This week London plays host to Frieze Week – This is a once a year art feeding frenzy - a time when the international cultural core descends on the capital, to pay homage to the Gods of visual art. Frieze and Frieze Masters (launched last year) will give you a...
Paul Carey-Kent picks the best of the crop for October 2013What to choose in such a busy month? Most major spaces have a smaller gallery nearby. And so I start with a few small shows close to rather bigger venues with which they might well be combined. Only in...
An American in London: Whistler and the Thames’ at Dulwich Picture Gallery will be the first major exhibition dedicated to American-born artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s time in the capital between 1859 and 1903. Showcasing Whistler’s scenes of...
The Edinburgh Art Festival has announced the line-up for Scotland’s largest annual celebration of visual art which takes place throughout August. This event offers the chance to experience the best contemporary Scottish artists in the context of exhibitions with...
A self-portrait which had been defaced by the late artist Craigie Aitchison, has been bought by the National Portrait Gallery, it was announced today 17 December 2012. It goes on display at the Gallery from tomorrow, Tuesday 18 December. The oil painting dated c. late...
The 'must visit' Zabludowicz Collection have announced their 2013 programme, which includes a season focused on painting from the Collection and a major commission by artist Andy Holden. The Invites programme continues throughout the year, with six-week-long...
Artists’ organisation ALISN has sublet its booth at the London Art Fair to small independent art galleries who are normally excluded from such events. This intrepid and novel decision by the Artist-Led Initiatives Support Network (ALISN www.alisn.org) will...
Next Thursday evening, the international art community will assemble at the Guggenheim in New York City for a ceremony announcing the winner of the prestigious Hugo Boss Prize. An international panel of curators, critics, and museum directors will make the selection....
Previously unseen Post-war Britain ‘Hospital Drawings’ inspired by the launch of the NHS are to go on display at the Hepworth Gallery. With over 30 works on display, including Hepworth’s sketchbook, this new exhibition is the most significant...