Buying art online has never been easier or more popular
Buying art digitally has never been more popular, three recent developments and studies show. Whether buying online through websites or…
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Sommelier Gerard Basset on Fine Wines and Hotel TerraVina
IT’S EASY TO think you are navigating to some impossible-to-find foodie restaurant in the Loire Valley when you approach Hotel…
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Prairie Fever: How British Aristocrats Staked a Claim to the American West Peter Pagnamenta Duckworth Overlook, 352pp Review by Christopher…
ByReview: Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy
Former People: The Last Days of the Russian Aristocracy Douglas Smith Macmillan 464pp Reviewed by Mark Le Fanu What is…
ByPortrait Painter Richard Stone on Painting Mandela and the Queen Mother
Art of Stone He’s painted everyone from the Queen Mother to Mandela, and now Richard Stone is working on inspiring…
By60 Masterpieces to Return from the Hermitage Museum to Houghton Hall, Norfolk
From Russia with Luck Hot lust, cold hard cash and the fine art of a dirty deal… The story of…
ByBBC class test confuses money with manners
I have met plenty of very wealthy people who try as they might, simply don’t posses class. Indeed I have…
ByBADA results show six-figure sales
New clients, including buyers from the United States, Israel and China, boosted business at the BADA Antiques & Fine Art…
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Bringing the Bobber Back to Life with The Gladstone No 1
Bobber Job Man Motorbike-mad Henry Cole describes his mission to bring the Bobber back to life as a symbol of…
ByArtist Bob and Roberta Smith Blasts Old Flo Sale, Lack of Arts Education in England
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith spoke out about two controversies roiling the art world last night at the Swarovski Whitechapel…
ByWhitechapel Gallery Art Plus Fashion Gala Raises £350,000
Doing its turn on the art-world-party catwalk, the Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Gala – themed Art Plus Fashion – raised nearly…
ByMarch is the month for art-world galas
You can rely on certain seasons to bring out a string of parties: the start of summer for Pimms and…
ByOn Top of The World: The Luxury Ship That is a Floating Home Away from Home
The Berth of Civilisation Josh Spero feels on top of The World between adventures in Colombia and Aruba as he…
ByA Safari in Namibia Offers Africa Undiscovered by Tourists
Our man on the dune Max Johnson goes into orbit over the magnificent wildlife and jaw-dropping landscapes of little-visited Namibia…
ByAdam Dant’s new exhibition: ‘Soerditch: Diary of a Neighbourhood’
Eleven Spitalfields Gallery 8 March-26 April 2013 Website An intimate portrait of London’s most talked about post code is revealed…
ByArt13 opens with global galleries, global collectors… and Harry Styles
Art13 opened yesterday with a surge of international collectors looking to buy art from a spectrum of galleries not seen…
ByWhat happens when the supply of Contemporary art masterpieces runs out at auction?
Going, Going… Gone? A seemingly endless glut of saleroom fodder has seen the Contemporary art bubble bloat ever more grotesquely.…
ByStreet Art May Be Huge, But It’s Just Getting Started
Let Us Spray The word on the street is that graffiti art, far from having run out of puff, is…
ByRichard Long brings Land Art to the Whitworth
The director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester’s university quarter shows me an A4 piece of paper with Richard…
ByRaqib Shaw Ra-jazzles the Manchester Art Gallery with La Nuit d’Amour
THE ARTIST RAQIB Shaw is evidently a generous man: to accompany La Nuit d’Amour, his show of paint-pencil-enamel-jewel bestiaries at…
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