A Monet for £27m? The real price of the art boom is its sleaziness
8 November 2012 • Mark Westall
As a Christie’s sale is criticised for not offering enough ‘trophy property’, it’s clear to see what the art world has become
Tag: Art News
Art News is where you can find all the cool art stuff: exhibitions, and events we have found globally. Interviews and thought pieces all chosen by FAD magazine.
Obama’s art army
6 November 2012 • Mark Westall
From Laurie Anderson to Cindy Sherman to Richard Serra, the giants of US art are backing Obama. But then, writes Jonathan Jones as he takes a cultural tour of Washington DC, America’s artists have always leaned left
Richard Stone the end of england SOLO EXHIBITION at Galleries Goldstein Private view Thursday 8 November 2012
5 November 2012 • Mark Westall
At the end of england, memory is the only reality and objects are the only trace of what has been lost.
Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present – review
4 November 2012 • Mark Westall
National Gallery, London
Seduced By Art: can photography and fine art hang together?
31 October 2012 • Mark Westall
A new exhibition at London’s National Gallery hopes to prompt a conversation between photos and their feted inspiration. Does it work? Jonathan Jones has his doubts
From sculpture to scalpel: Barbara Hepworth’s surgical sketches
25 October 2012 • Mark Westall
At the end of the 1940s, finding marble in short supply, sculptor Barbara Hepworth took her sketchpad into hospitals. The results are full of drama and passion
“Letters from, letters to” by Dannielle Hodson and David Bray Private View: Thursday October 25th 2012
24 October 2012 • Mark Westall
October 19th – November 1st 2012 Letters from, letters to is an exhibition of all new works by British artists… Read More
Art: the blood sport for the ultra-wealthy?
20 October 2012 • Mark Westall
The value of this week’s seven stolen masterpieces pales into insignificance against the prices charged, legally, for art today
ArtReview’s Power 100 list reveals art-world battle for supremacy
18 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Magazine’s survey of most important figures in contemporary art dominated by visionaries – and dealers for super-rich
Barbican salutes Marcel Duchamp, the man who transformed 20th century art
17 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Exhibition called Dancing Around Duchamp celebrates legacy of an influential artist with paintings, dance, theatre and film
Dutch art theft: a pick’n’mix of paintings reduced to criminal collateral
16 October 2012 • Mark Westall
A beguiling Freud, a dazzling Matisse, a modest De Haan: will these stolen paintings see the light again?
Shock of the old: Frieze Masters art fair puts contemporary sibling in the shade
11 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Dealers selling art from the ancient world through to year 2000 find new audience – and customers find less stratospheric prices
Frieze London 2012: the speed-dating approach to art fairs
11 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Murder mysteries, squirrel dinners, cut-price milk – there’s more jostling for attention at the art fair than ever. But might Adrian Searle just get a date out of it all?
Thomas Fearnley exhibition aims to reacquaint UK with ‘supreme talent’
8 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Barber Institute in Birmingham to showcase Norwegian landscape artist once spoken of in same breath as Turner
Rothko painting defaced at Tate Modern
8 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Man inscribes words in black ink in corner of 1958 canvas Black on Maroon before quickly leaving room
Contemporary Saudi artists break down old ‘safety’ barriers
5 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Despite the hostile climate, a determined few are tackling issues such as capitalism in Mecca and the impact of Islam on peace
Turner prize 2012 exhibition review: is this the best one yet?
2 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Immerse yourself in Spartacus Chetwynd’s daft performances, Paul Noble’s filthy drawings, Elizabeth Price’s terrifying video and Luke Fowler’s film about schizophrenia
Heart-stopping Frieze art fair unveiled
1 October 2012 • Mark Westall
Modern-art institution returns to Regent’s Park with projects to include cooking with vermin and a gallery owner’s cardiac arrest
Thomas Schütte: men, monsters and self-portraits
25 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Thomas Schütte’s sculptures are on the loose in a London park, while his unsettling portraits hang in a gallery nearby. It’s a great day out – but you wouldn’t want to meet them in a bar
Frieze fair’s ‘little sister’ narrows gap between young rebels and old masters
24 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Frieze Masters will highlight the links between contemporary works and earlier ideas
Mayfair’s Cork Street art hub under threat from developers
24 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Half of galleries may be forced out as upmarket London art district faces being ‘killed off by the greed of the landlords’
Art of Change: New Directions from China – review
9 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Hayward Gallery, London
Mayfair’s art galleries under threat from developers
29 August 2012 • Mark Westall
Cork Street gallery scene, hub of London art world for almost 90 years, could be broken up by luxury apartment deal
Tate Modern’s rehang cannot diminish the majesty of Mark Rothko
23 August 2012 • Mark Westall
The space reserved for the painter’s mural-sized masterpieces might be modest, but his dark vision still blazes bright