Indian art: A taste for Saatchi's hot favourites
telegraph.co.uk (27 hits)This is a market that, for a select band of artists, saw one of the most dramatic rises of all during the art boom of 2006 to 2008. According to ArtTactic, a company that monitors the progress of emerging markets, average prices for contemporary Indian art at auction rose by... More... (Reviews)
Chris Ofili: 'I wander deep into the forest - where it's sca
telegraph.co.uk (45 hits)Mention the name Chris Ofili, and the chances are the response won’t concern his sumptuous use of colour, his work’s intricate textures or kaleidoscopic references to black culture. No, anyone with even the slightest acquaintance with the Turner Prize-winning painter’s work will respond with just two words: elephant dung. Since discovering... More... (News)
The Last of England: Painting
bbc.co.uk (27 hits)The painting tells the story of the emigration of a young family from England; part of the great emigrating movement of the 1850s, as people sought new lives around the British Empire. Here, compelled to leave all they have known and loved, their grim stoicism testifies to their determination. The... More... (News)
Stolen Picassos found in Paris
http://news.bbc.co.uk (40 hits)Police have found two paintings and a drawing by Pablo Picasso stolen from his granddaughter's apartment in Paris in February. The works, with a combined value of 50m euros (£33.7m), included a portrait of his daughter, Maya with Doll, and one of his second wife, Jacqueline Roque. They were all recovered "apparently... More... (News)
Piecing together Guernica
http://news.bbc.co.uk (13 hits)Pablo Picasso's monochrome painting of the 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica remains one of his more famous works. The tapestry version just unveiled at London's Whitechapel Gallery usually sits at the UN, acting as a powerful visual statement against the horrors of war. But there is much meaning... More... (News)
Picasso child work up for auction
http://news.bbc.co.uk (20 hits)A portrait by Picasso of his daughter Maya has gone on display in London for the first time. Picasso's daughter by his mistress, Marie-Therese Walter, is shown at the age of two-and-a-half clasping her favourite toy, a boat. Picasso kept the 1938 work his whole life and the piece has been in... More... (Exhibitions)
Picasso fails to sell at auction
http://news.bbc.co.uk (8 hits)A painting by Picasso and a Giacometti sculpture have failed to sell at auction in New York. Picasso's The Daughter Of The Artist At Two-and-a-half Years With A Boat, and Giacometti's The Cat had been expected to fetch up to $24m (£16m) each. But a spokesman for Sotheby's auction house said bidding... More... (Market)
Paris theft of $11m Picasso works
http://news.bbc.co.uk (20 hits)A sketchbook of some 32 drawings by Pablo Picasso worth about 8m euros ($11m; £6.8m) has been stolen from a museum in Paris, police have said. The theft from the Picasso Museum was discovered on Tuesday afternoon but the exact time and circumstances have yet to be determined. More... (News)
Picasso painting ripped by New York woman's fall
http://news.bbc.co.uk (8 hits)A woman who was taking an art class at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has accidentally fallen into a Picasso painting and damaged it. The painting called The Actor sustained a vertical tear of about six inches (15cm) in the lower right-hand corner. But the damage did not affect the "focal... More... (News)
Constable portrait show to open
http://news.bbc.co.uk (24 hits)An exhibition exploring some of John Constable's seldom seen works is to open at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The collection of almost 50 portraits will feature oil paintings, sketches and watercolours. Rediscovered and previously unseen paintings will be among those on show a along with self portraits and pictures of... More... (Exhibitions)
