In a mad week which saw London museums and galleries closing like skittles because of coronavirus, as you tried to see exhibitions ahead of the shutters coming down with inconsistent and ambiguous Government directives (or lack of directives), one of the highlights was the forthcoming auction of modern and contemporary African art at Bonham’s auction […]
In a subdued atmosphere, 20th century and contemporary art is on show in advance of the auction next week, ahead of the competition to follow at Christies, Sotheby’s and Phillips. The star is French artist Pierre Soulages who amazingly celebrated his 100th birthday in December. Described in 2014 by President Hollande as ‘the world’s greatest […]
There is quite a weekend coming up, with the final of the Rugby World Cup in Japan on Saturday and the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on Sunday. To help prepare for the latter, or even buy a car to enter it, Bonhams today held its London to Brighton sale, with a selection of […]
Bonham’s was more cool and restrained than its competitors at the start of October, guarded by Jaumet Plensa’s ‘The Heart of Trees’ at the doorway and including sculpture by Antony Gormley, Tony Cragg (Constant Change) and Max Bill, along with El Anatsui’s ‘Wastepaper Basket’. On the other floors was a diverse range of modern and […]
Rowland Emett (1906-1990) started his career as a cartoonist, working on Punch magazine, often showing quirky eccentric fast-moving railway scenes, which were alighted on by the organisers of the 1951 Festival of Britain who commissioned him to make a real life version, and his new career on inventive moving installations never looked back. ‘A Quiet […]
Two very different exhibitions at Bonham’s this week – upstairs a celebration of 100 years of Bentley Racing with stylish well-engineered classic racing cars from the 1920′s alongside 100 items of memorabilia from the world of racing, including many linked to the racing circuit in Brooklands in Surrey; downstairs photographs by Juergen Teller who was […]
A continent to watch for contemporary art is Africa. Earlier this month, the colour, vibrancy and political commentary of South African art was on show against the richly-coloured walls at Bonham’s auction house for the latest sale of South African art on the 21st of March, with many of the artists now becoming known internationally […]
The 1920’s and 1930’s was a time of style, speed and sophistication, a golden age of flight, sea, car and rail travel, art deco art and architecture and those wonderful transport posters and classic films like Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’. Italian Futurism, originally founded in Milan in 1909, had a revival in the 1920’s with the […]
International collectors are flooding into London, despite the snow and cold, for the auctions of impressionist, modern and contemporary art, with work ranging from Monet and Rodin to Grayson Perry and Banksy, including a preview of the Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection to be auctioned for charity later in the year at Christie’s in New […]
It’s a week of modern British art in London with Bonham’s, Sotheby’s and Christie’s all having sales of British art, along with Irish art at Bonham’s and Christie’s. Works for sale include many well-known artists from over the last century, some still active, including L.S. Lowry, Eduardo Paolozzi,, David Hockney, Lynn Chadwick, Elizabeth Frink, Terry […]
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