Bob Ross Works Worth Millions Auctioned To Support PBS After Federal Cuts
Bob Ross, the gentle-voiced painter whose sublime landscapes became a fixture in American living rooms, is now lending his posthumous brush….
8 October 2025
Bob Ross, the gentle-voiced painter whose sublime landscapes became a fixture in American living rooms, is now lending his posthumous brush….
8 October 2025
The American photographer, Lee Miller, had to break through a glass ceiling in a predominantly man’s world, continually reinventing herself from fashion model to becoming one of the very few accredited female war photographers of the Second World War
2 October 2025
For the October Art Diary, I feature exhibitions by several artists whose work I have championed through essays and exhibitions,
30 September 2025
For over half a century, Patricia G. Ross Weis and Robert F. Weis built a collection of 20th-century art not… Read More
31 August 2025
A previously unknown painting by Diana de Rosa, a rare female voice in 17th-century Neapolitan art, has stunned the Old… Read More
8 July 2025
This initial silence, which partly reflects a refusal to engage in the endless clickbait of politics, became a palette cleanse before three near-perfect days attending the many openings, art fairs, and happenings scheduled for New York Art Week….
25 May 2025
A rare early Botticelli painting of the Virgin Mary, valued at £10.2 million, has been temporarily barred from export by the UK government, offering a last chance…
13 May 2025
A high-profile auction record has unravelled in Vienna, as the $32 million sale of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fräulein Lieser… Read More
1 May 2025
Emerging from the silvery waters of the Irish Sea, the Isle of Man presents a dramatic silhouette of cliffs and rolling hills – a 227-square-mile time capsule…
28 April 2025
The death of artist Sarah Cunningham, whose work was championed by London’s Lisson Gallery, has been ruled accidental by a coroner….
11 April 2025
“Nature is the vast eternal kingdom which nourishes art,” Munch observed, and this vast source was not a choice but a reality…
13 March 2025
The March Art Diary first highlights exhibitions in Essex (Firstsite, Focal Point and Beecroft Galleries) followed by group shows engaging with spirituality and social issues
4 March 2025
In a bold move to revive the dwindling presence of arts education in British schools, a coalition of more than 20 UK organisations has unveiled Arts and Minds…
12 February 2025
A legal battle is brewing with Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun suing billionaire media mogul David Geffen over the… Read More
6 February 2025
The London Art Fair 2025 reveals every aspect of the art world’s precarious global economy whilst remaining relevant to its local market.
29 January 2025
This is a roundup of the shows we have managed to see that seem to speak to the idea of collecting instead of gifting for Christmas…
13 December 2024
A Swiss art dealer, Yves Bouvier, is at the centre of a long-running legal saga after a French court ruled that he and associate Olivier Thomas must face trial…
14 November 2024
Bowman Sculpture Gallery is exhibiting its inaugural Graduate Exhibition, spotlighting the brightest and most promising talent in the world of sculpture….
11 November 2024
Modern Art Oxford has an enviable curation record with exhibitions that spotlight zeitgeist artists and themes.
6 November 2024
I begin the November Art Diary with exhibitions by artists with whom I have some former connections, starting with some I have interviewed, such as Michael Petry, Sean Scully and Genesis Tramaine.
4 November 2024
My journey to Paris for Art Basel Week 2024 began with a special breakfast in a repurposed boulangerie in the 9eme arrondissement.
24 October 2024
The global art community descended on London last week for Frieze, which opened on Wednesday in leafy Regent’s Park.
14 October 2024
The World Premiere of a new documentary ‘CHRIS GOLLON: Life in Paint’ (85 mins) is at the Barbican Centre on 29 October….
3 October 2024
Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines ran The East Anglian School of Art and Design from their home, Benton End, Hadleigh.
23 July 2024
In early July, I embarked on my annual pilgrimage to Arles. I wandered around the city, meeting artists and photography lovers, dining at Le Galoubet, and visiting the exhibitions on photography and contemporary Art at Luma.
10 July 2024
Julianne Moore, the Academy Award-winning actor, will star and executive produce a new television adaptation of the 2021 documentary ‘The… Read More
19 June 2024
This is the ninth edition of Photo London and perhaps the most exciting edition of the Fair to date, showcasing over 120 global exhibitors alongside a series of major special exhibitions.
18 May 2024
The most coveted ticket at this year’s Venice Biennale was entry to the Giudecca women’s prison on an island in the lagoon, which dates back to the 13th century and was once a reformatory for prostitutes and unwed mothers.
1 May 2024
Yinka Shonibare Suspended States Serpentine Galleries: When I was a small child – many millennia ago – much of the world map was pink.
21 April 2024
Art Basel Hong Kong 2024 has wrapped up its latest edition, leaving a trail of significant sales and a vibrant… Read More
30 March 2024
A mysterious artwork that materialised overnight on the side of a building near Finsbury Park is likely by Banksy…
17 March 2024
Hals’ paintings have an incisive immediacy – of something captured in the moment. To achieve this, one not only needs virtuosity of talent – for the hand to capture what the eye has seen…
26 February 2024