31 July 2018
Disputed Cranach the Elder Paintings To Remain At Norton Simon Museum
The disputed Lucas Cranach the Elder’s paintings of Adam and Eve, a highlight of the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California
25 July 2018
Facebook Sent-Up By Flemish Tourist Board After Rubens Painting Ban
The Flemish tourist board has created a video protesting Facebooks continued censorship of old master paintings on their social media site. The government sponsored agency uses humor to send-up Facebook in a short video which has gone viral.
25 July 2018
Christie’s Record £3bn Half-Year Figures Eclipses Sotheby’s
A 26% rise has been reported at Christie’s with overall sales to almost £3bn ($4bn, up 35%) compared to £2.35bn in the first half of 2017.
24 July 2018
Visit The Courtauld Gallery Before It Closes For £50m Refurbishment
This summer will be the last chance to visit The Courtauld Gallery before it closes on 3 September for a two-year or more and £50m major redevelopment programme.
23 July 2018
Late De Kooning Paintings Discovered In Storage Unit – Are They Real?
A Chelsea (New York), art/antiques dealer, claims to have found six late paintings by the Abstract Expressionist Willem De Kooning in a New Jersey lock-up storage unit. “What are the odds of finding a De Kooning in a storage unit?” – David Killen David Killen purchased the contents of the locker for $15,000 in Ho-Ho-Kus, […]
18 July 2018
Pompeii And Contemporary Art Merge In Newcastle University Site-Specific Installation
For the first time, a new project merges contemporary artworks installed among the ancient ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, creating two art venues in stunning, historically resonant settings.
15 July 2018
Bill Viola Launches First Experimental Interactive Art Game
The Night Journey (2007-2018) is one of the first experimental art games ever made. A collaboration between renowned media artist Bill Viola
15 July 2018
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018 Launches In Liverpool – First Photos
New Contemporaries has opened in Liverpool to coincide with the 20th birthday of the Liverpool Biennial. The exhibition selected from recent graduates of UK art schools, it is a good insight into practices, showcasing some of the most dynamic work being made by emerging artists.
Liverpool Readies For 20th Anniversary Biennial
Liverpool Biennial, the UK biennial of contemporary art, launches its 20th anniversary this week. Taking place over 15 weeks across the city in public spaces, galleries, museums and online, Liverpool Biennial commissions artists from around the world to make and present work in the context of Liverpool.
10 July 2018
Missing Elisabeth Frink Horse And Rider Reappears In New Bond Street
When I went to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition this year I noticed that Dame Elisabeth Frink’s iconic Horse and Rider located in front of Cafe Nero at Picadilly and Dover Street had gone missing. This grade two listed sculpture has stood at the foot of Dover Street since 1975.
8 July 2018
JMW Turner Watercolour Sold In London Auction Room For £100 Exhibited
Research and scientific analysis have created compelling evidence that a small watercolour painting, currently on view at Abbotsford, near Melrose, the former home of Sir Walter Scott is an actual work by J.M.W. Turner.
7 July 2018
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
Masterpiece 2018 An Eclectic Set-Up – Zoltan Alexander
With friend, Paul Freud, we took a golf car at the entrance of Chelsea Bridge Road to drive to the 9th edition of Masterpiece at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the ultimate glitzy meeting place colliding with the Mayfair Art Weekend.
4 July 2018
Frieze Sculpture Park Opens – Here’s What Edward Lucie-Smith Thought
The Frieze open-air sculpture park opened in the English Garden at Regent’s Park on July 4th, overlapping by a day with the Masterpiece art fair.
4 July 2018
Gurlitt Cezanne – Kunstmuseum And Cezanne Family Reach Agreement Over Painting
The Kunstmuseum Bern and the Cezanne Estate have reached an agreement over an important work by the Post Impressionist painter,
3 July 2018
Art Athina 2018 – Curatorial Strategies Support Strong Artistic Statements – George Micallef Eynaud
Art Athina 2018: When a city like Athens, Greece, is undergoing some form of economic crisis, a paradoxical trend tends to emerge.
3 July 2018
Lucian Freud Landscape Discovered Under Suffolk Sign Painter’s Canvas
A landscape painting depicting trees and a bridge over a stream attributed to the British artist Lucian Freud has been uncovered after conservators painstakingly stripped off layers on a picture by a Suffolk artist acknowledged as a friend of Freud. The work of art is thought to have been painted over after World War II. […]
2 July 2018
Art Night 2018 – What To See – What To Do
London once again is gearing up for Art Night this Saturday 7 July from 6 pm to 6 am. Art Night is London’s largest free contemporary arts festival. Each year the festival partners with a leading cultural institution and curator, focusing on a different area of London to explore its distinctive identity, culture and architecture through various forms of art.
2 July 2018
International British Artists Release Prints To Support London’s Busiest NHS Hospitals
Peter Blake, Jeremy Deller, Tom Hammick, Mona Hatoum, David Mach, Elizabeth Magill and Chris Orr have released limited edition prints in time to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS, on 5 July 2018.
30 June 2018
Guy Wildenstein Cleared Of Tax Fraud After Second Paris Trial Collapses
The French billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been cleared of tax fraud after a second trial collapsed in Paris on Friday.
28 June 2018
Masterpiece London – Affair To Remember – Or Not – Edward Lucie-Smith
The initial omens are not good. As you go into Masterpiece 2018, the first thing that greets you – though ‘greets’ is the wrong word, it stands there as if trying to block your entry
27 June 2018
New Record For Lucian Freud Painting At Sotheby’s London
A painting by the British Artist Lucian Freud from his ‘last great nudes’ series, Portrait on a White Cover has sold at Sotheby’s London for £a record 22.5million / $29.8 million.
21 June 2018
Government Earmarks £20m For Culture and Creative Industries In England
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has launched a £20 million fund aimed at helping culture, heritage and the creative industries to benefit towns and cities across England.
18 June 2018
Christo Launches Mastaba His First UK Public Artwork
To coincide with a new exhibition of Christo and Jeanne Claude, at the Serpentine Gallery, the 83 year old artist has launched his amazing London Mastaba, a temporary sculpture in Hyde Park
17 June 2018
Glasgow School Of Art Destroyed In Second Devastating Blaze
Fire crews have spent a third day at the scene of the latest fire to hit the historic Glasgow School of Art.
12 June 2018
Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné An Update By Richard Polsky
With another ten years (1976-1986) of Warhol’s paintings to document before it’s completed, here are the positives, the negatives, and the controversies — so far. By Richard Polsky
9 June 2018
Frieze Sculpture Announces 2018 Artists For London’s Regent’s Park
Frieze has announced the artists participating in this year’s Sculpture Park. The event which opens in July is again curated by Clare Lilley Director of the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
7 June 2018
Heather Phillipson Unveils New Art on the Underground Commission
A major commission by British artist Heather Phillipson for the disused platform at Gloucester Road Underground station has been unveiled by Art on the Underground.
5 June 2018
Antwerp Baroque 2018: Rubens Inspires – Sue Hubbard
A small jewel of a city that dates back to the Middle Ages, Antwerp is Belgium’s only port.
Malcolm Morley Pioneering Photorealist Painter Dies Age 86
The first Turner Prize winner, the painter Malcolm Morley, has died at age 86.
The London Group Announces Three Exhibitions For Waterloo Festival
St John’s Waterloo is an Anglican church with a big heart and an open door. This year, The London Group will mount three new group exhibition.
31 May 2018
FIAC Paris Announce Exhibitors List For 45th Edition
FIAC, the leading international Contemporary and Modern art fair, held each year in Paris has announced their exhibitor list for the 45th edition.