Oligarch Roman Abramovich and his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova's billion-dollar art collection contains some of the best examples of Contemporary and Modern British Art. It rivals the vast Tate Gallery for late 20th and early 21st century examples. As with many private...
Sotheby's has announced that it will represent the estate of Emily Fisher Landau. This is one of the finest single-owner collections of our time. It is estimated to be worth over $400m. Before her death in March, Landau pledged over 400 artworks valued at almost $75m...
Each generation has a diverse taste in art, influenced by unique experiences, cultural context, and technological advancements. Here's an overview of the art of choice for each generation. Baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964, have been exposed to a wide range of...
It takes a long time to reawaken a slumbering giant, forty years in the case of the Battersea Power Station. And remaking the giant's bed, all 42 acres of redundant urban gash space, a substantial chunk of urban regeneration in the heart of London, is a task that will...
There was a time when Nativity exhibitions routinely featured among the Christmas offerings from London Galleries. Those days are no more but as galleries and curators now acknowledge the extent to which many artists engage with questions of faith and spirituality, it...
Wolfgang Laib is an unusual artist: infused with the natural world and Eastern philosophies, he has made consistent and relatively unchanging use of his favoured materials for fifty years, resisting the conventional view of how an artist should develop. He is perhaps...
Yesterday I battled through the streets of London thronged with the Queen’s mourners to make my way to Asia House, where Lord Patten of Barnes was announcing the recipients of the Praemium Imperiale Awards. Asia House stepped into the breach when it became apparent it...
Last year was the centenary of the birth of Joseph Beuys. Centenary exhibitions included ‘The Inventor of Electricity - Joseph Beuys and the Christian Impulse’ in St. Matthew’s Church, Berlin, which explored how deeply many of the artist's works are rooted in his...
A group of people representing the Windrush generation joined HRH Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at London Waterloo Station (22 June 2022) to witness the unveiling of the first National Windrush Monument. "I am grateful to the members of the Windrush Commemoration...