It has been another fabulous year for Art Basel Miami Beach with strong sales and a record number of visitors to the Miami Convention Centre event, as well as Untitled, Art Miami, NADA and Pulse. The fairs which opened early in the week saw the...
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Anish Kapoor Exhibits His Controversial Meat Paintings At The Rijksmuseum
Three new works by the Turner Prize winning British artist Sir Anish Kapoor are exhibited in the Gallery of Honour at the Rijksmuseum until 6 March 2016. The three heavily textured reliefs were created from layers of red and white resin...
Cy Twombly Blackboard Canvas Achieves Record Breaking Price At Sotheby’s
A canvas by the American Abstractionist Cy Twombly has set a $70.5 million auction record for the artist. The "blackboard" painting, Untitled (New York City), 1968, was the highpoint of the Contemporary evening sale at Sotheby’s, which...
Frank Auerbach’s Entire Career Explored At Marlborough Fine Art
Marlborough Fine Art announces a solo exhibition of Frank Auerbach (b. 1931) that will include paintings and drawings spanning the artist’s entire career, from the 1950s to the present day. Some 25 works will be on display, including new works that have never...
Alberto Giacometti: Sensible Expression And Pure Presence National Portrait Gallery
If the outlandish and often gimmicky world of contemporary art is too hard to digest, ‘Frieze’ week also offers some statelier, classic offerings. Aside from Frieze Masters itself, Giacometti: Pure Presence has just opened at the National...
Frieze 2015 Paul Carey Kent Picks His Favourites
There’s a good balance at Frieze this year: between showy and quiet work, and between heavy and light themes. I would characterise my selections - suitably for out times - as somewhat disturbing. Yet they're by no means outright scary or pessimistic –...
Alberto Giacometti Exhibition At National Portrait Gallery Opens This Week
An exhibition devoted to portraits by the artist Alberto Giacometti opens at the National Portrait Gallery this week. The well known Swiss artist has recently sold for millions at an auction in New York, making him the world’s most highly expensive modern...
Christie’s Post War And Contemporary Evening Auction Includes Frieze Week Favourites
This October 2015, Christie’s will bring together an international selection of over 300 artists to headline the Frieze Week auctions of Post-War and Contemporary Art. A strong line up of some of the most exciting painters working today will form a core of the...
Damien Hirst Unveils His Own Private Museum Complete With Pharmacy Restaurant
The Newport Street Gallery has opened their doors today (8th October), to the public in Vauxhall, south London. The gallery is the brainchild of the mega-rich YBA artist Damien Hirst who now has a permanent space to house and display his vast art collection....