Monet, Turner a money churner Feb 1, 2008
The institutions involved are a roll call of the world's great galleries, including the Tate Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, J.Paul Getty Museum in California, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Kroller-Muller Museum and the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands. Major Australian institutions are also involved. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
'Jacqui, do you want an escort to the kebab shop?' Jan 24, 2008
As the march ended on Millbank, dozens of officers made a beeline for the Tate gallery. But the attraction was not so much the Hockney and Turner watercolours as the WCs. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Police to march through London over pay "betrayal" Jan 23, 2008
30 a.m., stopping off at the Home Office to deliver petitions from every force in England and Wales, and finishing at the Tate Gallery. Rallies will then be held in Westminster. (Reuters UK)
Green protest staged at the Tate Jan 5, 2008
BP's former chief executive, Lord Brown, was appointed a trustee of the Tate Gallery last year. BP was fined $373 million in the United States for fraud and environmental crimes, relating in part to an oil spill in the Alaskan wilderness. (BBC News -- UK)
Electronic tags to track dementia patients Dec 27, 2007
He has had to cope with several serious wandering incidents, including when his wife walked out of the Tate gallery on a summer afternoon. She was finally brought to a police station at 3. (Times Online)
Artist donates pickled cow, calf to Tate gallery Dec 14, 2007
Hirst has donated the work, which won the 1995 Turner Prize,tothe Tate Gallery in London ... LONDON - Multimillionaire English artist Damien Hirst said on Thursday he was donating four major works to Britain's Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and calf. (MSNBC -- News)
Controversial artist makes first big donation Dec 14, 2007
LONDON Multimillionaire English artist Damien Hirst said Thursday that he is donating four major works to Britain's Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and calf. It is the first time Hirst, who recently sold a diamond-encrusted skull for $100-million (U.S.), has made a major donation to a museum. (Globe and Mail)
12 hours + 3 writers + 3 acting troupes = 3 plays for 1 gala Dec 14, 2007
Britain's Tate Gallery revealed on Thursday that British artist Damien Hirst has donated works featuring his pickled cows, dead flies, cigarette butts and seashells to the venue's permanent collection ... Britain's Tate Gallery revealed on Thursday that British artist Damien Hirst has donated works featuring his pickled cows, dead flies, cigarette butts and seashells to the venue's permanent collection. (CBC.ca)
Tate Modern gets 50m boost Dec 6, 2007
Purnell referred to his memories of admiring the Rothko Seagram murals in the former Tate Gallery on Millbank; Serota said he wanted the younger generation visiting Tate Modern to establish similar relationships with newer works - to remember, as well as the Rothko room, a putative Cornelia Parker room or Bruce Nauman room. At present, over a two-year period, 40% to 50% of the Tate's holdings are kept in storage. (Guardian Unlimited)
Napa's Secret Art Cave Dec 4, 2007
They also are affiliated with the Tate Gallery in London and the Whitney Museum in New York. Friends describe them as exuberant - bungee jumping on vacation and swimming in the Rhine River - and they appear that way outwardly as well, wearing wildly colorful and imaginative clothing (including blazers made from bubble wrap). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Business briefs Dec 1, 2007
He developed a personal wine for the late Frank Sinatra, and his signature Alicante Bouschet was the only house wine at London's Tate Gallery. Papagni worked with the Ficklin family to get the approval of the Madera appellation for wines from that region. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
A prize for popularity Nov 28, 2007
He went on to work in various galleries overseas before being appointed a curator at the Tate Gallery: It was an exciting time because Tate Modern was just opening, he recalls. Did it feel like being banished to the wilderness when he transferred to Liverpool. (Times Online)
R.B. Kitaj, 74; paintings conveyed historical, literary themes Oct 25, 2007
He blamed the news media for Fisher's demise, which followed the devastating attacks he received from critics during a much-promoted retrospective held at the Tate Gallery in London. The show received accolades when it moved to New York and Los Angeles, where he settled and spent his last years painting images of his second wife. (Boston Globe)
R.B. Kitaj, master of British Pop Art, dies at 74 Oct 25, 2007
British critics savaged his 1994 retrospective at the Tate Gallery in London (although the works later won praise from American reviewers). Kitaj publicly responded by accusing his critics of being anti-Semitic, anti-American and anti-intellectual. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Binge Britain Oct 23, 2007
