The latest government report on museum attendance in the UK has revealed a concerning trend of declining numbers despite the end of pandemic restrictions.
17 March 2024
Art Basel once again has departed the auditorium and the shores of Miami Beach, culminating in an exulting 2023 edition… Read More
11 December 2023
In a melting pot of art and culture, the second edition of Paris+ par Art Basel came to an exulting… Read More
23 October 2023
An addition to its collection: The National Gallery has acquired the Portrait of Joseph Brummer by Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) through the Simon Sainsbury Bequest.
16 October 2023
Following the uncertainty and disruption caused by lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gallerygoers are finally returning to exhibitions at major museums worldwide.
28 March 2023
A totally unauthorised and 100 % unofficial tribute to John Lennon celebrating (believe it or not) his 80th birthday is to take place at London’s Stash Gallery. Curator Harry Pye has selected 80 artists (some very well known) and asked them to make a work to mark the life and career of this great artist and cultural legend.
27 September 2020
Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey, 1929, one of the most important works by the artist, still in private hands, is to controversially go under the hammer at Christie’s NY
17 September 2018
Nobody, I think, could be keener than I am to see women obtain more recognition for their creative contribution to the visual arts.
20 August 2018
It started with his rat clock piece (Top Photo) at 101 West 14th Street, moving on to his protest mural for Zehra Doğanon
20 March 2018
The Bristol-born Street Artist Banksy has unveiled a 20m high mural in New York to highlight to the detention of Zehra Dogan, the Kurdish painter from Turkey.
17 March 2018
Banksy’s earliest mural in Bristol ‘Well Hung Lover’ has been vandalised by a rival graffiti artist.
26 February 2018
The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is one of 27 artists who have given their support to a high profile charity auction in aid of award-winning NGO, Help Refugees.
5 December 2017
The British Museum was again the most popular visitor attraction in the UK in 2016 for the 10th year running.
27 March 2017
Oh, what a year 2016 has been! Many of us won’t be sorry to see the end of it, although not to be overly pessimistic, 2017 will certainly have its challenges with both the Brexit economy and the new US President. Yes, the one with the bad haircut! On the Art front there was plenty to keep us entertained, amused and informed and here are the year’s highs and lows:
29 December 2016
Last night’s results for the Evening Sales of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York coupled with those in London this June, demonstrate there is strong demand for top-quality works at every price level,” said Simon Shaw, Co-Head of Sotheby’s Worldwide Impressionist & Modern Art Department.
15 November 2016
Auctionata the German based online auctioneers and Paddle8 have announced that they are merging to create the largest online art,… Read More
13 May 2016
Tate Modern and The Southbank Centre both suffered large falls in visitor numbers in 2015 with 18% and 19% drops respectively. Tate Modern’s… Read More
7 March 2016
Last week we had Saatchi falsely bending to women artists, this week with the Oscars furore we look at another… Read More
29 January 2016
The sale of a £25m/$37.1 m painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat at Christie’s, New York, on 13 May this year has led… Read More
26 December 2015
It’s been a year of everyone suing everyone else, grappling over intellectual property, and spending too much at the auctions…. Read More
18 December 2015
The Turner Prize nominated painter who studied Fine Art at the south London university in the 1980s is giving the money to… Read More
30 November 2015
With less than a week to go before the Venice Biennale draws to a close (ending 22 November) here is… Read More
17 November 2015
So, I was about to launch into thoughtful musings on that inexplicable relationship between artist and muse and how the… Read More
24 July 2015
An exhibition of German Expressionist artists, exponents of Degenerate Art has opened at E&R Cyzer gallery. It is an unique opportunity… Read More
9 July 2015
I should stand up for fellow art bitches and applaud this week’s lyst of the most wealthy female artists: were… Read More
26 June 2015
“Ars longa, vita brevis” should be uttered (and was, repeatedly, ad nauseum by my moustachioed diploma fine art tutor) with a heavy dose of irony.
24 April 2015
The figures are in for the most visited exhibitions of 2014 and Yayoi Kusama’s exhibitions in South and Central America have… Read More
3 April 2015
The term ‘offence’, in the context of ‘to take offence at’ (as opposed to, an illegal offence or act against… Read More
26 March 2015
Andy Warhol once stated, “Good business is the best art,” now the Pop artist who died in 1987 has proven… Read More
5 January 2015
Contemporary art from well know artists such as Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Gavin Turk, Idris Khan and Xavier Mascaro will… Read More
21 August 2014
Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) will be presented in a new exhibition at Mima from 18 July to 12 October 2014. mima… Read More
9 May 2014
Christie’s NY Evening Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art on Tuesday, May 6, has realised $285,879,000 (£168,668,610/€205,832,880), selling 89% by… Read More
8 May 2014
