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How Modern Art was Saved by Donald Duck (and understanding Roy Lichtenstein)
Now that the Roy Lichtenstein fever has hit London with the opening of the Tate Modern retrospective, you may want to read this wonderful book first before planning your visit! Published in time with...
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Looking at Top Art Galleries in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has become an art destination, partly thanks to the moneyed collectors it successfully draws and the high profile contemporary fair Art HK (founders of which are opening a new fair in London...
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Lucian Freud the Art Collector
Many artists are great art collectors themselves and it is in rare occasions that we get to publicly seeing this side of their lives. Lucian Freud, who was considered to be Britain’s greatest living...
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Spend an Artful Day in South London (with trendy restaurants in Bermondsey)
What better way to start a cold winter day than a bit of art sightseeing in South London. So we find ourselves at V22, an old biscuit factory converted into a 4-floor complex filled with artist studios...
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Klimt’s Kiss with Bullet Holes in Syria
Have you seen this viral hit of a beautiful “fake” graffiti by Damascus born, Dubai based artist Tammam Azzam? We call it “fake graffiti” because it is a photograph manipulation. Azzam has made a...
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From Hidden Alley to Art Installation in Athens
An inspiring art story coming from debt-crisis central zone Athens, where we are reminded the importance of local communities and neighborhoods. Here we have Pittaki Street, a dimly lit and poorly...
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Join Juergen Teller for a tour of his Exhibition
Here we have Juergen Teller taking us around his exhibition “Woo!” at the ICA, London. Best known for his fashion photography, “Woo!” brings together his work from the last 20 years across all genres...
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Uruguay Retreat of an Art Dealer
Today we are visiting the gorgeous Uruguay home of Martin Summers, an art dealer who counts Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, David Hockney and Edward Burra amongst friends. Over his 50 year career in the...
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Exhibition on Bacon and Rodin Dialogue
If you are in London and want a small dose of art to add to the routine of your day, we highly recommend the “Bacon and Rodin in dialogue” at Pilar Ordovas‘s gallery in Mayfair. Since Ms. Ordovas...
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Big Rubber Duck and other Giant Animals by Florentijn Hofman
Florentijn Hofman We want to finish off the week in a cheerful note and what better way to do that than the bold cartoonish animal sculptures of the Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. Just look at his...
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Terrific Exhibition on Gutai, Japan’s best-known post-war art movement
Sadamasa Motonaga’s installation Without having seen this exhibition ourselves, we already love it and the wonderful interactive websites Guggenheim has created for it! Gutai: Splendid Playground,...
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World’s Classiest Fair is Here Again
It is time for TEFAF in Maastricht again, world’s classiest art fair where the rich collector can shop for anything from Old Masters to jewellery, antiquities and modern and contemporary works. The...
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Art at Dinner
Art and inspiration comes from everywhere. Look at the designs on napkins and menus of Cafe Sjiek in Maastricht. It’s a simple design but a really nice quirky touch. Cafe Sjiek was founded in 1982 and...
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Even Art Starts with Hair
Very interesting ad at the entrance of Tefaf. Hair implantation is not one associates or expects to find at art fairs. Hair and paint brush.. Hmm —at least they are trying to be creative!
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Tefaf Sneak Peek before The Preview
Here is a sneak peek of some of the treasures awaiting the visitors at Tefaf. Despite the snow and train/flight cancellations of yesterday and today, exhibitors hoping for a good opening day tomorr
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Mastery of Color and Texture at Sperone Westwater
Beautifully textured works by Emil Lukas and Nebil Nahas at Sperone Westwater stand at Tefaf, Maastricht.
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Tefaf Begins
Crowds queuing by the fair entrance as Tefaf preview begins. Good luck to all exhibitors!!!
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Tefaf Expansion Plans to China
This morning Tefaf executive committee has announced that the fair is expanding to China! They will be partnering with Sothebys in their plans to start Tefaf in Beijing. Exciting times. When you...
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Chicken and Eggs at Van Haeften Gallery
At Johnny van Haeften stand at Tefaf visitors today are been greeted by this painting by Hondecoeter, where the chickens have laid real eggs. An amusing addition to the stand today.
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Young and Talented Tauba Auerbach, an artist to watch
Tauba Auerbach, Tetrachromat, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, 2011 The young and talented American artist Tauba Auerbach has a solo show on view at Wiels Center for Contemporary Art in Brussels. Her dazzling...
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