"It's Friday morning and I've just arrived for 48 hours in what the Liverpool Daily Post this month called England's "capital of the binge culture". But it isn't just that: Liverpool is remaking and remodelling itself with construction cranes, as it prepares to become European capital of culture next year, and the Turner prize exhibition is opening at the Tate Liverpool.Last week, the NHS's hospital episodes survey revealed that Liverpool had the highest number of alcohol-related emergency... (Guardian Unlimited)
Arts Funding: Creative community hails increase as 'good result' Oct 10, 2007
Nicholas Serota, director of Tate Gallery, expressed his relief over the outcome. "We are delighted that the Government has endorsed its commitment to culture and arts by this significant increase in the budget for the DCMS.". (Independent)
The fall from graceHow ex-BP boss Lord Browne made it to the top, and why he fell Oct 6, 2007
In the past month Lord Browne has been making his business comeback, with an appointment in the private equity company Riverstone, as well as positions at the Tate gallery and in Lord Foster's architectural group. He is also continuing his personal campaign to address climate change in business. (BBC News -- Business)
Top art collector Uli Sigg to showcase collection at ARTSingapore Oct 5, 2007
"So I decided to create this document - a collection across all media and time, from late 70s till today, on what artists are doing. I want a documentation of Chinese art and culture, he added. Besides his huge collection, Dr Sigg has even set up three awards in China to recognise and encourage the Chinese people to critique their artists' work. And with his clout as member on the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Tate Gallery in London, Dr Sigg helped raise... (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Getting away with art Sep 26, 2007
OK, so perhaps you already know that Creed's flashing lights won the $30,000 Turner Prize, a prestigious art award presented annually by London's Tate gallery, in 2001. And maybe you're aware that Simpson, the 19-year-old MIT sophomore, was arrested at gunpoint at the airport and charged with disorderly conduct and possession of a "hoax device." Creed's bright idea can be seen through Oct. 28 at the Boston Center for the Arts; Simpson's could lead to a five-year prison sentence. (Boston Globe)
ARTSingapore 2007: Visual artfest to invite worldwide masters, freshers Sep 16, 2007
The committee says Sigg sits on the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and on the International Advisory Council of the Tate gallery in London, UK and "is arguably the most influential figure in modern Chinese art today". In addition, the committee is upbeat about selling more pieces this year as it recognizes the emergence of art enthusiasts, particularly those in Singapore. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Dr. Uli Sigg to Attend ARTSingapore 2007, Showcase the Sigg Collection Aug 29, 2007
Dr. Sigg sits on the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the International Advisory Council of the Tate Gallery, London, and is arguably the most influential figure in modern Chinese art today. He established the biennial Chinese Contemporary Art Awards in China in 1997 to recognise talent on the contemporary art scene within China and increase international awareness of the art form. (PR Newswire)
Were at risk from fast-rising levels of complacency Aug 2, 2007
Westminster was inundated, the ground floor of the Tate Gallery filled with water, the underground power station at Chelsea was put out of action and sewage burst out at the Barking sewage works. A river wall collapsed at Lambeth Bridge, flooding basements and drowning 14 people. (Times Online)
Lord Browne swaps barrels of crude for canvases and oils Jul 20, 2007
Lord Browne gets Tate Gallery job ... Lord Browne, the former boss of UK oil firm BP who resigned amid revelations about his personal life, has been appointed a trustee of Tate Gallery. (BBC News -- Business)
London on the cheap| Jul 11, 2007
Unlike many other cities, most of the big art galleries, including the National Gallery, Tate Gallery and Tate Modern; and museums, such as the Science Museum, Natural History Museum and British Museum, to name a few, are free to the public. You can visit as many as you like, as often as you like during your stay. (iAfrica.com)
For the First Time, a Noted Artist Shows Locally Jun 22, 2007
The show by the British native, whose work resides in the collections of museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Tate Gallery in London, will constitute his first exhibition in the state. "I've got this mind that likes looking at the whole principle of things," said the artist, whose clients range from a corporate giant such as Verizon, which is headquartered in New Jersey, to Wisdom House in Litchfield, for whose chapel he recently completed windows. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
China's contemporary art goes global Jun 14, 2007
In addition to the Basel Art Fair, Zhou Tie Hai's pictures are also currently featuring in a Chinese exhibition at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, entitled "The Real Thing". The majority of pieces at The Real Thing are either being shown for the first time outside of China, or were specially commissioned for the exhibition. (Asia Times Online)
Have brush, will look on the bright side Jun 12, 2007
