Paul Carey-Kent Chooses His Top London Exhibitions 2017
Paul Carey-Kent chooses his top exhibitions for 2017
17 December 2017
2017
Lubaina Himid Wins Prestigious Turner Prize Age 63
The prestigious Turner Prize has been won by Lubaina Himid. At age 63 she is the oldest recipient of the prize since it launched in 1984.
5 December 2017
Guide Miami Beach Art Week 2017 Plus Satellite Fairs And Museums
The week of Miami Beach Art Basel has become a major event for Miami and the global art pack.
29 November 2017
ParisPhoto 2017 Ebbs And Flows – by Zoltan Alexander
The Grand Palais always starts with the Mini Palais, the hidden corner café-bar-restaurant filled with friends, collectors, art lovers and the media.
23 November 2017
Paul Carey-Kent Presents Recommended London Art exhibitions November 2017
Paul Carey-Kent presents his recommended London Art exhibitions for November 2017. It is a varied selection containing a number of different mediums and styles.
14 November 2017
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Artist Awards 2017 Present £60k No Strings Attached Prizes
The 2017 Hamlyn Awards for Artists have been announce by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, with Jane Hamlyn, Chair and Jarvis Cocker presenting the prizes.
9 November 2017
Hastings Pier Wins 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize – UK’s Best New Building
RIBA (The Royal Institute of British Architects) has announced the prestigious 2017 Stirling Prize winner. Hastings Pier by dRMM Architects was awarded the honour.
3 November 2017
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 – Meet The Alternative Powerhouses
Alt Power 100 ArtLyst: 2017 has been an extraordinary year for exhibitions both here in the UK and abroad.
31 October 2017
FIAC Paris Opens To Strong Sales And Buzzy Optimistic Atmosphere
Paris is transformed once again into the world capital of contemporary art with the FIAC, the International Contemporary Art Fair. A veritable institution recognized worldwide, the FIAC is an opportunity for the public to discover the latest developments in contemporary art, through works by some of the most famous artists in the world.
20 October 2017
2017 Canadian Biennial Unveiled At National Gallery of Canada
The 2017 Canadian Biennial opens today at the National Gallery of Canada. More than 100 recent acquisitions of Canadian and Indigenous contemporary art
19 October 2017
Unmistakable Art For Uncertain Times – Frieze Week Report By Zoltan Alexander
Apart from the usual twin events, the 15th edition of FRIEZE London, bringing more than 160 international galleries together and FRIEZE Masters
13 October 2017
Two Friezes – More Is Less By Edward Lucie-Smith
The two Frieze art fairs held simultaneously in London every year are now, according to received opinion, the biggest temperature taking, temperature raising events in the whole of the UK art calendar.
6 October 2017
Tate Publishes Optimistic Annual Report for 2016/17
Tate has published their Annual Report for 2016/17. The opening of the Blavatnik Building in June 2016 firmly established Tate Modern as one of the world’s greatest buildings for art in the twenty-first century, and the newly opened spaces attracted over a million visitors in the first month and a record 6.4 million visitors over the year.
18 September 2017
Android Shortlisted For Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2017
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize jury has selected three photographers shortlisted for the 2017 competition.
5 September 2017
Frieze London 2017 The Galleries Curators And Vibe Inside The Tent
Frieze London 2017 will present more than 160 leading galleries from across the world will showcase ambitious presentations by international emerging and established artists.
30 August 2017
Paul Carey -Kent Curates His London Gallery Choices For August 2017
There’s seems to be more on than usual over August, partly due to a new trend for shows running July-September
2 August 2017
Christie’s Unveils £2.2b First Half Year Auction Results 2017
Christie’s first half year auction sales top £2.2bn ($2.8bn, up 14%), a 29% increase from the same period in 2016. Continued global demand and creative sale planning have helped to drive a rise in Overall sales were £2.35bn ($3bn, up 1%), an increase of 14% compared to £2.1bn in the first half of 2016.
