Tate has announced its 2018 programme which covers all four venues. The forthcoming shows include exhibitions of work by ground-breaking figures in painting, performance, textiles, film and photography. A major show of figurative painting by, among others, Francis...
Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and Modern sale last night achieved $173 Million, despite an important early work by the Austrian master Egon Schiele being withdrawn at the last minute. Kazimir Malevich's Suprematist painting Composition With Plane In...
There is a form of collective amnesia which permeates the contemporary art world where people ‘forget’ those who came before them and who they are indebted to. An example of this occurred on 2nd February 2017 when two exhibitions simultaneously opened on the...
There is no doubt that Maria Lassnig can paint. Whatever style from her early abstracts through to her figuration she handles paint fluently, her palette choices are selected with ease and confidence and show a debt to her Austrian heritage with more than a nod to...
A new survey exhibition of painting by Maria Lassnig, at Hauser & Wirth, spanning a period from the 1950s to the end of the artist’s life opens in early March.The show traces Lassnig’s evolution from early experiments with abstraction to a richly inventive...
Sotheby’s is presenting their first sale of Erotica, 16 February. Timed just a few days after Valentine’s day the sale offers a range of art and decorative objects, all with erotic overtones. Across the centuries, art has always been intrinsically linked to...
Throughout history artists have created erotic art. Defining erotic art is difficult since perceptions of both what is erotic and what is art fluctuate. A sculpture of a phallus in some African cultures may be considered a traditional symbol of potency though not...
The most comprehensive study of Jasper Johns' work to date, Including never before exhibited works and a new monograph is to be published by The Wildenstein Plattner Institute (WPI). The five-volume publication was announced for release in April 2017. Produced in...
Three major British artists, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin and Howard Hodgkin have unveiled exhibitions in New York in time for Frieze week. This exemplifies just how highly regarded UK work is regarded on the other side of the pond. The work ranges in price from...