LONDON.- London Original Print Fair 2011, the longest-running Print Fair in the world drew a record number of visitors at the Royal Academy of Arts last week. The Fair got off to a flying start with the opening day bringing in the highest visitor figur…
Newly Acquired Grayson Perry Works to Be Shown in Manchester
MANCHESTER.- Two striking works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry will go on display in a new show at Manchester Art Gallery next week. A vase entitled Jane Austen in E17 (2009) and an etching, Print for a Politician (2005), were recently bo…
New Works by Grayson Perry to Go on Show in Manchester
LONDON.- Two major new works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry are to go on show in Manchester in the New Year. They have just been bought for Manchester Art Gallery’s permanent collection. The Art Fund gave £24,025 to help the Gallery…
RCA Secret 2010, 12 & 14-19 November
RCA SECRET 2010: A RECORD 2,800 POSTCARDS DONATED BY LEADING INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS Exhibition open: 12 & 14-19 November, 11am-6pm daily (18 November until 9pm). Closed 13 November. Sale day: Saturday 20 November, 8am-6pm. Free admission. Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU www.rca.ac.uk/secret
RCA Secret 2010, 12&14-19 November
COLLECT A PIECE OF ART HISTORY FOR JUST £45 AT RCA SECRET 2010 Exhibition open: 12 & 14-19 November, 11am-6pm daily, free admission. Sale day: Saturday 20 November, 8am-6pm. Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU www.rca.ac.uk/secret RCA Secret is an annual contemporary art exhibition and sale consisting of around 2,500 original postcard-sized […]
Saatchi Says He’ll Give Britain His Gallery and Over $37 Million in Art
LONDON.- Art collector Charles Saatchi has a gift for
Britain. It
includes Tracy Emin’s messy bed, Grayson Perry’s explicit pottery and a
room
full of engine oil. The advertising tycoon, whose patronage made
household names
of artists …
Charles Saatchi Donates 200 Artworks Valued at More than 25 Million Pounds, Gallery to UK
LONDON.- Art collector Charles Saatchi has a gift for Britain. It includes Tracy Emin’s messy bed, Grayson Perry’s explicit pottery and a room full of engine oil. The advertising tycoon, whose patronage made household names of artists like Emin and Dam…
Emin Scrawls and Perry Shocks at Royal Academy’s Summer Show
LONDON (REUTERS).- Artist Tracy Emin provided the kind of emotional drama she is famous for, but it was cross-dressing ceramicist Grayson Perry who delivered the shock blow at the opening day of the British Royal Academy’s summer art exhibition show in…