LONDON (REUTERS).- Twelve artists including Tracey Emin, Martin Creed and Chris Ofili will design a set of posters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer, as Britain seeks to use the events to showcase its cultural heritage. The nominated art…
Sotheby’s London Offers the Greatest Collection of 20th-Century British Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced the sale of the greatest collection of 20th-Century British Art ever to come to the market: The Evill/Frost Collection, a stand-alone three-part sale which launches with an Evening Sale on Wednesday 15th. This i…
The Brighton Museum & Art Gallery Shows the Art of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell
Brighton, England.- The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery in the Royal Pavillion is pleased to present “Radical Bloomsbury: The Art of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell 1905-25” until October 9th. “Radical Bloomsbury” establishes a new understanding of the…
Karla Black, Martin Boyce, Hilary Lloyd and George Shaw Nominated for Turner Prize
LONDON (REUTERS).- Two Scottish sculptors are among four nominees for the 2011 Turner Prize, one of contemporary art’s most prestigious and controversial awards, following the success last year of Scotland’s Susan Philipsz. Karla Black, the youngest of…
New Catalogue to Explore Riches of National Gallery of Scotland’s Collection of English Drawings
EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously illustrated catalogue, to be published this summer. Featuring outstanding…
New Catalogue to Explore Riches of National Gallery of Scotland’s Collection of English Drawings
EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously illustrated catalogue, to be published this summer. Featuring outstandi…
New Catalogue to Explore Riches of National Gallery of Scotland’s Collection of English Drawings
EDINBURGH.- The rich and diverse collection of English drawings and watercolours in the National Gallery of Scotland will be the subject of a beautifully designed and generously illustrated catalogue, to be published this summer. Featuring outstanding…
Selection of Old Master Prints Go on Show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin
DUBLIN.- An exhibition of Old Master prints by many of the most famous artists ever to work with print-making is now open to the public at the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). Works by Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth and Rembrandt…
Major Picasso Exhibition for Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2012
EDINBURGH.- The first exhibition to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with Britain will be the highlight of the summer season at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2012. Picasso and Britain will examine Picasso’s evolv…
British Artists Gilbert & George Take Their "Jack Freak Pictures" Exhibition to Hamburg
HAMBURG.- With its major spring show, Deichtorhallen Hamburg is once again bringing stars of the international art world to Hamburg. British artists Gilbert & George (born 1943 and 1942) have long since been acknowledged icons of British art, with thei…