Hauser & Wirth Buy Soho’s Groucho Club For £40m
The Groucho Club, an infamous Soho watering hole known for its literary and arty crowd, has been purchased by gallerists Hauser & Wirth
12 August 2022
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Ghosts of Empires II An Exhibition Articulating Black And Asian Diasporic Experiences – Ben Brown Fine Arts
After reading Kwasi Kwarteng’s book ‘Ghosts of Empire’, I was struck by the spectre of colonialism and imperialism
21 July 2022
Frieze And Frieze Masters 2021 Artlyst Chooses Twenty Of The Best
Frieze London was back on course this year, with most dealers putting their best foot forward. You could feel the excitement and ‘antici…pation’
18 October 2021
Chris Gollon: Gimme Some Wine A New Online Only Exhibition IAP Fine Art
Following the major museum retrospective of Chris Gollon’s music-related works at Huddersfield Art Gallery in 2019
9 October 2021
Hello Cunty: Sotheby’s Appropriates The Colony Room – Darren Coffield
The event was a travesty of everything the Colony stood for, organised by people who thought they could recreate a special place.
24 June 2021
Photorealist Richard Estes To Exhibit At Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery
A full scale exhibition of the Photorealist painter Richard Estes born 1932 covering the last 35 years of his career will be presented at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery
10 June 2021
Marina Abramović Opera – Big Issue Artist Guitar Sale – Helmut Newton At Hamiltons
Performance artist, Marina Abramović, will premiere a new film version of her iconic opera, The Seven Deaths of Maria Callas (2020), on a series of massive screens at the entrance to Tottenham Court Road Station. The free event will take place next year in central London.
5 November 2020
Your Frieze London 2020 Online Guide – Artlyst
The Frieze London 2020 platform for modern and contemporary art has announced the opening of both Frieze and Frieze Masters.
8 October 2020
Frieze Sculpture Garden To Go Ahead Despite Fair’s Cancellation
Frieze will be launching their annual sculpture garden in ten days despite the fair’s move online due to the COVID19 pandemic.
24 September 2020
Cure3 Announces Line Up Of Top Artists For 2020
The Cure Parkinson’s Trust, in association with Bonhams and Artwise, has announced the complete list of participating artists for Cure3 2020…. Read More
2 July 2020
Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics – Revd Jonathan Evens
Galleries and museums around the world are reopening. Among the first exhibitions being shown that caught my eye were Leaves of Grass by Max Gimblett at Page Galleries in Wellington, the pairing of Kudditji Kngwarreye and Idris Murphy at Mitchell Fine Art in Brisbane, and Inspiration – Contemporary Art & Classics at Ateneum Art Museum in Helsinki.
27 June 2020
Nancy Fouts Posthumous Retrospective Announced
Fags, Birds and a Couple of Guns, a retrospective dedicated to the extraordinary work of Nancy Fouts has been announced… Read More
10 February 2020
Photographing The Colony Room Club – Clancy Gebler Davies
It wouldn’t be possible to take these pictures now – not least because the fabled Dean Street member’s Club (the Colony Room Club) is now someone’s living room
29 January 2020
Erotica Wins at Miniscule Venice Art Awards 2019
Vanya Balogh in association with Cross Lane Projects has announced the winner of the Miniscule Venice Awards 2019 from the 183 works exhibited in the Miniscule Part 2 exhibition during the 58th Venice Biennale.
16 July 2019
Hackney WickED DIY Open Studios Celebrates 10th Edition
It’s just under 2 weeks to go until Hackney WickED 10, London’s biggest open studio event – Over 40 cultural… Read More
15 July 2019
St Fagans National Museum of History Wins Museum of the Year 2019
The Art Fund’s Museum of the Year 2019 has been awarded to St Fagans National Museum of History, near Cardiff…. Read More
4 July 2019
Sculpture In The City London Unveils Edition Nine
Sculpture in the City, the annual public art programme set amongst well-known architectural landmarks, has launched, celebrating their ninth edition. Nineteen artworks make up this year’s outdoor sculpture park in the Square Mile, to include a new artwork by Jonathan Trayte to be unveiled in Autumn 2019.
