London Southbank plans threaten Unesco World Heritage Site status

Plans for a £600m redevelopment next to Waterloo train station by the south bank of the Thames in London have moved forward after the UK Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles decided not to order a public enquiry into the project….
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How Margaret Thatcher made UK museums into world leaders

Margaret Thatcher was cordially disliked by the British academic community—famously, Oxford University members voted against giving her an honorary degree—but in her belief that public institutions should give value for money and be accountable, but…
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Egypt’s art world rallies to defend freedom of expression

“Long Live Free Art”, the rallying-call title of an exhibition that closed in Cairo on 15 January, succinctly expressed the Egyptian art world’s growing resistance to the new constitution, which was approved at the end of December, handing a…
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It’s not the end of the world (says Pistoletto)

As people start to go into a collective meltdown over the possible end of the world this Friday (well, according to the Mayans), the Arte Povera titan Michelangelo Pistoletto instead sees the impending apocalypse as an opportunity to start afresh….
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Art world big hitters back London hospital project

In a healthy move, leading organisations and figures in the art world have thrown their weight behind an ambitious new arts programme based at a west London hospital. The Serpentine Gallery, Christie’s, the artist Anish Kapoor and Mark Godfrey, the…
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New London sculpture puts art world in a lather

Visitors to Cavendish Square in London may well smell something fragrant in the air next month when the Korean artist Meekyoung Shin unveils a grand equestrian statue of the Duke of Cumberland there made not of marble or bronze, but of… soap (from…
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The uncanny world of Philippe Parreno

Philippe Parreno has been described as “permanently moving”, and certainly his work, whether made on his own or in his frequent collaborations with fellow artists, evades easy definition in its constant exploration of how art can and should be…
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The art world falls in love with Courtney

“Live Through This” may well be the perfect mantra for any art fair, but Courtney Love has proved to be the stand-out star of Frieze week so far, with the unveiling of the first ever exhibition of her own work at Fred Torres Projects, entitled “And…
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BSO Performs World Premiere of Overture for 2012 during Star-Spangled Sailabration week in June New Philip Glass composition featured in War of 1812 bicentennial tribute

BSO Performs World Premiere of Overture for 2012 during Star-Spangled Sailabration week in June

New Philip Glass composition featured in War of 1812 bicentennial tribute













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BSO performs World Premiere of Overture for 2012 during Star-Spangled Sailabration week in June

New Philip Glass composition featured in War of 1812 bicentennial tribute

PNC Foundation provides funding to make the experience accessible