Collectors and art world cognoscenti clamoured for first access to Stranieri Ovunque (Foreigners Everywhere) at the 60th edition of the Biennale di Venezia in a scene that recalls the running of the bulls in Spain or salmon spawning in Alaska. Fortunately for those...
The 60th Venice Biennale Arte, scheduled to spearhead the 2024 cultural calendar from 20 April to 24 November 2024, will mark a significant milestone as it welcomes Adriano Pedrosa as its inaugural Latin American curator. In a departure from convention, Pedrosa's...
"After reading Kwasi Kwarteng's book 'Ghosts of Empire', I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism in our macro and micro-environments; so I wanted to investigate what role art and culture play in cracking open this conversation to a broader audience....
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival which are to be found in the period leading up the fasts of Lent. This period is a time of pre-Lenten indulgence and...
The London-born art dealer Paul Kasmin (1960–2020) has died in New York after a protracted illness. The gallery released the following statement. nothing prepared me for how much I would be blown away by New York - PK It is with great sadness that we must give news of...
Does the new edition of London’s Masterpiece art fair live up to its vaunting name? The initial omens are not good. As you go into Masterpiece 2018, the first thing that greets you – though ‘greets’ is the wrong word, it stands there as if trying to block your entry –...
Sotheby’s concluded their 2017 auctions this week, reaching an annual sales total of $4.7 billion that represents a 13.1% increase over our 2016 results. From the record-breaking sale of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 masterpiece Untitled to Japanese collector and...
Christie’s first half year auction sales results 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%...
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. Unlike the recent LAPADA fair, PAD has its entrance on the far side of the square facing the buildings instead of the...