John Virtue At Fortnum’s – Alfredo Roldan At Pontone – Edward Lucie-Smith
At the moment the London art scene is not rich in bright young artists, elbowing their elders aside, eager to make themselves visible.
19 September 2018
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John Virtue: Fortnum’s X Frank 2018
Fortnum’s X Frank 2018 (FXF18) will see over 60 large-scale monochromatic works by John Virtue placed across the floors of the luxury London store, in the heart of Piccadilly.
Monday to Saturday 10am to 9pm Sunday 12pm to 6pm
Unseen John Virtue Paintings To Be Unveiled At Fortnum’s X Frank 2018
Fortnum & Mason will be continuing their annual artistic collaboration Fortnum’s X Frank 2018 (FXF18), 10th September – 20th October
7 July 2018
John Bellany Alan Davie Spiritual Joy and Magic – Revd Jonathan Evens
In 1983 John Bellany painted a double portrait depicting himself alongside Alan Davie. These two influential artists are Scotland’s best-known post-war artists. Cradle of Magic at Newport Street Gallery sets the work of each alongside the other and begins with a portrait of Davie by Bellany which hangs beside a self-portrait of Bellany from the time of his hospitalisation at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
2 June 2019
Prestigious John Moores Painting Prize 2016 Artists Announced
First held in 1957, the John Moores Painting Prize is the UK’s best-known painting competition and is named after Sir… Read More
25 April 2016
John Travolta’s White Suit Comes Out Of The Closet
London – The iconic white 3-piece suit worn by John Travolta as Tony Manero on the disco dance floor in… Read More
7 August 2012
William Tillyer: The Golden Striker – Esk Paintings – Edward Lucie-Smith
The William Tillyer show at Bernard Jacobson is an example of what I’m starting to think of as the current ‘golden oldie’ phenomenon in London galleries.
8 October 2018
Collishaw, Rego and Wylie Shortlisted For 2018 Southbank Award
The South Bank Sky Arts Award (originally The South Bank Show Award) has announced the three shortlisted visual artists for the 2018 award.
29 May 2018
The Art Diary December 2023 – Revd Jonathan Evens
December’s art diary begins with books that would make interesting gifts this Christmas before focusing on our usual eclectic mix of exhibition
4 December 2023
Spiritual Joseph Beuys Plus More: September Diary – Revd Jonathan Evens
Last year was the centenary of the birth of Joseph Beuys. Centenary exhibitions included ‘The Inventor of Electricity – Joseph Beuys and the Christian Impulse’
3 September 2022
Camille Pissarro Catalyst of Impressionism Ashmolean Museum – Nico Kos Earle
Upstairs, on the third floor of the Ashmolean, is a show that will quietly break your heart. Entitled Pissarro: Father of Impressionism (12 June 2022), this major exhibition of works drawn from the Ashmolean’s collections as well as international loans, spans Pissarro’s entire career.
31 March 2022
Banal Public Statues – We Deserve Better – Edward Lucie-Smith
The new over-life size statue group of Princess Diana, just unveiled at Kensington Palace, to celebrate what would have been her sixtieth birthday, shows the late princess surrounded by three children.
10 July 2021
Great Artworks Explained A New Video Series By James Payne
This is a new series by Artist/historian James Payne demystifying great works of art. We will be adding to this page as the content is produced.
1 June 2020
Salvador Dalí The Enigma of Faith – Revd Jonathan Evens
Salvador Dalí was an enigma, perhaps never more so than in his engagement with religion. An exhibition currently touring the US demonstrates the divided and dualistic nature of that relationship. ‘Salvador Dalí’s Stairway to Heaven
19 April 2020
Art And Corona What happens Afterwards – Edward Lucie-Smith
As the contemporary art world goes dark, and as galleries – official spaces and commercial ones – slam shut their doors, one inevitably starts to wonder what the art world will be like once all this is over—the British art world, and also the global one.
22 March 2020
Hugh Mendes: The Inverted Gaze – Sue Hubbard
In 1972 John Berger suggested that “The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.” The male gaze, he argued in Ways of Seeing, for centuries defined the way we looked at the female subject.
9 February 2020
Art Basel 2018 Round-Up Reports Buoyant Sales At Core Event
Art Basel Switzerland which is always an important barometer in the art market has reported that some of the world’s premier galleries experienced remarkable sales across all levels of the market.
18 June 2018
London Art Review Round-Up April 2018 – Paul Carey Kent
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended contemporary art shows in London for April 2018. Paul currently freelances for Art Monthly, Frieze, Elephant, STATE, Photomonitor, Border Crossings and World of Interiors, and has a weekly online column at FAD Art News.
31 March 2018
Hauser & Wirth Launch Wearable Art Commissioned From Fifteen Well Known Artists
Hauser & Wirth New York have opened a new exhibition of wearable art objects commissioned from fifteen well-known artists.
25 April 2017
Crash Goes The American Dream c1930 RA Unveil Timely Painting Exhibition
Exhibitions in major galleries are usually planned years ahead. So it is the Royal Academy’s good fortune that their two excellent shows Revolution: Russian Art 1917-32* and American After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s, should be so in tune with the current political zeitgeist.
26 February 2017
Bella Easton A Journey Of Complementary Opposites New Exhibition
A new show in Mayfair of work by the remarkable Bella Easton develops, replicates and reflects on apparently straightforward scenes from… Read More
10 August 2016
Stanley Spencer: Early Drawings To Be Displayed In Hepworth Wakefield Exhibition
The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire’s award-winning art gallery, has uncovered a sketchbook by the artist Stanley Spencer dating from 1907 containing the earliest… Read More
5 May 2016
Rodolfo Villaplana The Naked And The Nude New MOCA London Exhibition
The young Venezuelan painter, Rodolfo Villaplana, aims to create a synthesis of abstraction and naturalistic figuration. A big ask, you… Read More
14 October 2014
Effie Gray: Sensual Rossetti Masterpiece Venus Verticordia Auctioned At Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will be offering Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s watercolour version of Venus Verticordia in London on 10 December 2014. The Pre-Raphaelite… Read More
9 October 2014
10 Must See London Art Exhibitions For October 2013
Paul Carey-Kent picks the best of the crop for October 2013 What to choose in such a busy month? Most… Read More
5 October 2013
Contemporary Artists, Critics and Industry Insiders Who Have Died In 2012
In Memoriam: 2012 has been a devastating year by virtue of the numbers of truly remarkable artists, critics, curators, gallerists… Read More
28 December 2012
London Photography Exhibition Round Up – July 2012
Tis the season of the group show, so it is refreshing when a gallery attempts to use this format to… Read More
25 July 2012
Impressive Deutsche Borse Photography Prize Exhibition Opens- Review
There’s a freshness to the show of this year’s nominees for the Deutsche Borse prize at the Photographer’s gallery. Whereas… Read More
11 July 2012
China Gets Set For UK Now Art & Culture Festival
Largest Festival of British Culture will be seen by 50m visitors From April A major UK Art and Culture festival… Read More
4 March 2012