Should artworks be considered as mere decorations serving the architecture they inhabit or should architecture be seen as the necessary cocoon for the artwork, which, in turn, becomes its core? This is a question that this recent Chelsea MA graduate explores in dept...
A billion pound collection of modern masterpieces which has languished in a storeroom bunker under Tehran's Museum of Contemporary Art in Iran may finally see the light of day, under changes in the new government's policy. Paintings by Picasso, Miro, Calder, Bacon,...
The biennial Vincent Award for European contemporary art will be hosted by the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague. The winner of the 2014 edition will be announced at the Museum on Friday 21 November 2014, and will receive a prize of 50,000 Euros. The prize has a political...
The Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery which opened its doors in 1968, is one of the world's most adventurous and innovative contemporary art galleries. Annually, Hayward Gallery presents a wide range of exhibitions in London and, through its Hayward Touring...
One of the most interesting exhibitions this spring will be presented at Christie's in London. Polke/Richter-Richter/Polke, celebrates two giants of painting: Gerhard Richter (b.1932) and Sigmar Polke (1941-2010). The show brings together 65 works from 30 collections...
An important late Jackson Pollock titled 'Number 5' (Elegant Lady, 1951) goes under the hammer at Christie's New York as part of their May evening sale of Post War and Contemporary art. The work comes from the E.ON art collection and carries an estimate of $15 –...
Dear reader, so here I am in Starbucks on 67th and 3rd, seems like this is the only place apart from McDonalds in New York where there is free WiFi, beggars can’t be choosers I suppose, so I will suck up their frothy overpriced crappy coffee.Today is bright and...
So, here I am back at Neil’s Coffee Shop on Lex, having just had another heart stopping breakfast and enjoying the free refills. I have only two bars of WiFi but lots of battery life.Yesterday it was sub zero here, cold enough to freeze the proverbial nuts off a...
Whitworth Art Gallery, part of The University of Manchester, will reopen its doors on Saturday 25 October 2014 following a £15 million redevelopment project by MUMA (McInnes Usher McKnight Architects), that will transform the 125 year old Whitworth into a 21st...