Hong Kong’s M+ museum is offering 10,000 free tickets to students for its Yayoi Kusama exhibition to help boost mental health. The scheme is aiming to help students talk about their mental health by viewing the works of artist Yayoi Kusama, who has expressed her own challenges through art. Keri Ryan, lead curator for learning …
Frida Kahlo exhibition extended after 13,000 visitors
A Coventry exhibition surrounding the life and work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has welcomed almost 13,000 people. Held at the Reel Store in the English city, ‘Life and Work of Frida Kahlo’ was due to close yesterday (Sunday) but has now been extended until February 26 because of its popularity. The show opened in …
London’s Lightroom venue delays opening
Lightroom has pushed its opening back by a month until February 22, with the venue also extending the run of its first installation. The new London venue, which has been billed as the ‘sister space’ to the Bridge Theatre near Tower Bridge, is set to open with an immersive visual installation ‘David Hockney: Bigger and …
DEAG to open new London arts and exhibition space in 2023
DEAG has continued to expand in the culture sector, and has announced it will operate a new exhibition and show space in London. Through its Kilimanjaro Group subsidiary, the Germany-based entertainment company will operate Arches at London Bridge and has concluded a long-term lease agreement for the venue for an initial period of 15 years. …
NSW Art Gallery’s new space attracts 86,000 visitors in first week
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (NSW)’s new expansion has attracted over 86,000 visits in its first week, with 25,000 visiting for the one-night-only Art for All concert held in The Domain. The free concert was headlined by English singer Ellie Goulding and celebrated the new building in Sydney, and was a culmination of …
New London King’s Cross venue to open with David Hockney show
London is set to welcome a new venue, Lightroom, which is billed as a ‘new home for spectacular artist-led shows’. Lightroom is located in King’s Cross on Lewis Cubitt Square and has been designed by Haworth Tompkins as a sister space to the Bridge Theatre. The new London venue is a joint venture between design …
Boomtown creators to launch Amazement Park
Wake The Tiger, set to be the world’s first Amazement Park, is launching a crowdfunder to secure investment for the interactive immersive art experience. The attraction is due to open in the English city of Bristol this summer, and has already secured over £1.5m (€1.8m/$2m) in private funding. Wake The Tiger will be based on …
Art Dubai to donate 25% of ticket sales from latest event
Art Dubai, an international art fair that takes place every March, has pledged 25% of all ticket sales from its latest event to those affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event ran from March 11-13 in Madinat Jumeirah and welcomed over 100 galleries. Organisers of Art Dubai told the National that the donation …