Lucian Freud Love Letters Go Under The Hammer At Sotheby’s
An unusual group of 11 previously unpublished letters – written by a young Lucian Freud to his first girlfriend, Felicity… Read More
12 February 2014
News
State Seizes Nazi Art Discovered In Austrian Gurlett Case
It was reported that up to a hundred missing art works by modern and old masters have emerged at the… Read More
12 February 2014
Art Fairs: Must Galleries Adapt To Function In A Booming Market
According to ArtForum there will be nearly sixty international art fairs taking place in 2014. And there must be hundreds… Read More
11 February 2014
Mary Quant At 80: London Raises Their Hemline To Fashion Icon
Mary Quant, who celebrates her 80th Birthday today, has been making her own clothes since the late 50’s. Before her… Read More
11 February 2014
Ai Weiwei and Richard Long Exhibitions In London For Spring
Following his major retrospective in Miami, the Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei will pair with the British sculptor Richard Long… Read More
11 February 2014
London Gallery To Display Rare Tahitian Gauguin Painting
The Ordovas Gallery will be publicly displaying Tales of Paradise by Paul Gauguin from 4 February to 18 April 2014…. Read More
10 February 2014
Remote Controlled Robots To Invade Tate Britain After Dark
Remote controlled robots are to invade Tate Britain after dark, as part of a competition for the first IK Prize…. Read More
10 February 2014
Martino Gamper: Influential Italian designer Curates Serpentine Sackler Gallery
Martino Gamper: Influential Italian designer Curates Serpentine Sackler Gallery
10 February 2014
Art14 London Announces Not-for-profit Organisations Partnering With Fair
Art14 London, sponsored by Citi Private Bank, is pleased to announce the not-for-profit organisations that are partnering with the Fair… Read More
9 February 2014
London Sees Highest Total for Any Day Sale Ever Held At Sotheby’s Worldwide
All eyes were on London last week as the city witnessed an unprecedented series of auctions led by Sotheby’s and… Read More
9 February 2014
James Turrell Exhibits His Light Works At Pace London
The work of James Turrell will be on show at Pace London from 7 February to 5 April 2014. This… Read More
9 February 2014
American Artist Haim Steinbach: New Serpentine Gallery Spring Exhibition
Haim Steinbach: Once again the world is flat is a new exhibition presented at the at the Serpentine Gallery this… Read More
8 February 2014
Resonance 104.4 fm Launch Their 2014 Fund Raising Drive
Resonance fm, who have been extremely innovative and supportive of the London visual arts community are holding their Annual Fund-Raiser… Read More
8 February 2014
Fourth Plinth Commission Goes To David Shrigley And Hans Haacke
Britain’s David Shrigley and the German/American artist Hans Haacke get the thumbs up for the 2015 – 2016 Fourth Plinth… Read More
7 February 2014
National Gallery Acquires American Masterpiece By George Bellows
London’s National Gallery has purchased one of the most important American paintings – the 1912 work ‘Men of the Docks’… Read More
7 February 2014
Banksy Girl With Red Balloon Removed From Liverpool Street Wall
Street Art miners, The Sincura Group who were responsible for the removal and export of Banksy’s ‘Slave Labour’ have uncovered… Read More
7 February 2014
Sotheby’s Reports Record Prices For Art Dealer Jan Krugier’s Collection
Sotheby’s has reported a 100% sales result for the collection of the art dealer Jan Krugier. The Combined Total of… Read More
6 February 2014
Art Basel Releases Details Of 45th Edition Of The Fair
Art Basel has released details of its 45th edition of the fair in Basel, Switzerland, taking place June 19 to… Read More
6 February 2014
Barbican And Google Launch DevArt Exploring Art Made With Code
The Barbican along with Google is launching DevArt a major new project exploring digital art made with code. The project… Read More
6 February 2014
Andy Warhol’s Elder Brother Known For His Chicken Feet Paintings Dies
Paul Warhola, the elder brother of the Pop artist Andy Warhol died last week in Aspinwall, a small town outside of Pittsburgh Pa, aged 91.
6 February 2014
David Bailey’s Landmark Exhibition Opens At London’s National Portrait Gallery
David Bailey’s landmark exhibition opens today (6 February) at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Selected by the photographer, Bailey’s Stardust… Read More
6 February 2014
Christie’s Achieves Highest Total For London Impressionist and Modern Sale
Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale and the auction of The Art of the Surreal which took place on… Read More
5 February 2014
Visionary Russian Artist Timur Novikov Presents First London Exhibition
The first UK group exhibition of two underground art movements started by the visionary artist Timur Novikov is presented in… Read More
5 February 2014
Women’s History Month Announces Ambitious Art Exhibitions Programme
Women’s groups, artists, activists, arts, media and community organisations are celebrating WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH with a remarkably diverse line-up of… Read More
5 February 2014
John Waters Exhibits Photographic Essays and Narrative Sculptures In Berlin
One of the most celebrated directors in American independent cinema, John Waters is at his vibrant best when flaunting Hollywood’s… Read More
5 February 2014
Edmund de Waal Showcases Atmosphere At Turner Contemporary
Edmund De Waal, the best selling novelist and potter, who grew up in Canterbury and is best known for his… Read More
5 February 2014
Ilya And Emilia Kabakov Present 2014 Installation For Monumenta Grand Palais Paris
Since 2007, Monumenta, a major Paris-based arts event, has been commissioning internationally renowned artists to create large-scale installations for the… Read More
4 February 2014
Sony World Photography Awards Sees Twenty Five UK Photographers Shortlisted For 2014
Fourteen UK photographers have been recognised in the Professional categories, ten in the Open competition and one in the Youth… Read More
4 February 2014
Sotheby’s Old Masters Sales Total Over $70m In New York
Sotheby’s has surprized the art market by reporting record prices in their annual Old Masters Week sales. The auctioneers have… Read More
3 February 2014
Richard Deacon Unveils Towering Ceramic Sculpture At Tate Britain
A gigantic green ceramic sculpture weighing over 12 tonnes and standing 4 metres high has been unveiled in Tate Britain’s… Read More
3 February 2014
Joe Tilson Pioneering Figure of British Pop Art Explored In New Exhibition
Joe Tilson, one of the pioneering figures of British Pop art in the early 1960s has a new exhibition, in… Read More
3 February 2014
Director Rino Stefano Tagliafierro Animates Old Master Paintings Heaven To Hell
Rino Stefano Tagliafierro has taken old master painting to another level, by animating them into a pastiche of short vignettes…. Read More
3 February 2014