1 July 2019
One Small Step: Art Exhibition To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Apollo 11
A special exhibition to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing in July 1969 curated by Ben Moore at Art Below, will be on view at The Other Art Fair hosted by Saatchi Art.
30 June 2019
PhotoLondon First Timers – Zoltan Alexander
The much acclaimed 5th edition of PhotoLondon at Somerset House closed just a few days ago with record sales and… Read More
30 May 2019
Anish Kapoor: Splashing Bloody Wombs And One Penis – Jude Cowan Montague
I can’t see an Anish Kapoor exhibition at the moment. I can’t talk about Anish Kapoor at the moment. Not without the first thing on my mind being that infamous black paint copyright purchase.
25 May 2019
Photo London 2019 The Capitals Most Coherent Photography Fair – Kerim Aytac
This week Photo London returns for its fifth edition, and it’s the strongest iteration yet. No longer just a fair, over the course of the last few years it has become a major cultural event spurring numerous satellite events around the city and has made the month of May
16 May 2019
Nancy Fouts Sculptor Who Reconfigured Commonplace Objects Dies
The artist Nancy Fouts who has died age 74 found herself starting adult life in what, for a girl from Kentucky, must have been the confusing and somewhat alien world of a British finishing school.
27 April 2019
Art Brussels 37th Edition What To See Guide – Artlyst
Since its inception, Art Brussels has evolved into one of the top European contemporary art fairs and is a must-see in the international art calendar. Over 26 – 28 April 2019
23 April 2019
Vout-O-Reenees Host Art Auction To Raise Awareness On Knife Crime
After the fire in Grenfell Tower happened, the arts club Vout-O-Reenees, in London’s East End, decided to raise money to help pay for therapy units and youth services until public money became available. Putting on a night of music, a tombola and an exhibition of artworks generously donated by artists and art dealers, the club raised almost £40,000.
30 March 2019
Cross Lane Projects Kendal Launches Two International Exhibitions
Cross Lane Projects in Kendal opens two exhibitions this week with a consciously international list of artists in the run-up to Brexit*.
18 March 2019
Empire II Video Installation Travels to Mexico for Museum Show
Empire II finally lands in Mexico, for an expansive museum show at Maco, Oaxaca, before heading to its final screening destination at 58th Venice Biennale.
2 March 2019
London Art Exhibitions January 2019 – Paul Carey- Kent
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London now.
26 December 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries South London Gallery – Review – Jude Cowan Montague
I confess straight away that I didn’t have as much time as I would have liked to spend on this exhibition. It has a split location, the new building of the South London gallery being located across the main road.
15 December 2018
Art Accepted For Nation Through Cultural Gifts Scheme Down By A Third
Arts Council England has published the 2017/18 Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu annual report which shows that in the last year, 42 cases
14 December 2018
Art Car Boot Fair Xmas Edition 2018 Sunday 9th December
The Art Car Boot Fair Xmas elves are working hard to ensure that the fabulous venue The Workshop London is… Read More
7 December 2018
Paris Photo 2018 Round-Up – Zoltan Alexander
ParisPhoto, the biggest photo fair in Europe held each November at the Grand Palais, returned with its 22nd edition, attracting nearly 70.000 visitors in four days and gathering more than 200 exhibitors from all around the world, offering an unparalleled presentation of contemporary and vintage photography from grandmasters to emerging young talents.
22 November 2018
Protocol – Q Park Hosts Subterranean Exhibition During Frieze Week
Q Park once again will host an exhibition of emerging and mid-career artists during Frieze week in its subterranean car park in Cavendish Square but this year the exhibition will spill over into the John Lewis & Partners Department store on Oxford Street.
25 September 2018