Southbank centre transformed by flags, robots and fake trees for festival
2 June 2012 • Mark Westall
Artists adorn labyrinthine London arts complex for Festival of the World, opening in time for jubilee weekend
Tag: London
Tate given artworks by David Hockney, Lucian Freud and Rachel Whiteread
29 May 2012 • Mark Westall
Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker donate nine works of modern art to fill gaps in Tate’s collection
Photographers’ Gallery extension – review
20 May 2012 • Mark Westall
Irish architects O’Donnell and Tuomey have made a success of a physically and financially constrained project
Tate Modern unveils underground space – the Tanks – devoted to live art
24 April 2012 • Mark Westall
Gallery says two former oil tanks will be filled with performances and debates, starting this summer
Yinka Shonibare’s ship in a bottle goes on permanent display in Greenwich
24 April 2012 • Mark Westall
Artwork that won fans on Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth is moved to new home after public help raise £362,500
Francis Bacon painting, Figure Writing Reflected in Mirror, in Sotheby’s sale
6 April 2012 • Mark Westall
Estimate up to £25m on painting representing lover George Dyer and the artist which has been in private collection since 1977
More New Galleries opening in Mayfair London.
24 March 2012 • Mark Westall
more new galleries for Mayfair, London.
Read all about it: how Gilbert & George stole the headlines and made art
8 March 2012 • Mark Westall
Urbane artistic pair pilfered 3,712 newspaper bills from outside London shops to create works now on show at White Cube galleries
Lambeth council lambasted for arts centre sale
14 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Stockwell Studios sold by ‘John Lewis council’ to housing developer after artists spent £70,000 on renovations
Yayoi Kusama arrives at Tate Modern with a polka at Damien Hirst
8 February 2012 • Mark Westall
Japanese artist renowned for dot motif has her first big UK retrospective – and a few words of advice for Britart’s spot fan
Photographers’ Gallery in London to reopen in May after £8.9m facelift
31 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Work by Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky to feature in initial shows at seven floor West End site
George Condo retrospective opens at the Hayward Gallery
18 October 2011 • Mark Westall
London show by American artist, who makes the funny serious and the grotesque beautiful, includes nine portraits of the Queen
Frieze week 2011: recommendations for the best of the rest
12 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Beyond the fair’s epicentre in London’s Regent’s Park, there are tonnes of art events happening in venues around the capital
Lucian Freud’s final work to be shown in 2012 National Portrait Gallery show
26 September 2011 • Mark Westall
Unfinished nude portrait of artist’s assistant David Dawson will feature alongside 100 other works spanning 70-year career
National Gallery’s cut in warders ‘putting art at risk’
11 August 2011 • Mark Westall
Criticism of security arrangements follows vandalism of two Poussin paintings at the London gallery
VIDEO: Nicholas Kirkwood x Keith Haring The Shoe Designer Launches His New Boutique With a Collection Dedicated To The Pop Artist
14 May 2011 • Mark Westall
Nicholas Kirkwood details the making of his new thigh-high leopard print and Swarovski crystal–encrusted roller skates in today’s film. The… Read More
GO SEE: Works on Paper by the Iconic Billy Childish at L-13 Light Industrial Workshop
10 January 2011 • Mark Westall
Image:Robert Walser Dead in the Snow. Etching with watercolour additions, 2010. He has been described as “one of the most… Read More
Erik van Lieshout: How Can I Help You? at The Hayward Gallery Project Space from Wednesday12th January
10 January 2011 • Mark Westall
12 January – 27 February 2011 The Hayward Project Space presents How Can I Help You?, the first solo show… Read More
GO SEE: Nicolas Provost at Haunch of Venison Through to 29th January 2011
20 December 2010 • Mark Westall
The first solo exhibition in the UK of the award-winning Belgian artist and filmmaker Nicolas Provost (b.1969) in November 2010…. Read More
GL BRIERLEY “Matersatz” at Madder139 Private View Thursday 7th October 2010
5 October 2010 • Mark Westall
GL BRIERLEY “Matersatz” 8th October – 28th November 2010 The first solo exhibition Madder 139 of British artist GL Brierley…. Read More
Construction Work to Start on The Photographers’ Galleryhttps://fadmagazine.com/
8 September 2010 • Mark Westall
Image:Artist’s Impression of the Redeveloped Photographers’ Gallery, 16 – 18 Ramillies St, London, W1 (Street level and Gallery entrance) ©… Read More
Indian Show at National Gallery has Been 10 Years in Preparation Says Anish Kapoor
9 August 2010 • Mark Westall
Following the announcement by the DCMS that a new cultural agreement between Britain and India was signed during Prime Minister… Read More
Faris Badwan Drawing a Straight Number Nine at The Book Club Private View August 11th
9 August 2010 • Mark Westall
Faris Badwan, frontman of The Horrors, will present a new exhibition of his drawings, artwork and projections at The Book… Read More
Roberto Ekholm Answers FAD’s Questions by Maxim Northover
23 July 2010 • Staff
I look at the gallery as a stage and not just as a white room to hang works in. Both my experiences as a dancer and as an artist are increasingly merging, with my body frequently becoming a performative tool.