LONDON.- GALERIE8 is a new art gallery that will be located within the Arthaus Project in London Fields, East London . Opening in July 2011, it will focus on site-specific installations and emerging international artists. The gallery atrium consists of…
Victorian Smokers had Rotten Teeth to Match Lungs
By: Stefano Ambrogi
LONDON (REUTERS).- Smoking was as bad for the Victorians as it is for anyone today, but back in those days it seems it did far more damage to their teeth. In the mid-19th century, prior to the invention of the cigarette, when tobacc…
EB&Flow: A New Gallery to Launch in Shoreditch in April
LONDON.- This spring a dynamic new gallery is set to arrive on the Shoreditch art scene. Founded by Margherita Berloni and Nathan Engelbrecht, EB&Flow will showcase contemporary art across two floors of a converted industrial building, a former print w…
Artists Gilbert and George "Get Away with It" Again in New Exhibition at White Cube
LONDON (REUTERS).- Telephone kiosks, tourist postcards, advertisements for prostitution and the urethra are the subjects of the latest art exhibition from British art duo Gilbert and George. “The Urethra Art of Gilbert and George”, on show at London’s …
New Work by German Artist Thomas Scheibitz at Sprüth Magers
LONDON.- Sprüth Magers London presents an exhibition of new work by the German artist Thomas Scheibitz in his first solo show in London for over two years. Entitled ‘A moving plan B – chapter TWO’, the exhibition will feature a frieze o…
Art Fest Champions British Talent in Olympic Shadow
LONDON (REUTERS).- Just a shotput’s throw from the perimeter of the Olympic site in east London, an event highlighting the strength and diversity of Britain’s creative industries, took place over the weekend. Hackney Wicked, an art festival in its thir…
Bonhams Appoint James Service as Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia
LONDON.- James Service has been appointed Senior Business Consultant in East Anglia by Bonhams, the international fine art auction house. His brief is to develop client business across the region from Bonahms regional headquarters at Bury St. Edmunds. …
Detailed Drawing of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, to Be Sold at Sotheby’s
LONDON.- A remarkable previously undocumented drawing by the Bohemian artist Wenceslaus Hollar which provides a unique visual record of the appearance of the East end of London’s Old St. Paul’s Cathedral, has been brought, unannounced, into S…