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PAD London’s Premier Boutique Art And Design Fair Launches Its Eighth Edition
The 8th PAD London opens to the public on Wednesday 15 October and runs until Sunday 19th in a marquee in the picturesque Berkeley Square. ...
Jasper Johns Forger Sentenced To Two Years
In 2010, owner of the Empire Bronze Art Foundry in Long Island City, Brian Ramnarine tried to sell a forgery of one of Johns’s bronze flag...
La Galleria Pall Mall Features Afghanistan Charity Exhibition
La Galleria Pall Mall, London will present Arabella Dorman an artist intrigued by the human condition; her work documents the people and places...
Friezing Day 2 Ben Austin Takes On The Mighty Frieze
So the other night, I went to the opening of the swanky Marian Goodman Gallery in Lower John St. Soho. The New York powerhouse had set up shop in...
Anger Over Casino’s Plans To Sell £80 Million Warhols
In mid-september the German casino conglomerate Westspiel announced their plan to sell 'Triple Elvis' (1963) and 'Four Marlons' (1966) at...
Frieze week 2014 Ben Austin’s Diary Two Great Satellite Events
Ok, so it’s a wet and miserable Monday night, but that will not deter the art crowd, especially when it is the start of Frieze week.So braving...
Richard Serra To Make Huge Sculpture For David Zwirner
The artist is creating the work for Zwirner even though Serra has long been represented by the gallery's chief competitor the Gagosian Gallery. The...
Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (774-4) For Christie’s Auction
The work by artist Gerhard Richter titled 'Abstraktes Bild (774-4)' is a seminal example of the artist's layered abstract practice that Richter...
Warhol’s The Scream Sells For £3.4 Million At Frieze Masters
New York and London gallery Skarstedt can now count among its early sales Andy Warhol’s 1984 remix of Edvard Munch’s The Scream The work...
Tate Acquires 100th Work For Its Collection From Frieze Art Fair
Tate has acquired 100 works as an addition to their collection thanks to The Outset /Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate Collection. The...
Francis Bacon’s Seated Pope Up For Auction
A major work by Francis Bacon from the artist's 'Papal' oeuvre will be one of the highlights of the evening sale of Post-War and contemporary art in...
Lauren Bacall’s Art Collection For Bonhams Auction
The 700-piece art collection of actress Lauren Bacall, who died earlier this year at the age of 89, will go up for auction at Bonhams next year;...