities featured. In the Mood follows [...]
Philippe Starck’s Design For Life reality TV show
Starck’s new series, which begins on BBC2 tonight, is called Design for Life. Following the tried and tested format, he takes 12 young British designers, sets them challenges and each week eliminates the weakest. The winner becomes part of Starck’s “tribe” for six months, their triumphant concept given the opportunity to join the world’s most [...]
Gagosian Retail New York
Over at CoolHunting they have a sneak preview of the new Gagosian retail space which is set to open in the next week in New York City. Designed by Dan Rowen Architect/MNDesign in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery, the space is spare, bright and successfully feels more retail than gallery. The space focuses primarily on the [...]
Design 21 Announces Call for Entries for UNESCO’s Dream Center Logo Competition
DESIGN 21 believes in the potential of design to improve life, but it also recognizes the power of branding. In order to help UNESCO’s mission of providing arts education to children around the world, DESIGN 21: Social Design Network – an online platform founded by Felissimo and UNESCO – is hosting a competition to increase [...]
Nadav Kander Obama’s People at Flowers Gallery Private View Tuesday 14th September
Selection from Obama’s People 2009Archival pigment Prints Barack Obama II 2009 Chromogenic Print 152 × 122 cm ‘Obama’s People’, photographic portraits of the 53 members of President Obama’s cabinet. Through to 10th October 2009
Dane Mitchell Wins Art Competition Using Other Contestants Trash As His Entry
A New Zealand artist has caused a bit of controversy amongst the artistic community after winning a contemporary art award utilizing the discarded materials of his competitors. Dane Mitchell’s “Collateral” recently beat out 282 other pieces to win the 2009 National Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Award, as well as $15,000. It was created after Mitchell [...]
FAD NEWS
ART STUFF ON A TRAIN 6: PLANE SPECIAL! – BANANAS IN BASEL
Most days art Critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train, travelling between his home in Southampton and his day job in Surrey – but this week he was in Basel. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head? Jeppe Heine at Art Basel There’s quite a bit of art on show [...]
New Emerging Art Award Launches !
FREE RANGE 2013 ESTABLISHES EMERGING ART AWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH FAD, DEGREE ART & CASS ART
Demolition of New York Graffiti Center 5Pointz on Track Despite Community Disapproval
it will not affect plans for 5Pointz’s demolition
In the name of art! French artist Orlan sues Lady Gaga for plagiarism
Orlan is suing Lady Gaga and the fench subsidiary of Universal music for $31.7 million claiming she has stolen her facial implants!
The Rich Keep Buying @ArtBasel 2013
The 44th edition of Art Basel closed yesterday with galleries reporting exceptionally strong sales across all levels despite strikes by air traffic controllers and on the trains .
Julian Schnabel to Open Gallery in His Home
Nick Mead Installation shot Foundation Casa del Popolo Julian Schnabel has announced that he plans to open a gallery on the ground floor of his West Village home. The “community exhibition space” will show work by other artists and enable Schnabel to work with like-minded people with “unique perspectives on art”. Casa del Popolo, as [...]
VIDEO: Tiny figures with a big history: street artist Marcus Crocker teams up with British Red Cross
Starting 17th June 2013, hand sculpted figurines representing a number of iconic Brits will be dotted across five sites in London in a campaign to encourage people to share images and thoughts at each location during RefugeeWeek
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