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Summer Exhibition 2012 at the Royal Academy of Arts

It’s coming up to the summer museum season and there are few as big and impressive as the Royal Academy of Arts’ Summer Exhibition. The exhibition is a collection of thousands of

Artes Mundi shortlist 2012

The Artes Mundi prize results in one of the finest exhibitions in the art world calendar and the Artes Mundi shortlist 2012 has just been announced. Bringing together some of the world’s

Damien Hirst exhibition at the Tate Modern

It takes a lot to take a look at your work and say balls to this I’m putting on a show, but that’s exactly what Damien Hirst did in 1988 when he

Sotheby’s annual Important Old Master Paintings & Sculpture auction 2012

The Sotheby’s annual auction of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculptures will be heading to New York for 2012. Featuring paintings from

The Boombox Project by Lyle Owerko at XOYO and the Whisper Gallery

London gallery Whisper have teamed up with XOYO to exhibit The Boombox Project by New York filmmaker Lyle Owerko. Featuring the

John Martin: Apocalypse exhibition at the Tate Britain

Critically derided during his ascendancy to populist acclaim during the 19th century, John Martin’s cataclysmic painted visions of apocalyptic doom have come full circle with a new exhibition at

Degas and the Ballet, Picturing Movement, Royal Academy of Arts

Degas’ love affair with dance and movement can be seen in the vast majority of his paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, and in the