LONDON.- Drawings from a sketchbook belonging to the portrait painter John Partridge (1789-1872) will be shown for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery starting today. The sketchbook, from Partridge’s tour of Italy, will form part of a new d…
National Portrait Gallery Presents The John Partridge Sketchbook, 1823-27
LONDON.- Drawings from a sketchbook belonging to the portrait painter John Partridge (1789-1872) will be shown for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery starting today. The sketchbook, from Partridge’s tour of Italy, will form part of a new d…
Wall Drawings by David Tremlett for the Gallery of Contemporary Art
HAMBURG.- With Drawing Rooms the Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the first comprehensive show of the artist David Tremlett in a German museum since 1992. For this exhibition, David Tremlett has taken over the entire third floor of the Gallery of Contempo…
Yale Center for British Art Exhibits An Interesting Puzzle
NEW HAVEN, CT.- This summer, the Yale
Center for
British Art will present a small, fascinating exhibition that is both an
engaging visual puzzle and an exploration of the art world in 1820s
London. In
1829, the young artist John Scarlett D…
Seeing Double an Engaging Visual Puzzle and Window into 1820s London Art Scene
NEW HAVEN, CT.- This summer, the Yale Center for British Art will present a small, fascinating exhibition that is both an engaging visual puzzle and an exploration of the art world in 1820s London. In 1829, the young artist John Scarlett Davis sought t…
Frieze Film 2010 Commissions Jess Flood-Paddock, Linder, Elizabeth Price and Stephen Sutcliffe
LONDON.- Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze Art Fair. This year, it is curated by Sarah McCrory and includes four commissioned films as well as a curated film programme that will be shown in a specially constru…
The British Museum opens " Statuephilia ~ Contemporary Sculptors"
LONDON – The British Museum houses one of the greatest sculpture collections in the world. This autumn, it will showcase a group of major works by leading contemporary British artists in a series of installations paying tribute to the cultural si…
Collector’s Generous Bequest Brings Important 20th Century Works to 15 Museums in the UK
LONDON.- Membership charity the Art Fund has successfully placed 27 works of art from a major bequest in 15 museums across the UK . The works of art belonged to Ann Forsdyke (1913 – 2007), who worked at London ’s Whitechapel Art Gallery durin…
Sotheby’s to Sell The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London announced that on Wednesday, November 3 and Thursday, November 4, 2010 it will present for sale The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art. The two-day single-owner sale of approximately 400 lots will offer a …