Arts Wars turns the dark side into the art side
Art Wars – an exhibition of Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets transformed into works of art by some of the world’s…
ByArt Wars – an exhibition of Star Wars Stormtrooper helmets transformed into works of art by some of the world’s…
ByThe sixth Meurice Prize for contemporary art has been awarded to Neïl Beloufa, represented by the Galerie Balice Hertling. True…
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ByAuthor: Peter Matthews From macabre comedy and gory, middle class cannibalism in Natalie Young’s Season to Taste, to the second…
ByAuthor: Peter Matthews Time and time again, the same culprits crop up on every publication’s ‘Best Books’ list, from Austen…
ByAuthor: Peter Matthews When it comes to choosing which boarding school to send your son or daughter to, the many…
ByAuthor: Peter Matthews For anyone who enjoys reading, being asked to name your favourite book from the last ten years…
ByEAST BUYS WEST The efforts of auction houses and dealers to help Chinese, Russian and Indian collectors acquire a taste…
ByThis week, editor Josh Spero talks about his visit to the British Museum’s Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum…
ByIt’s only a change of name, but it says a lot more. Sotheby’s is holding its first London Prints &…
ByThis week, editor Josh Spero talks about his visit to the British Museum’s Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum…
ByMore people are buying multiples because actual art-objects are becoming increasingly expensive It’s only a change of name, but it…
ByAuthors could spend their whole lives at literary festivals without leaving these shores, their egos so massaged that they’d lose…
ByA LOT TO BE DESIRED Growing, growing, gone! A curious side-effect of the US Federal Reserve’s monetary easing is a…
ByPaintings are, from time to time, called tours de force, but now three masterpieces are being forced to tour. (Groan.)…
ByAnyone who has been fortunate enough to take the Eurostar will have felt no small wonder at the speed and…
ByTexts on collecting art tend to the pious (and thus dishonest): one only collects for love! tends to be the…
ByAs I grew up in a city, we were small-dog people — my first was a Pekinese called Typhoo who…
ByBefore I had a baby, I thought of myself as the consummate dog-lover. Dogs were friends, always excited to see…
ByEmergency appeals are a fantastic way of raising large sums of money very quickly. UK donors have shown themselves to…
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