When Sarah Munro was first appointed director of one of Britain’s largest art galleries, the Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, she would joke about sticking a tide mill on its side to make it the most located on the Tyne river in Gateshead. Seven years later, amid a escalating fuel price crisis, the cost of … Read more
Aactor Emily Beecham was born in Wythenshawe, Manchester, in 1984. She won the award for best actress at the London independent film festival for call in 2009 and then at Cannes in 2019 for his role with Ben Whishaw Little Joe. On TV, she starred opposite Lily James in the BBC adaptation of Nancy Mitford … Read more
The artist Karin Schaefer combines divine order and extraordinary joy with hard geometry We explore the life, work and Massachusetts studio of American artist Karin Schaefer, ahead of her solo show ‘Continuum’ at Sears Peyton Gallery, New York A visit with the artist Karin Schaefer in her studio South Egremont, Massachusetts leaves one interesting and … Read more
As a society, we love things that scare us. The morbid, strange and eerie has made a significant part of art since the dawn of time, as intrigue clearly sells. From Gothic themes in music and literature to horror movies, scary elements are everywhere, and it’s a trend that won’t stop. While there are many … Read more
Guerlain, the oldest perfume house in France, has long enjoyed a fruitful marriage with contemporary art. When Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain founded the house in 1828, he saw art as the key to establishing Guerlain in the landscape of skin care, beauty and makeup, and called on artists, sculptors, and painters to put their stamp on our … Read more
The artist Karin Schaefer combines divine order and extraordinary joy with hard geometry We explore the life, work and Massachusetts studio of American artist Karin Schaefer, ahead of her solo show ‘Continuum’ at Sears Peyton Gallery, New York A visit with the artist Karin Schaefer in her studio South Egremont, Massachusetts leaves one interesting and … Read more
TThe climate activist who threw soup on the protective glass cover of Van Gogh’s painting Sunflowers has caught the world’s attention. While some have ridiculed activists, as a funder of climate activism, I am proud of the big conversation they have started. When I saw the video, my first reaction was shock. Throwing soup on … Read more
Allen couldn’t see the artwork from where he was sitting, and, feeling “FOMO, he bid on it for fun – never expecting to win.TikTok; @menghan_menghan Danielle Allen accidentally bought a $4,000 piece by surrealist master Salvador Dalí at an auction. He says he bids his time out of FOMO, hoping it will go faster. Instead, … Read more
The legal battle over Andy Warhol’s painting Prince finally reached the US Supreme Court last week, sparking a lively and often entertaining debate about copyright and image rights law. Warhol’s foundation has been tussling with the photographer whose photo he adapted for the purple silkscreen portrait of the late musician. The Prince dispute goes to … Read more
A sheet of handwritten lyrics by Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has sold at auction for more than £50,000 in a special sale of memorabilia from the infamous British punk band. This page features the original working lyrics for the band’s two hit singles, Holidays in the Sun and Submission, believed to have been written … Read more
