LONDON (REUTERS).- The national home of British art from the 16th century to the modern age has embarked on a major revamp of its galleries starting in 2011. Tate Britain — which houses works stretching from portraits of England’s Queen Elizabeth I to…
Tate Britain is Changing: First Phase of Major Building Project Starts this Autumn
LONDON.- This autumn Tate Britain embarks on a process which takes the gallery into the first phase of a major building project, through a period of transition and into a changed approach to showing the collections in newly refurbished galleries. The t…
A Journey Through British Art from World War II to the Late Sixties at Fundació Joan Miró
BARCELONA.- The Fundació Joan Miró presents Let Us Face the Future, a journey through British art from the end of the Second World War to the late sixties. The exhibition has been organized by the Fundació Joan Miró and the British Council and spon…
Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Dire…
Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week
NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Dire…
Sotheby’s Announced It will to Offer Important Works on Behalf of the Beaverbrook Foundation
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will offer important old master paintings, modern British art and other works from the collection of 20th-century press baron and business tycoon Lord Beaverbrook in a series of auctions in both London and New York through Janua…
The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art Totals $7.6 Million at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- The two-day sale of The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby’s in London concluded this afternoon having realised a remarkable total of £4,730,101 / US$7,603,489 – a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of…
The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art Totals $7.6 Million at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- The two-day sale of The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby’s in London concluded this afternoon having realised a remarkable total of £4,730,101 / US$7,603,489 – a figure well above the pre-sale expectations of…
Saatchi Gallery Opens Second Installment of Museum-Scale Survey of Emergent British Contemporary Art
LONDON.- On 27 October, the Saatchi Gallery opens Newspeak: British Art Now Part II, the second installment of the Gallery’s museum-scale survey of emergent British contemporary art. Newspeak: British Art Now Part II provides an expansive insight …
Tate Acquires New Works by Emerging and Leading International Artists at Frieze Art Fair
LONDON.- The Fund, now in its 8th year, enables Tate to acquire works by emerging and leading international artists from London’s Frieze Art Fair. This year the fund is a total of £120,000. Each year, prominent international curators are invited …