LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that its forthcoming summer Contemporary Art Evening Auction will be led by Crouching Nude, an important masterwork by the renowned British artist Francis Bacon (est. £7-9 million / $10-15 million)* which has never be…
British Artist Fiona Banner’s Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron at Galerie Barbara Thumm
BERLIN.- Fiona Banner’s practice centres on the problems and possibilities of language, both written and metaphorical. From her ‘wordscapes’ to her use of found and transformed military aircraft, Banner juxtaposes the brutal and the sensual, performing…
Sculptures by Renowned British Artist Anthony Caro on View at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Sculptures by Anthony Caro (b. 1924)—who is considered the most influential and prolific British sculptor of his generation, and a key figure in the development of modernist sculpture over the last 60 years—will be featured in …
Francis Bacon Masterpieces to Highlight Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Sale
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A Francis Bacon self-portrait triptych is expected to fetch more than $25 million when it hits the auction block next month, Christie’s said Monday. “Three Studies for Self-Portrait,” a 1974 work which depicts three distorted, gutt…
Recent Paintings and Sculptures by Glenn Brown at Galerie Max Hetzler
BERLIN.- Galerie Max Hetzler Temporary in Berlin-Charlottenburg presents an exhibition of British artist Glenn Brown featuring recent paintings and sculptures. Within a traditional genre Glenn Brown developed a unique approach. His subjects as well as …
Celebrated British Artist Russell Young Exhibits "American Envy" at Scream Gallery
LONDON.- “American Envy” is the third exhibition at Scream of celebrated British artist Russell Young, and it follows his sell out show ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ in 2010. Young made his mark with a graphic, bold style, and his iconic diamond-dust screen p…
Christie’s in London to Sell Portrait by British Artist Lucian Freud, Eye on Russian Market
LONDON (REUTERS).- Christie’s auctioneers will offer a portrait by Lucian Freud which it described as “seminal” in the career of the British artist at a sale in London on June 28. “Woman Smiling,” painted in 1958/9, is the only single portrait Freud ma…
Rare Work that Sheds Fascinating Light on British Delegation to China in 1954 to Be Shown
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announces the Hong Kong exhibition, between 1 – 6 April 2011, of a rare work that sheds fascinating light on a little-known British delegation to China in 1954 – just five years after the new People’s Republic …
Rare Work that Sheds Fascinating Light on British Delegation to China in 1954 to Be Shown at Sotheby’s
HONG KONG.- Sotheby’s announces the Hong Kong exhibition, between 1 – 6 April 2011, of a rare work that sheds fascinating light on a little-known British delegation to China in 1954 – just five years after the new People’s Republic …
De Hallen Haarlem Presents the First Solo Exhibition by Matt Stokes in a Dutch Museum
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem presents the first solo exhibition by Matt Stokes in a Dutch museum. This British artist is chiefly known for his video work in which he investigates underground currents in contemporary music. The museum is showing new and …