The Latin/World Music band Pink Martini have recovered their stolen van which was handprinted by the artist Kenny Scharf. Only problem, the van has been over painted destroying the murals worth an estimated £600,000 by today’s prices of the artist’s work. The van was...
Two hundred plus well-known artists, gallerists, and curators lead by Turner Prize winners Anish Kapoor, Wolfgang Tillmans, Steve McQueen, Douglas Gordon, Mark Wallinger and Yinka Shonibare have signed their support to the “Hands Off Our Revolution” movement....
The R.A.’s new exhibition, hot on the heels of its magnificent Ab-Ex show, is entitled Revolution: Russian Art 1917-1932. That is, it aims to cover what happened in Russian art during the first period of Soviet rule. The show arrives, I think, at a particularly timely...
The British Council has announced their 2017 partnership with Scotland, and Wales in presenting three exhibitions at the 57th International Venice Biennale Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The Council has commissioned artists for the British Pavilion since...
Jim Dine, the American pop artist (born 1935) has unveiled a new exhibition of his latest works on paper at Alan Cristea in London. Working in several printmaking disciplines, Dine approaches the works as a series of one-offs rather than as a traditional edition,...
Hull, which has begun its year as UK City of Culture is already off to a strong start, with January seeing the reopening of the Ferens Art Gallery and the launch of the new Humber Street Gallery with its first exhibition: COUM Transmissions. Since winning the title in...
There’s a fascinating new book just out. The candid title is 'Rogues’ Gallery: A History of Art and Its Dealers[1]. The author, Philip Hook, is extremely well qualified to deal with his chosen subject since he has spent many years as an auctioneer, working...
Sometimes there are people who create something extraordinary, something we cannot ignore as hard as it may be with all our distractions, with all our worries and busy-ness. Thankfully, art has a way of keeping us civilized and checking in with our humanity. When...
One hundred underground artists will help celebrate Chinese New Year in style as the fourth annual Chinese Open gets underway in Q-Carpark near Leicester Square. Expect Installation/light/sound/art/movement/robots/roosters and anti-roosters. Science, construction, art...