Christie’s Auction House Reports 5% Fall In Annual Sales

Christie’s International has reported a five percent fall in their annual sales with prospects of economic uncertainty slowing down demand in the emerging markets such as China and India. After five years of sustained growth, the worlds leading auction house has...
Contemporary Art from China To Be Shown At Qatar Museums

Contemporary Art from China To Be Shown At Qatar Museums

A new exhibition examining the issue of creativity—a topic rarely touched upon in the multitude of exhibitions on Chinese contemporary art is to open at the Qatar Museums in March. The exhibition aims to illuminate a set of current practices by Chinese artists that...
Wrestling With Peter Blake And Celebrity Culture

Wrestling With Peter Blake And Celebrity Culture

Peter Blake, Portraits and People, now in its final week at Waddington Custot, was on my priority list for my last few visits to London. I finally made it down! On entering the first room, which consists of portraits of famous people, famous to those who know their...