Thursday, 27th January 2011
6:09pm
Last weekend, London Art Fair celebrated its 23rd anniversary in Islington’s Business Design Centre. Its opening evening kicked off with an auction of 20 artworks by leading contemporary artists, including Maggi Hambling and Yoko Ono, for their official charity beneficiary, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres, while Fine Art Society, in its first year at London Art Fair, sold a Gaudier-Breszka bronze for £55,000.
The fair brings together over 100 leading British galleries specializsing in modern British and contemporary art, the largest showcase of its kind in the UK. Like other fairs, it also runs concurrent projects and curated exhibits to present...
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Thursday, 20th January 2011
4:46pm
Gilbert & George started off at Central St Martin’s challenging the conventions of sculpture with their still poses. Together they shaped the reputation of their school and modern British art, as we know it. They won the Turner Prize in 1984 and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2005. Their major exhibition in 2007 was the largest retrospective of any artist to be staged at Tate Modern. However, their latter work was criticised for being less innovative and more vulgar, following in the footsteps of their younger counterparts, the YBA’s, in trying to shock rather than engage – with...
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Monday, 17th January 2011
1:20pm
The Fine Art Society is one of the world's oldest art galleries specializing in British art and design from the 17th to the 21st centuries and has traded from 148 New Bond Street, London, since its foundation in 1876. Under the wing of such an established, successful dealership, it is no wonder, then, that its basement baby gallery, FAS Contemporary, initiated as part of the gallery’s refurbishment in 2004-05, has grown from strength to strength, establishing its own program of innovative exhibitions and independent collectors.
Their latest show takes a brave new step in exhibiting neon postcards by Rob and...
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Wood carving flourished in Southern Germany in the late 15th century onwards, resulting in exquisitely crafted devotional sculptures. Today, these figures and reliefs may be found for as little as £5,000, though the best examples command high prices.