29 July 2017
Hackney WickED Launches Full Fledged East End Arts Festival 28-30 July
London’s most exciting art’s festival celebrate a Summer of Love at Hackney WickED DIY Open Studios (28th – 30th July)
17 July 2017
Art Car Boot Fair Moves To Vauxhall For Most Successful Event Ever
The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair is something to celebrate. Each year a number of A-list artists join emerging unknowns to offer their work at knock down independent prices. This act of generosity allows new collectors who couldn’t normally afford to buy a significant work of art the opportunity to purchase a work at a fraction of the art fair or gallery price.
10 July 2017
London Art Week Corridor Presents Blue Chip Fairs And Galley Openings
London Art Week, summer 2017 gets underway today 30th June. This is mostly geared up to the ‘Old Masters’ and Blue Chip market which will be offering an array of special exhibitions hosted across more than forty of the capital’s galleries and three leading auction houses. There are also two major art fairs on during this corridor week. Masterpiece in Chelsea and Olympia in Kensington are worth a visit.
30 June 2017
What Direction? Royal College Of Art Degree Shows 2017 By Edward Lucie-Smith
This year’s big graduation show of work by Fine Arts students from the Royal College of Art is both inspiriting and at the same time just a little bit depressing.
28 June 2017
Royal Academy Annual Summer Exhibition Where Old Meets? – Edward Lucie-Smith
Right now, in terms of the shows, it’s offering the public, the Royal Academy is on a roll. There’s been… Read More
9 June 2017
Central St Martins Colourful And Diverse Degree Shows 2017
Central St Martins BA and MA degree shows kicked off this weekend with a number of multidisciplinary exhibitions stretching across the Kings Cross campus.
29 May 2017
Frieze New York 2017 Lizanne Merrill Chooses Her Top Six Booths
Whether you reach the luxurious tent that is Frieze by waterway or highway, the art fair’s weekend home on Randall’s Island is as accessible as the art itself.
7 May 2017
Turner Prize 2017 Shortlist Reveals Obscure Multicultural Pick & Mix
The Turner Prize 2017 shortlist has just been announced at Tate Britain. The artists chosen from diverse multicultural backgrounds are relatively unknown.
3 May 2017
Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017 Finalists Announced
The Art Fund has announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2017, the most prestigious prize for museums in the UK.
28 April 2017
BP Portrait Award Unveils Three Shortlisted Artists For 2017 Competition
The BP Portrait Award 2017 at the National Portrait Gallery, London, has announced the three short-listed artists for this year’s competition.
19 April 2017
Art Basel Hong Kong 2017 A Journey By Virginie Puertolas-Syn
There is such a contrast between Maastricht and Hong Kong. Two different cities, continents, cultures and art fairs.It is this contrast that I embrace and cherish travelling from one fair to the other just a few days apart.
9 April 2017
Art Basel HK Verdict – Encouraging Sales Across The Board For 2017
Art Basel’s fifth edition in Hong Kong has closed with encouraging sales recorded across all levels of the market.
26 March 2017
Fourth Plinth Commission “Good For A Disposable Laugh” – Edward Lucie-Smith
The next two occupants of the so-called Fourth Plinth Commission in Trafalgar Square have just been announced and, true to form, the British visual arts establishment has laboured and given birth to a mouse. Or, to be fair, to two mice, one of them just slightly larger than the other. I speak not in terms of size, but in those of probable effect.
24 March 2017
Armory Show 2017 Indicative Of Art Market’s Changing Economic Landscape
It’s a week of art fairs in New York. The Armory Show, held in a crowded, bustling convention center on the Hudson River is the biggest of the fairs and indicative of the art markets changing economic landscape.
5 March 2017
Frieze New York Announces Edition Six For Randall Island Park
Frieze New York has announced the sixth edition of this international art fair held at Randall’s Island Park from May 5–7, 2017. The event brings together more than 190 galleries from 30 countries, showcasing an unparalleled program of ambitious presentations by today’s most significant international artists
12 January 2017