ArtBAB Bahrain, in its third edition, is an international event to be reckoned with. It is certainly not the most significant or commercial fair in the region, with Art Dubai just following on next week. However, ArtBAB has its own individual brand and strong...
John Copeland is an American painter in his 40s, not it seems particularly well known in his own country. Born in California, he now lives and works in New York. He is represented by a gallery in Denmark, but not, apparently, by one in his own country. Currently, he...
Rachel Howard (b. 1969 in County Durham) is a rising star in the British art world, which is currently badly in need of new names. "These works belong to a tradition that has been ongoing in art since the Abstract Expressionists" - ELS Though she isn’t exactly a...
The contemporary art world seems an increasingly strange place to be. It’s a realm where many of the people you meet – not so much the artists themselves, but the commentators, the organisers, the would-be movers-and-shakers – seem hubristically sure of themselves,...
The Anish Kapoor designed Brit Award statuette was the best part of an otherwise boorish corporate event this evening (21 February). The Brit Awards have become a self-gratuitous back-patting exercise exemplifying everything that is wrong with the British music...
The 20/21 British Art Fair, is to be rebranded as The British Art Fair and move to the Saatchi Gallery, as part of a major investment by its new owners. The 30 year old fair, which specialises in Modern and Post-War British art, was acquired by Robert and Johnny...
The new Bridget Riley show at David Zwirner is a knockout, and very much on trend, in the sense that it is yet another celebration – hot on the heels of Philip Pearlstein at Saatchi and Rose Wylie at Serpentine Sackler – of an artist of (ahem!) mature years. Every...
There was a time when the London Art Fair (now in its 30th year) was the glitziest thing in the capital's art world calendar. That was before Frieze, which sucked up much of the razzmatazz. Now LAF has found its own identity. It is strongest on British Modern Art, as...
Kevin Brennan, the shadow arts minister, has revealed that there is an 'Institutional' male bias in the government's art collection. He pointed out that only a quarter of works acquired by the government in the last five years are by female artists. Research by...