Andy Warhol’s famous painting of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195m at auction, making it the most expensive piece of artwork by a US artist ever and the most expensive piece of 20th Century art ever sold. The 1964 silk-screen portrait of the American actress, titled Shot Sage Blue Marilyn, is one of several paintings Warhol made of Monroe following her death due to a barbiturate overdose in 1962, and has since become one of the...
The Jury of the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia has revealed that the Golden Lion Award has gone to Great Britain for Feeling Her Way, a multimedia installation depicting a chorus of black female voices divided by tessellating wallpaper and golden 3D geometric structures. The piece focuses on the vocal performances of five black female musicians: Errollyn Walle, Jacqui Dankworth, Poppy Ajudha, Sofia Jernberg, and Tanita Tikaram. When explaining the installation, the...
London Art Fair organisers have released further details for the Fair, which was originally planned for January, and is now returning to the capital from Wednesday 20th April to Sunday 24th April. The fair will highlight a selection of the best galleries from the UK and beyond and will offer both seasoned and aspiring collectors a diverse presentation of modern and contemporary art, alongside curated displays, and an inspiring programme of talks, panel discussions and...
Now in its 38th edition, Art Brussels – one of Europe’s oldest and most established art fairs – discloses details of presentations by 157 galleries from 26 countries. With a strong and international line up and a mix of established and emerging talent as well as artists to rediscover, Art Brussels maintains its reputation as a place for discovery. It presents the best of the contemporary gallery scene, showcasing close to 1,000 artists as part...
David Brown Automotive has launched a limited edition Mini Remastered Marshall Edition in collaboration with iconic audio equipment company, Marshall Amplification. Conceived to commemorate Marshall Amplification’s 60th anniversary, just 60 examples of these ultra-exclusive Mini Remastered models will be built. Each Mini Remastered Marshall Edition will be distinguished from core Mini Remastered examples by unique colour, materials and finishes, inspired by the styling of Marshall’s iconic products, and will also be fitted with a number...
Mayfair Art Weekend, the annual celebration of the world’s internationally renowned gallery district, is set to return this summer from Friday 24th-Sunday 26th June. Inviting audiences to explore exceptional art in galleries and artist studios, the event will also find public art across Mayfair for a whole month as part of the Mayfair Sculpture Trail, a Mayfair Art Weekend collaboration with Art in Mayfair from 20th June – 31st July. Since 2014, independent galleries across Mayfair have united for Mayfair Art...
Opera Gallery London is presenting a new exhibition titled Korean Art: Cultivating the Unexpected – a group show that brings together five leading Korean contemporary artists: Cho Sung-Hee, Chu Kwang-Young, Seo Young-Deok, Yoo Bong-Sang and Jae Ko. Through the artworks and their multiple narratives, the exhibition spaceis transformed into the world of Korean contemporary art with unexpected experiences. Korean Art: Cultivating the Unexpected explores the age of intensive industrialisation and mass reproduction with its impressive selection of unique and meticulously handcrafted artworks. The exhibition invites...
An extremely rare Tag Heuer Monaco Collection will go under the hammer at Fellows Auctioneers’ Luxury Watch Auction on Monday 21st March with an estimate between £30,000 – £50,000. The Tag Heuer Monaco set is one of 50 ever made, released in 2019 on the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Monaco Chronograph. There are five watches, all of different styles which capture their respective decade. Revolutionary The collection is Lot 198 in the...
On 2nd June 2022, the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin will open its new exhibition “HOLLYWOOD” featuring works by Eve Arnold, Anton Corbijn, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Michael Dressel, George Hoyningen-Huene, Jens Liebchen, Ruth Harriet Louise, Inge Morath, Helmut Newton, Steve Schapiro, Julius Shulman, Alice Springs, and Larry Sultan. Photographs by George Hurrell and publications by Annie Leibovitz and Ed Ruscha will also be on view in glass displays. See also: HELMUT NEWTON. BRANDS Opens in December...
Using skills he honed in his years working with the likes The Clash, AC/DC, Prince, Gary Numan on stage production, David Poxon is bringing artists from all over the world to headline at a festival of watercolour painting. Before he took up watercolours himself, David was a Band Manager for seminal heavy metal band, Saxon. Since swapping guitars and microphones for paint brushes, David has won many awards and accolades for the precision and craftsmanship...
