ART NEWS: Legendary Magnum Photographer René Burri Dies at 81
22 October 2014 • Staff
Leaving behind a significant body of work, FAD takes a moment to remember legendary photographer René Burri
Tag: Pablo Picasso
COMPETITION: WIN a pack of Artists’ Trump Cards
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
WIN a pack of Artists’ Trump Cards
PLAY :The Art Game: Artists’ Trump Cards
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
You can now pit your favourite artists against each other,
ART STUFF on a plane # 19: ‘Where is the Picasso Museum?’
10 September 2013 • Paul Carey-Kent
Most days art Critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train – though this week it was a plane to the South of France. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head?
Picasso in Paris: raw works of genius from the artist as a young man
17 February 2013 • Mark Westall
A scintillating new show at London’s Courtauld Gallery follows a coming-of-age Picasso as he dips his paintbrush into the colourful underworld of Montmartre
Dutch art heist suspects arrested
25 January 2013 • Mark Westall
three men suspected of the theft of seven paintings by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Paul Gaugin
WIN: Freedom not Genius – Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection we have TEN copies for you to WIN.
30 November 2012 • Mark Westall
WIN: About Freedom Not Genius a book about Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection.
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
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?
SCULPTORS’ DRAWINGS & works on paper at PANGOLIN LONDON Private View: Thurs 30th August 2012
30 August 2012 • Mark Westall
It will include around 200 drawings dating from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day by both established and emerging sculptors.
From Shakespeare to Sunflowers: masters take over the week in art
11 August 2012 • Mark Westall
From the birth of modern culture to Van Gogh’s classic work. Plus a Picasso fiasco in Edinburgh airport and a child saves a Manet – all in today’s weekly art dispatch
Picasso: the brains behind the brawn
29 May 2012 • Mark Westall
We think of Picasso as a man’s man, a sensualist; but his work is fiercely intellectual. And the British Museum’s exhibition of his Vollard Suite prints proves that he is all about brain work
David Hockney: a life in art
14 January 2012 • Mark Westall
‘The iPad is like an endless piece of paper that perfectly fitted the feeling I had that painting should be big’
Picasso, Cocteau and Chagall paintings to be exhibited at Lightbox in Woking
10 January 2012 • Mark Westall
Lewis Elton’s art collection, now donated to University of Surrey, will go on public display for the first time
Pablo Picasso exhibition at Tate Britain pays belated homage to Spanish genius
28 October 2011 • Mark Westall
Influence on seven British artists – including Henry Moore, David Hockney and Francis Bacon – to be explored in 2012 show
VIDEO: John Chamberlain installing “New Sculpture” at Gagosian Gallery, West 24th Street New York
19 June 2011 • Mark Westall
May 5th – July 8th , 2011 Gagosian Gallery, West 24th Street I think of my art materials not as… Read More
Gagosian iPad App
16 June 2011 • Mark Westall
Gagosian Gallery has a new iPad app designed by the award-winning firm @radical.media. The free application will be updated quarterly… Read More
Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’amour fou at Gagosian NYC Opening reception: Thursday April 14th 2011
11 April 2011 • Mark Westall
Image: April 14th – June 25th 2011 You have an interesting face. I would like to do your portrait. I… Read More
Mick Marston Answers FAD’s Questions
7 September 2010 • Mark Westall
1 If you weren’t an artist, what else would you be? In fantasy, a world class cricketer. In reality, something… Read More
Warhol, Lichtenstein, Indiana: Modern Master Works at Scream London Private View Thursday 8th July 2010
8 July 2010 • Mark Westall
Image: Pink Marilyn Courtesy Scream Gallery London Copyright Andy Warhol foundation Dates: 9 July until 4 September 2010 Group show… Read More
Picasso: Peace and Freedom at Tate Liverpool
1 June 2010 • Mark Westall
Such emphasis on context however; inevitably raises the age old question of the relevance that politics and history should play upon a work of art. Is the work not parasitically benefiting from the heightened emotion of the causes it embraces in order to add a sense of depth?
Bonhams to Sell Haunting Picasso Portrait of the Artist’s Friend
25 May 2010 • Mark Westall
Image:Pablo Picasso, “Le tailleur Minguell”. Estimate: £700,000-1,000,000. Photo: Sotheby’s. n intimate portrait by Pablo Picasso of the artist’s friend Mr…. Read More
Art thefts rock France for second time in a week
7 January 2010 • Mark Westall
Works by Pablo Picasso and Henri Rousseau have been stolen from a private villa in the south of France, in… Read More
Homme a l’epee Sells for 7 Million and Leads Sotheby’s Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art
25 June 2009 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art tonight brought a total of £33,531,150/ US$55,323,044/ €39,479,519* – a figure comfortably… Read More