A few years ago, King’s College London, at which Derek Jarman was a student in humanities, held an exhibition focused on his links and love of the River Thames which flows past the College’s Strand Campus. British film-maker, artist and gay activist Derek Jarman, famous for films such as Caravaggio Edward II and Wittgenstein, lived […]
It is fascinating to see how a brand can subvert its country’s heritage and then be transformed by a talented photographer into a work of art. I can’t see that happening with any of our current supermarkets, but then none of them has taken such a key part of our country’s heritage as its brand […]
Goodbye to the White Cube architectural style for art galleries. A colourful, mad, magical mystery wonderland has appeared in the heart of Mayfair. Bright colours, with mysterious and magical characters weaving themselves through the ground floor with different angular spaces as you wander through, with weird perspectives created by the walls and on the floors […]
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Munich art firm Editions Schellman, Fifty Are Better Than One displays four floors of art editions from Schellman’s archives at Phillips in London, to be auctioned to benefit the Ars Publicata project, with connections between the art inside and the exterior environment of Berkeley Square and the surrounding Mayfair streets. […]
Havana came to Berkeley Square earlier in May, when Che Guavara was looking out across Berkeley Square through Phillips’ windows as part of their auction of 20th century photography. In addition to Rene Burri’s 1963 photograph, there were also photographs of Habana Libre and Cerca Crespo in 2002 by Desire Dolron. There were many great […]
Three floors of Phillips in Berkeley Square are bursting with a dispirit selection of international contemporary art, looking out across the roadworks which surround the building. Cities never stand still! There is, interweaving through the different works, quite a strong theme linked to architecture, cities and design. Andreas Slominski’s ‘Windmuhle’ (windmill) looks slightly out […]
Can art change the world? The charity Migrate has a very simple aim – to raise funds through sales and auctions of artworks donated by artists for the benefit of organisations helping migrants and refugees. When the Calais Jungle refugee camp was demolished by the authorities in 2016, lots of things were left behind […]
An architect, interior designer and founder of the Memphis Group in 1980, Ettore Sottsass is perhaps best known for his Valentine portable typewriter designed for Olivetti in 1969, with a simplicity that is in contrast to the architectural geometries of his ceramics, which have been on show at Phillips auction house while the space would […]
Be careful where you leave your car in case artists find it and take it over, with a 1953 VW beetle turned into a giant Beetle Sphere by Ichman Noor (now worth far more than the original car) or, in the case of an unregistered Fiat 500, having characteristic images applied over it by Tracy […]
Something for home? It’s the Frieze Arts Fair next week, when London will be awash with art dealers, buyers, artists and art students, so it’s the time for the auction houses to have their sales of modern and contemporary art. As usual Phillips brings out the best, with work ranging from Jean Miro to Gilbert […]
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