Sotheby’s Winter Contemporary Art Sale In London Generates Exceptional Results
Sotheby’s major sale of Contemporary art in London this evening opened with frenzied bidding when as many as eight participants… Read More
13 February 2014
Sotheby’s major sale of Contemporary art in London this evening opened with frenzied bidding when as many as eight participants… Read More
13 February 2014
£3.2 million has been raised in support of the National Portrait Gallery and Art Fund appeal to secure the last… Read More
31 January 2014
British artist Howard Hodgkin has been honoured as the first Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon. It aims to honour the… Read More
30 January 2014
A major portrait by Francis Bacon will be offered at Christie’s in their upcoming Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction… Read More
15 January 2014
Art and Optimism in 1950s Britain is a major new exhibition that explores the changes in the country’s mood and… Read More
8 January 2014
A new photography exhibition explores the Lure of London’s Soho at The Photographers’ Gallery, this Spring. Under the Influence: John… Read More
12 December 2013
Frank Auerbach: “Rembrandt is a miraculous draftsman of life in motion and one of the first painters who really moved… Read More
26 November 2013
The National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund have launched an appeal to raise £12.5 million and save the last… Read More
25 November 2013
Oh what a crazy week for contemporary and modern art at auction: Despite a lot of hot air in the… Read More
16 November 2013
The six Romanians, who have now been charged with stealing seven works of art by Lucian Freud, Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin… Read More
12 September 2013
The future of Cork Street as a mecca for art galleries in London is in jeopardy tonight (6/8/2013) as Westminster… Read More
9 August 2013
The iconic British ‘Pop’ artist Sir Peter Blake, creator of the Beatles’ famous Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album… Read More
8 August 2013
The National Portrait Gallery, London will be exhibiting pastel portraits by Bob Dylan in September. This is the first time… Read More
5 August 2013
The Whitechapel Gallery and Max Mara have announced today the five artists shortlisted for the fifth Max Mara Art Prize… Read More
1 August 2013
The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse, has come top of the list of what the public want to… Read More
31 July 2013
A Romanian woman, who is the mother of one of the suspects arrested for the theft of over €100m worth… Read More
17 July 2013
A major new portrait of the actor Kevin Spacey as Richard III will be one of several new works by… Read More
29 May 2013
A new chronological presentation of the world’s greatest collection of British art, opened at Tate Britain yesterday. In a surprise… Read More
15 May 2013
The 28th London Original Print Fair closed with 50 exhibitors reporting strong sales and record visitor numbers. The fair welcomed… Read More
30 April 2013
Photographs by Francis Goodman (1913-89) will go on display from 23 April 2013 at the National Portrait Gallery, London to… Read More
17 April 2013
At the beginning of September 1959, Francis Bacon travelled to Cornwall, seeking to escape the distractions of London, and took… Read More
4 February 2013
Three Rominian nationals have been arrested in Romania over the £162m art theft from the Kunsthal Museum, Rotterdam, last October…. Read More
22 January 2013
Kate Middleton’s first official painted portrait was unveiled today at the National Portrait Gallery. It was commissioned by the gallery… Read More
11 January 2013
The New Situation, Art in London in the Sixties is a new exhibition planned for Autumn 2012. Curated by the… Read More
5 January 2013
Art is usually a subject that gets missed off of the popular year end roundups, but as I sit here… Read More
31 December 2012
In the latter half of December, the largest gallery in the world suddenly found its future dominance in doubt.
30 December 2012
Angela Flowers, who celebrated her 80th birthday this month with ‘Angela Flowers at 80’, a survey of the work of… Read More
23 December 2012
Rachel Whiteread’s gilded bronze frieze, ‘Tree of Life’ has been voted the nation’s favourite work of art supported by the… Read More
16 December 2012
Iwona Blazwick OBE, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery is pleased to announce Niekolaas Lekkerkerk as the winner of the first… Read More
12 December 2012
Artists across the centuries have depicted the landscape around them in a multitude of ways, from detailed close ups of… Read More
11 December 2012
The Arts Council Collection and British Council, announced today (30 November) the joint acquisition of Grayson Perry’s The Vanity of… Read More
30 November 2012
William Turnbull, a major figure of post-war British art is presented in a new exhibition exploring his work. The show… Read More
13 November 2012