Dutch artist’s works found in British warehouse
16 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Over 400 stolen artworks by celebrated 20th-century expressionist painter Karel Appel discovered by storage firm
Tag: UK news
Lambeth council lambasted for arts centre sale
14 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Stockwell Studios sold by ‘John Lewis council’ to housing developer after artists spent £70,000 on renovations
Yayoi Kusama arrives at Tate Modern with a polka at Damien Hirst
8 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Japanese artist renowned for dot motif has her first big UK retrospective – and a few words of advice for Britart’s spot fan
Tate buys timeshare in Christian Marclay’s Clock
1 February 2012 • Mark Westall
24-hour artwork using thousands of movie clips to keep real time is acquired by Tate and two other museums
Lucian Freud portrait of restaurateur goes up for auction
1 February 2012 • Mark Westall
1955 painting of Bernard Walsh, who ran restaurant frequented by Freud and Francis Bacon, has estimate of £1.5m-£2m
Photographers’ Gallery in London to reopen in May after £8.9m facelift
31 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Work by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky to feature in initial shows at seven floor West End site
Picasso, Cocteau and Chagall paintings to be exhibited at Lightbox in Woking
10 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Lewis Elton’s art collection, now donated to University of Surrey, will go on public display for the first time
Lucian Freud etchings to go on sale
6 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Forty-five prints, each estimated to fetch up to £70,000, will be auctioned next month
Art Fund membership up 15% despite downturn
3 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Charity that helps museums and galleries acquire artworks has seen record gain in membership over past year
Call it the Tracey Emin effect: art overcoming austerity outside London
30 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Turner, Hepworth, FirstSite – the success of new galleries is making the case for culture-led regeneration
Tate may not renew BP sponsorship deal after environmental protests
14 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Director of group that covers four galleries around UK says decision is due on partnership deal with BP, expiring next year
Monet water lily paintings to make UK debut at Tate Liverpool
13 December 2011 • Mark Westall
An exhibition of Monet, Turner and Twombly at Tate Liverpool will include two water lilies paintings never seen in the UK
Anselm Kiefer: ‘Art is difficult, it’s not entertainment’
9 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Celebrated German artist reflects on his work before opening of his biggest UK show, at White Cube gallery in London
Jeremy Deller, Turner prizewinner, to have Hayward Gallery retrospective
7 December 2011 • Mark Westall
The artist who staged an exhibition in his parents’ house will be showing works old and new – plus some failed projects
Turner prize: the beauty lies in its orchestration
6 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Martin Boyce deserves the award for a beautiful and unexpected installation – his art is a sort of elegy to modernist purity
Saatchi’s scathing portrait of the art world: ‘Vulgar, Eurotrashy, masturbatory’
3 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Leading British collector launches surprise attack saying buyers and dealers ‘can’t tell good artists from bad’
Lygia Pape, Scottish photography and the Northern Art prize – the week in art
2 December 2011 • Mark Westall
From a Serpentine celebration of the late Brazilian artist to the reopening of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, here’s your latest Art Weekly dispatch
David Hockney landscapes to vivify Royal Academy
14 November 2011 • Mark Westall
Gallery hopes A Bigger Picture will be the next blockbuster as it unveils its programme for the next 12 months
Hogarth’s house to reopen after surviving fire – and urban sprawl
9 November 2011 • Mark Westall
Georgian satirist’s Chiswick retreat restored thanks to lottery cash and volunteers from the William Hogarth Trust
Leonardo da Vinci amazes at the National Gallery – quietly and calmly
6 November 2011 • Mark Westall
When the exhibition opens on Wednesday, visitors will be able to see the two Madonna of the Rocks face to face
RCA Secret: annual exhibition of postcards gets a more political edge
2 November 2011 • Mark Westall
Many of the 2,500 contributions to this year’s fundraising show offer a graphic response to current events
Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Britain pays belated homage to Spanish genius
28 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Influence on seven British artists – including Henry Moore, David Hockney and Francis Bacon – to be explored in 2012 show
George Condo retrospective opens at the Hayward Gallery
18 October 2011 • Mark Westall
London show by American artist, who makes the funny serious and the grotesque beautiful, includes nine portraits of the Queen
Frieze week 2011: recommendations for the best of the rest
12 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Beyond the fair’s epicentre in London’s Regent’s Park, there are tonnes of art events happening in venues around the capital