London’s National Gallery announces plans for a £25-30 million upgrade project, which will be partially finished by the institution’s 200th anniversary in 2024.
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Hockney portrait to go on sale to save the Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House has announced its ‘Portrait of Sir David Webster’ by David Hockney will go under the hammer at Christie’s 20th Century: London to Paris sale on 22 October in London to raise essential funds.
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South Kensington’s Museum Quarter to fully reopen in August
London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Science Museum and Natural History Museum are all set to fully reopen in August, just in time for the summer holidays. Museums across the country are now easing out of lockdown after almost five months of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak.
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‘Wunderkind’ London Art Dealer Arrested by FBI
He was considered an ‘up-and-comer’ in the international art market and previously worked at London’s White Cube gallery. On Thursday 11 June 2020, the rise of 33-year-old art dealer, Inigo Philbrick, came to a crashing halt when he was arrested by the FBI.
New Holocaust memorial for London resembles a ‘ribcage’
Nicknamed the ‘ribcage’, the winning design for a new Holocaust memorial and education centre in London was unveiled last week (25 October).
Designed by British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye, the £50 million memorial will be built in Victoria Tower Gardens, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament. Continue reading
East End rejoices as ‘Old Flo’ makes her triumphant return
Local councils battled for her, a disgraced mayor tried to sell her and Storm Brian almost toppled her. Now Henry Moore’s ‘Draped Seat Woman’ has at long last returned to London’s east end after holidaying in the green hills of Yorkshire. Continue reading
London grieves through street art
In the wake of Wednesday’s (22 March) terror attack in Westminster Londoners have paid an artistic tribute to those who perished.
Chalk drawings bearing positive messages of hope, peace and solidarity appeared on the paving in Trafalgar Square. They were crafted by four homeless street artists who handed out chalk and invited members of the public to inscribe their works with words and names. Continue reading
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