LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents recent paintings and sculptures by Takashi Murakami. In his distinctive “Superflat” style, which employs highly refined, traditional Japanese painting techniques and formats to depict a charged mix of historical subj…
Significant New Acquisitions to Tate’s Collection on View at Tate Britain’s Galleries
LONDON.- Significant new acquisitions to Tate’s Collection by some of Britain’s most innovative contemporary artists are on display at Tate Britain. Presented in a newly re-hung suite of contemporary galleries, works by artists including Marc…
Charismatic Art Historian James Fox Explores British Masters for New Series on BBC
LONDON.- In a major re-calibration of 20th-century British paintings, art historian James Fox argues that British painting from 1910 to 1975 was an extraordinary flowering of genius. He predicts that art historians of the future will rank the period al…
Sir Terence Conran Makes Major Gift to the Design Museum for New Development Project
LONDON.- The Trustees of the Design Museum announced today a major gift by Sir Terence Conran towards the museum’s new development project. This will help to create the world’s leading museum of contemporary design and architecture in London….
Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin: Arcadian Painters at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
LONDON.- Dulwich Picture Gallery presents a revelatory exhibition of the work of Cy Twombly and Nicolas Poussin. Organised to celebrate the Bicentenary of the Gallery, this major show explores, for the first time, the unexpected yet numerous parallels …
The British Museum Collection Reaches Record Audiences Worldwide
LONDON.- On the occasion of the publication of the Annual Review of 2010/11, the British Museum announces future plans alongside a review of international successes in the last year. Review of 2010/11: • The British Museum remained the most popula…
Phillips de Pury & Company’s June Contemporary Art Evening Sale Realizes $16,923,234
LONDON.- Phillips de Pury & Company’s June Contemporary Art Evening sale realizes £11,243,350/$16,923,234 in total, selling 95% by value and 87% by lot. In a packed sale room at the Ballroom at Claridge’s there was active bidding in person a…
Hungarian Photographers in Frame in United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition
LONDON (REUTERS).- Robert Capa once said “It’s not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian,” and a new London exhibition on five leading figures of the medium shows that he was only partly joking. “Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the …
Hungarian Photographers in Frame in United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition
LONDON (REUTERS).- Robert Capa once said “It’s not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian,” and a new London exhibition on five leading figures of the medium shows that he was only partly joking. “Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the …
The British Museum Collection Reaches Record Audiences Worldwide
LONDON.- On the occasion of the publication of the Annual Review of 2010/11, the British Museum announces future plans alongside a review of international successes in the last year. Review of 2010/11: • The British Museum remained the most popula…