Nahmad Family Setback Over £25m Modigliani Painting In Nazi Restitution Case
David Nahmad has incurred another setback in his legal battle to keep a disputed Amedeo Modigliani painting titled ‘Seated Man with a Cane’ (1918).
22 April 2018
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Slowing Growth: Hiscox Online Art Market Report Reveal £3B Sales
Based on the current growth trajectory, the Hiscox Online Art Trade Report, published today, reveals that the value of the online art market could reach $8.37 billion by 2023.
16 April 2018
Helen Cammock Wins Whitechapel’s Max Mara Art Prize for Women
Helen Cammock has won the 2018 Max Mara Art Prize for Women in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery.
16 April 2018
Warhol and Sedgwick: Hotel Chelsea Room Door Sells For $52,500
A door from the infamous Hotel Chelsea belonging to the room resident ‘Superstar’ actress Edie Sedgwick and artist Andy Warhol shared in 1965, while filming Chelsea Girls, has sold for $52,500.
14 April 2018
Anne Vierstraete Art Brussels Director In Conversation With Paul Carter Robinson
Anne Vierstraete, the Managing Director of Art Brussels in conversation with Paul Carter Robinson ahead of the opening of the fair next week.
12 April 2018
Gillian Ayres My Fiercely independent Friend – Sue Hubbard
Yesterday the art world not only lost one of its finest and most loved abstract painters, but I lost a great friend.
12 April 2018
Tracey Emin Unveils Pro-Europe Neon Art At St Pancras International
Royal Academician Tracey Emin unveiled a monumental pro-Europe neon work this morning, attended by RA Director Tim Marlow and many other art officials. The installation titled,
10 April 2018
Peter Paul Rubens African Portrait At Risk Of Leaving UK
Peter Paul Rubens, (Flemish, 1577–1640), Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban, painted in 1609 is in danger of leaving the UK forever.
8 April 2018
London Dealer Richard Nagy Ordered To Return Stolen Egon Schiele Drawings
Two works on paper by the Secessionist artist Egon Schiele stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis in the late 1930s have been ordered to be restituted to the heirs of an Austrian Holocaust victim.
6 April 2018
Simon Birch Recreates Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey Neo-Classic Bedroom
An immersive art installation, “The Barmecide Feast,” is a fully realised, full-scale reproduction of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the penultimate scene of Stanley Kubrick’s and Arthur C. Clarke’s landmark film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.
5 April 2018
Arts Council Collection Acquire More Women Artists In 2017-18
The UK’s largest national loan collection of modern and contemporary art, the Arts Council Collection, has unveiled the full list of 47 works by 25 artists that it has acquired for the nation in 2017-18.
4 April 2018
Charles Rennie Mackintosh 150th Birthday Marked By Glasgow Exhibition – Clare Henry
CHARLES RENNIE MACKINTOSH: genius, idol, Glasgow’s golden boy. Celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth began this weekend at Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
1 April 2018
Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 What The Dealers Had To Say
Art Basel Hong Kong 2018 saw a strong collector turnout and vigorous sales across all sectors of the market.
31 March 2018
Damien Hirst Falling Off The Grid – Houghton Hall – Paul Carter Robinson
Last week I was a guest at the magnificent Houghton Hall, one of the most impressive Palladian houses in Britain.
29 March 2018
Michael Rakowitz Unveils His Fourth Plinth Commission In London’s Trafalgar Square
The latest artist to exhibit a work for the “Fourth Plinth’ commission is the US artist Michael Rakowitz’.
28 March 2018
Jenny Saville A Passion For Flesh And Paint – GMA – Clare Henry
JENNY SAVILLE’S show at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh is long, LONG overdue.
27 March 2018
David Bowie Statue Not Fitting A Man Who Loved Fine Art
The latest in a long line of examples is a new statue honouring the late artist David Bowie, unveiled over the weekend in Aylesbury.
26 March 2018
Trump Street Art Mural By Cashy-D Censored By New Orleans Council
The Louisiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of New Orleans after a mural was censored.
22 March 2018
Will Liz Taylor’s Van Gogh Sold In 2012 For £10m Flip For £50m?
Liz Taylor’s Van Gogh Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy is back on the market again after selling in an auction at Christie’s in February 2012 for £10,121,250.
22 March 2018
No Bums Here: Anthea Hamilton Unveils Tate Britain Commission
Tate Britain has unveiled their latest sculpture commission by 2016 Turner Prize nominee Anthea Hamilton. The Squash is an immersive installation combining performance and sculpture.
21 March 2018
Banksy Super-Active In New York City Again – First Photos
It started with his rat clock piece (Top Photo) at 101 West 14th Street, moving on to his protest mural for Zehra Doğanon
20 March 2018
Helen Legg Appointed New Director Of Tate Liverpool
Helen Legg currently Director of Spike Island, Bristol, has been appointed the new Director of Tate Liverpool.
20 March 2018
British Council Ordered To Pack Their Bags By Vladimir Putin
Russia has ordered the closure of the British Council, an organisation which promotes cultural ties between the nations in St Petersburg.
17 March 2018
Banksy Mural In NY Highlights Detention Of Kurdish Artist Zehra Dogan
The Bristol-born Street Artist Banksy has unveiled a 20m high mural in New York to highlight to the detention of Zehra Dogan, the Kurdish painter from Turkey.
17 March 2018
Liverpool Biennial Announce Programme For 20th Anniversary Edition
Liverpool Biennial, will mark its 20th anniversary this year with the 10th edition under the title Beautiful world, where are you?
15 March 2018
Crossrail Launches Public Art Programme To Include Kusama And Shawcross
Crossrail has launched an ambitious new art programme.
15 March 2018
Annual Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report Released
The second edition of the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report has been released
14 March 2018
Controversial Stations Of The Cross Exhibition Set To Open Without Censorship
A sculpture by the ‘Street” artist Ryan Callanan, who goes under the pseudonym of RYCA has been moved by St Stephens Walbrook
14 March 2018
Anish Kapoor Condemns Image Of Chicago Sculpture In NRA Video
The Turner Prize-winning artist Sir Anish Kapoor has spoken out against the use of an image of his Chicago sculpture “Cloud Gate” in a right-wing NRA
13 March 2018
Yinka Shonibare MBE Unveils NY Central Park Commission
New York’s Public Art Fund has unveiled ‘Wind Sculpture (SG)’, a new work by the Turner Prize-winning British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE.
12 March 2018
Armory Show Highlights and Lowlights 2018 Round-Up
As we reach the end of another New York Armory Show few revelations are on hand.
11 March 2018
Record London Contemporary/Modern Art Auctions Set Spring 2018 Alight
London’s contemporary sales both evening and day at Sotheby’s and Christie’s have totalled £295 million ($407 million).
10 March 2018