LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery has launched an innovative audio-visual guide for families. Following a ‘treasure hunt’ format using interactive maps incorporated into the audio guide, young visitors can easily find their way around t…
Dora Carrington Drawing Scooped for Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum
LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has acquired an important topographical drawing by celebrated artist Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932), who attended Bedford High School as a child. Bedford Market (1911) was acquired at auction for …
UK Appeal to Secure First British Portrait of a Black African Muslim
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery today launches,
with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Art Fund, an
appeal
to acquire for the nation the earliest known British oil painting of a
freed
slave, and the first portrait…
Gallery Launches Appeal to Secure First British Portrait of a Black African Muslim
LONDON.- The National Portrait Gallery today launches, with the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Art Fund, an appeal to acquire for the nation the earliest known British oil painting of a freed slave, and the first portrait that honou…
Architect Jean Nouvel Brings Splash of Red to UK Gallery
LONDON (REUTERS).- French architect Jean Nouvel has brought a vivid splash of red to London’s Serpentine Gallery with an asymmetric structure featuring red table tennis tables among activities on offer to visitors. The structure, Nouvel’s first complet…
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…
The Serpentine Gallery Hosts Wolfgang Tillmans’ Major Exhibition in London
LONDON.-
The Serpentine Gallery presents Wolfgang
Tillmans’ first major exhibition in London since 2003. Conceived by the
artist
for the Serpentine Gallery, the exhibition will present both abstract
and
figurative work. Over the past…
Wolfgang Tillmans’ First Major Exhibition in London Since 2003 Opens
LONDON.- The Serpentine Gallery presents Wolfgang Tillmans’ first major exhibition in London since 2003. Conceived by the artist for the Serpentine Gallery, the exhibition will present both abstract and figurative work. Over the past 20 years, Til…
Mark Jason Gallery Hosts Michele Del Campo’s New Paintings
LONDON
– Mark Jason Gallery unveils popular young Italian artist Michele Del
Campo’s
new paintings in a second London solo show ‘Close Strangers’ at The
Gallery in
Cork Street, 28 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG from 28th June
until …