LONDON (REUTERS).- U.S. collector and gallery owner Larry Gagosian has been named the art world’s most powerful figure in the annual ArtReview ranking, dominated this year by established commercial galleries. Gagosian has nine galleries around the worl…
Landmark Exhibition "Venice: Canaletto and His 18th-Century Rivals" at the National Gallery
LONDON (REUTERS).- A major exhibition in London brings together works by Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Canal, best known as Canaletto, and some of his biggest rivals who fought for artistic and commercial supremacy. Painting Venetian views was big …
London’s Savoy Hotel, the "Palace by the Thames", to Reopen after $350 Million Facelift
LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s Savoy Hotel, the “Palace by the Thames” that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Dec…
London’s Savoy Hotel, the "Palace by the Thames", to Reopen after $350 Million Facelift
LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s Savoy Hotel, the “Palace by the Thames” that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Dec…
London’s Savoy Hotel to Reopen after Facelift
LONDON (REUTERS).- London’s Savoy Hotel, the “Palace by the Thames” that has welcomed generations of royals, prime ministers and Hollywood stars, reopens this weekend after a facelift that cost 220 million pounds ($350 million). With its iconic Art Dec…
"Show of the Year" at Tate Modern is UK’s First on French Painter Paul Gauguin in 50 Years
LONDON (REUTERS).- French painter Paul Gauguin gets his first major exhibition in Britain for over 50 years this week, and early reviews suggest it was worth the wait. Two newspapers have given the show five stars, including the Times’ Rachel Campbel…
Show at Victoria & Albert Museum Puts Diaghilev Among Greats of Modern Art
LONDON (REUTERS)- Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev once sat down to dinner with Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Marcel Proust and Igor Stravinsky. For many, his name is the least familiar amid the roll-call of early 20th century artistic greats, b…
Hungarian Artists Alongside Greats in London Show at Royal Academy
LONDON (REUTERS).- Hungarian artists hang alongside some of Europe’s greatest painters in a new blockbuster exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts put together at the 11th hour after the original show fell through. “Treasures from Budapest: European M…
Show at Victoria & Albert Museum Puts Diaghilev Among Greats of Modern Art
LONDON (REUTERS)- Russian dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev once sat down to dinner with Pablo Picasso, James Joyce, Marcel Proust and Igor Stravinsky. For many, his name is the least familiar amid the roll-call of early 20th century artistic greats, b…
Hungarian Artists Alongside Greats in London Show at Royal Academy
LONDON (REUTERS).- Hungarian artists hang alongside some of Europe’s greatest painters in a new blockbuster exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts put together at the 11th hour after the original show fell through. “Treasures from Budapest: European M…