The mood has damped over the art market in the past few months, as recent sales reports crystallise into the bleakest picture since the pandemic. But the show must go on for the 60,000 guests expected this week to attend Frieze London, the O.G. location of the art fair that now crosses New York, Los
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Once a curator spotted that the artwork was missing, staff were tasked with searching for it, the museum said on its website., external Eventually it was discovered in a bin bag and “miraculously, both cans were found intact”, it said. The cans were cleaned and placed at the museum’s entrance. Despite the mishap, the museum
Artist Denzil Forrester is this year’s recipient of the Robson Orr TenTen Award for a print celebrating UK nightlife. The artwork, a four-plate polymer etching called Altar, depicts a scene from a reggae festival in Cornwall, where the artist now lives and works. It was unveiled on Tuesday morning at the Department for Culture, Media
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The Female Filmmakers in Tech & Art Gap Fund, a new initiative supporting women documentary filmmakers, is set to launch during the BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 11. Spearheaded by the Female Film Club, female-led film production company UNLEYEK, and tech boutique 19.Studio, the fund aims to provide £8,000 ($10,460) in gap funding for
As art season continues to unfold, the spotlight on pioneering women in the art industry has never been brighter and stronger. Now front and center, their contriburtions celebrate and champion diversity, the female experience and also amplify underrerpresented voices. Now, ELLE UK catches up with trailblazers to hear about the importance of it all. FIND
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Wealthy people leaving the UK in part driven by the government’s pledge to abolish the “non-dom” regime is hurting philanthropic funding for the already thinly spread arts sector, institutions and charities have warned. Caroline Douglas,
Again and again, a group of writhing bodies becomes one indistinguishable mass in a new series of paintings by George Rouy. The blur of disembodied limbs warps and fades, a shapeshifting border between the self and its surroundings that the British artist calls “the bleed.” If your eye is unsure where on the canvas to