Turner Contemporary to host 2019 Turner prize The Margate gallery, which is built on the site of a boarding house the artist visited when painting there, has been announced as the venue for the 2019 Turner Prize exhibition. The exhibition is presented at a venue outside London every other year – this year, it is in Hull.
Charles I’s art collection to be brought back to UK The most important British regal art collection in history, which was sold off by Oliver Cromwell’s republican government, is to be temporarily reassembled for a collaborative exhibition between the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Collection Trust. It will feature works by artists including Titian, Van Dyck, Rubens, Holbein, and Mantegna.
Scotland begins consultation on new cultural strategy Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has invited artists and cultural workers to an event in Glasgow to discuss Scotland’s new culture strategy, set to be published late 2018.
London’s Wikinson Gallery to close The Vyner Street gallery is to close at the end of July after nearly two decades. The gallery’s co-owners, Amanda and Anthony Wilkinson, say that they are “dissolving their partnership” for personal reasons.
Leaked document lays out Facebook’s policy on sex and nudity in art The Guardian has seen more than 100 internal documents from the social media giant, including one clarifying guidelines on sex and nudity in art. The Facebook Files, as the trove is called, cover a range of controversial subjects, from a manual on ‘credible threats of violence’ to rules regarding images of animal cruelty.
Kiluanji Kia Henda announced winner of Frieze Artist Award 2017 The Luanda-based artist will create a new performative installation at Frieze London from 4–8 October 2017, as part of the not-for-profit strand of the art fair, Frieze Projects.
Renoir’s restored home becomes a museum The French Impressionist’s former summer residence in Essoyes opens to the public in June after a major overhaul of its gardens and fin-de-siècle interiors.
National Endowments of the Arts and Humanities prepare to shut down President Trump released his official 2018 federal budget on Tuesday, 23 May, which included sweeping cuts to domestic programs. Trump became the first president to propose defunding the federal agencies when he released his preliminary budget in March, which outraged arts advocates across the nation and sparked a number of actions, including marches, protests, and letters to Congress.
$75 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies for New York’s new Centre for Artistic Invention Currently under construction on Manhattan’s west side, The Shed is scheduled to open to the public in spring 2019. The Bloomberg gift brings the total funds raised for the project to $421 million of the $500 million capital campaign goal.
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1. Turner Contemporary, Margate. Courtesy: Turner Contemporary
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