At a time when many London galleries are shutting their doors, Bowman Sculpture has chosen to expand. The Mayfair gallery has unveiled a £200,000 refurbishment of its long-standing Duke Street premises, reopening just in time for Frieze Week with a solo exhibition of...
During Frieze Week, the Mall Galleries on Pall Mall will host a rare joint presentation of two British artists working across generations and disciplines. INCLUSION, the debut UK solo exhibition of Mal Fostock, will occupy the West Gallery. At the same time, the North...
UPDATE: Francis Bacon’s Portrait of a Dwarf (1975) has sold above its £6 million to £9 million estimate, hammering down at £13.1 million with fees, or approximately $17.6 million. The painting, which has not appeared on the market for four decades, was one half of a...
For the June diary, I begin with two important recently published books about religion and contemporary art. Next, I highlight several exhibitions and artists whose work connects with the themes explored in these books. These include Anselm Kiefer, Vincent van Gogh...
Judith Mackrell's latest book is an insight into two of the greatest British painters of the Edwardian period. Artists, Siblings, Visionaries is not a double biography of Gwen and Augustus John—it's a forensic examination of how art history gets written, and why some...
Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings, thus placing him in good company. These tiny to mid-scale works on paper are encrusted with oceans of imagination and filtered through the screen of a...
France has a track record of producing forgotten treasures out of dusty nooks and crannies: Think of Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes, found in a Toulouse attic in 2014, or Cimabue's Christ Mocked, found last year hanging above the stove in an old lady's...
Art Basel Miami Beach 2024 opened on December 4 to a bevy of VIPs seeking to ensure they were the first ones inside. Many collectors want to have first right of refusal, given they do not like knowing that someone else has passed on the piece. The fair included 286...
The December Art Diary takes us to Washington DC, New York, London and Bangkok. An exhibition of prints by Bruce Onobrakpeya also spotlights Nigerian artists exploring faith and spirituality through the lens of African heritage and mythology. A rare opportunity to see...