[ad_1] Visitors stand next to ‘Die Wachter’ by the Swiss artist Annette Barcelo at the Art Basel contemporary art fair. — AFP/File A new generation of collectors is expected to boost the global art market, which is not immune to the current geopolitical and economic pressures. The world’s leading contemporary art fair, Art Basel, saw
[ad_1] The Art Gallery exhibition gives you the rare chance to view and buy art from some of East Anglia’s best-established and emerging artists, who are often capturing in canvas what life is like in our pocket of the world. Artists will be working en plein air around the showground (Image: Kate Batchelor) The friendly, knowledgeable stewards – many of whom are
[ad_1] A new collection of contemporary artwork has gone on display at the Manchester Art Gallery this week. Eight pieces of art were purchased by the Gallery with the help of The Manchester Contemporary Art Fund, a philanthropic fund that enables the gallery to buy new pieces of artwork to add to their permanent collection.
[ad_1] Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Visitors to the Courtauld Gallery’s exhibition Abstract Erotic this summer will find themselves staring at a large and erect rubber penis, sheathed in a sickly-yellow skin and strung up from the tip by a
[ad_1] The fabled musician and poet Bob Dylan just cannot put his paint brush down. The folk singer’s art escapades have been well documented, including shows at London’s Halcyon Gallery in 2008 and 2016. Dylan is back on the art beat once more at the same gallery with a show called Point Blank (until 6
[ad_1] Every June, the international art community gathers in the small Swiss city of Basel, on the Rhine river, near the borders of France and Germany. Attracting influential gallerists, collectors, curators, museum directors and critics from around the globe, Art Basel is considered the world’s largest and most prestigious art fair, second-oldest only to Cologne.
[ad_1] A Bishop Auckland gallery is celebrating 200 years of railway history through art. The Mining Art Gallery, part of regeneration charity The Auckland Project, is marking the bicentenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world’s first public railway to use steam locomotives, with a new exhibition opening June 27. Called Fuelling the Railway
[ad_1] Two new events for pre-contemporary art debut in London next week, both aimed at promoting keeping the market for historical art energised in this traditionally key time of year in the capital. The gallery trail Classic Art London (CAL, 23 June to 4 July) steps into the vacuum left by London Art Week (LAW)—which
[ad_1] “I used to put things in the window of my husband’s office. People would come in and say: ‘Oh, that’s very interesting — how much is it?’ Then I started doing pop-ups!” Art dealer Victoria Miro smiles at the memory of her first, humble displays. Soon, she says, she was “really hooked on making
[ad_1] Art Basel has long been considered the ultimate art fair. This year is no different—but even Art Basel is not impervious to market conditions and factors like rapidly developing trade wars, international conflict and threats of recession. During this year’s fair, galleries have reported strong sales, but there are signs of shifts in the