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Head of Programme: Curating Contemporary Art

Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:00 GMT

Head of Programme: Curating Contemporary Art

Salary: c £60k depending on experience (pro-rated for part-time).

Location: South Kensington Campus

The Royal College of Art, the only entirely postgraduate institution...

The reluctant comic-book hero

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:21:00 GMT

Robert Crumb, often known simply as R. Crumb, began to draw at the age of two. By the age of ten, Crumb, born in Philadelphia in 1943, was an avid fan of comic strips, and by 16, he was sketching the adventures of the family cat, Fred, who...

British naval heritage at risk of being sold off

Wed, 16 May 2012 09:04:00 GMT

Archaeologists are up in arms over the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) decision to transfer the management of an 18th-century British warship to a newly formed charitable body, the Maritime Heritage Foundation, which has entered into an agreement with...

French supermarket boss wants to put contemporary art in a countryside landscape

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:00 GMT

A major French patron says that he hopes to transform the French public’s perception of contemporary art by opening a new gallery in a former 17th-century convent in Brittany this summer. “Outside of Paris, contemporary art spaces cater for the...

Astaire, the English aristocracy and an Irish castle

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:15:00 GMT

A touch of Hollywood glamour and stardust is sprinkled all over Lismore Castle in County Waterford in Ireland this month with the launch of The Heir and Astaire (until 10 June), a show by US artist TJ Wilcox devoted to vaudeville star Adele Astaire,...

Director

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:28:00 GMT

Director, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art

Location: Porto, Portugal

The Board of the Serralves Foundation is seeking to appoint a new Director to the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, an important Museum of...

Fire breaks out at Oslo's Astrup Fearnley Museum

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:30:00 GMT

Only months before its scheduled opening, a fire broke out at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art’s new building in Oslo, designed by Renzo Piano. Monday afternoon, a fire went up on the top floor, but firefighters had it under control by...

Checkmate at the Tretyakov

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:54:00 GMT

The chess masters Viswanathan Anand and Boris Gelfand kicked off their World Chess Championship battle in Moscow on Friday in unusual surroundings: the State Tretyakov Gallery. The match, which runs through the end of May, is the highest-level chess...

Unveiling of the ArcelorMittal Orbit

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:03:00 GMT

At 114.5 metres high, the ArcelorMittal Orbit is the UK's tallest sculpture. Unveiled on 11 May, it stands in the London Olympic Park offering unparalleled views to visitors. ArcelorMittal is handing the sculpture over to the London Legacy...

London’s Olympic tower is “definitely art” says mayor

Fri, 11 May 2012 19:48:00 GMT

The ArcelorMittal Orbit tower is “definitely an artwork”, according to London’s newly re-elected mayor Boris Johnson. While descending its vertigo-inducing spiral staircase, Johnson pointed out that the idea for the asymmetrical tower came from a...