His work is in the collections of most state galleries, the National Gallery of Australia, the Tate Gallery in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is work that reveals and conceals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Democrats round on Bush over trade gap May 28, 2007
Recruiter: Tate Gallery. Recruiter: Marks Sattin. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Budget)
Currency factor stalls Honda plant May 24, 2007
Recruiter: Tate Gallery. Recruiter: Agg Jones Financial Search & Selection. (Financial Times)
Pain of Hips replacement May 24, 2007
Recruiter: Tate Gallery. Recruiter: Martin Ward Anderson. (Financial Times)
Lively Liverpool| May 16, 2007
Modern art lovers cant fail to be impressed by the Tate Gallery, which occupies a former warehouse in the Albert Docks. The gallery will host the prestigious Turner Prize this autumn the first time it has been staged outside the capital. (iAfrica.com)
Britain's National Gallery Trustees Meet to Start Search for New Director May 11, 2007
He previously worked at the Tate Gallery and at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Leighton, 48, who joined the National Galleries of Scotland in March 2006 after running Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum for nine years, was a curator at London's National Gallery for a decade before that. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Anti-war art on Turner shortlist May 9, 2007
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Leaders voice backing for former BP chief May 5, 2007
The 64 signatories include financial heavyweights Sir Winfried Bischoff, chairman of Citigroup, and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, key movers from the arts such as Gail Rebuck, chief executive of Random House, and Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate gallery, and Labour peers such as Lord Puttnam. Lord Puttnam said he had signed because he felt it important to support a good friend. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Sainsbury's takeover bid abandoned Apr 12, 2007
The Sainsbury family has also been a strong supporter of the arts, following in the footsteps of Lord David Sainsbury s father Sir Robert, a former chairman of the Tate Gallery. The family donated the funds for a new wing at the National Gallery, which opened in 1991. (ic Birmingham.co.uk)
MFA has new take on the art of war Apr 8, 2007
The video was at the Tate Gallery in London, where Collins was a finalist for the Turner Prize for modern art. "War and Discontent" runs April 10- Aug. 5. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Showcasing big works of nature Mar 19, 2007
The show had its premiere at London's Tate Gallery and has now arrived in Southern California. The third and last venue for Constable's Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings is the galleries of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The elusive Symbolist movement Mar 17, 2007
An exhibition at the Tate Gallery devoted to the three a decade ago was subtitled "Symbolism in Britain 1860-1910." The notion that these English painters could be considered Symbolist was a somewhat novel concept to many, and not only in Britain ... Piet Mondrian was inspired by a trio of paintings of Eve by Watts, almost certainly encountered at the Tate Gallery in London. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Patrons at NY art benefit offered meeting with prime minister Mar 4, 2007
The Art Newspaper said patrons who paid at least $25,000 to attend a New York benefit in May for Britain's Tate Gallery were being invited to meet Blair and his wife, Cherie, at the prime minister's Downing Street residence on June 16. The benefit is being organized by American Patrons of Tate, the gallery's U.S. fundraising arm. (Newsday -- Long Island)
Adaptive Reuse -- A New Approach to Affordability? Mar 1, 2007
An abandoned church comes back to life as a restaurant, a hardware store is reborn as a church, and in London, the old Bankside Power Station now houses the Tate Gallery. But what is new is the conversion to residential use. (RealtyTimes)
Permira, Secure Your Future and Build a Monument Mar 1, 2007
London has the Tate Gallery (built with funding from the sugar trade). Oxford University has Nuffield College (built from the proceeds of the auto industry). (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Art As Public Drama Jan 21, 2007
However, public artwork should take a back seat to something of higher value, such as education," said Joy Stricker, a resident who has criticized the town's expenditure. Resident Linda Dente wholeheartedly supports what she considers a tiny expenditure for the sculpture - less than $1 per West Hartford household. She said she thinks it not only will delight people but also might contribute to the town's economic vitality. "As a taxpayer in West Hartford, I'm sure I'm not alone in appreciating... (FOX61, CT)
Stencil pusher Jan 2, 2007
His name, written in large bubble letters, has decorated railway bridges and roadsides across Britain, along with cheeky slogans such as "Designated Riot Area" at London's Trafalgar Square and "Mind the Crap" under a step outside the Tate Gallery. "He seems to tap into something that is happening now in our culture," says James Woroniecki, a 28-year-old comedian who was also lining up to buy a print. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
