How will you be spending your time during the era of worldwide social distancing? Tim Steiner is quietly sitting on a plinth in a completely empty museum in Tasmania, whilst his elaborately tattooed back is livestreamed across the globe. Continue reading
The Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries is calling for an ambitious public art project to support artists through the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading
As the outbreak of COVID-19 has intensified, the UK art market, an inherently international industry, which thrives on both its domestic and global events, has felt the unprecedented effects. With art fairs cancelled and galleries’, museums’ and auctioneers’ doors forced to close, these are uncertain and exceptional times. In an industry which encompasses such a wide range of businesses, from the self-employed artist to the international auction house employing hundreds of staff worldwide, the challenges faced by those in the art market will be many and varied. Below we address some key legal implications for the market, and look at the ways Britain is supporting one of its most high profile and lucrative industries. Continue reading
The outbreak of Covid-19 has plunged the whole world into uncertainty, impacting all industries in an unprecedented and troubling way, including the arts. Across the country, museums, galleries, cinemas, theatres and concert halls have fallen silent.
So, how will Britain support one of their most high-profile and lucrative industries? Continue reading
Three Old Master paintings of “very high value” were stolen from a University of Oxford gallery this week. The audacious heist follows a spate of smaller gallery thefts across the UK in the last few months, including the attempted burglary of Dulwich Picture Gallery in London. Continue reading
After almost 130 years, an early painting by renowned British artist George Romney (1734-1802) has been returned to Sizergh Castle in Cumbria. Continue reading
As the world attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will close its doors indefinitely. Major cultural institutions across Europe have also shut down in the last week. Continue reading
Last week the UK’s withdrawal from the European-Union-funded ‘Creative Europe’ scheme sparked outrage amongst the creative industries, declaring that the decision “threatens an impoverished future for British creativity“. Continue reading
A New York art dealer has provoked fierce condemnation after she banned a Vietnamese curator from her booth because of “coronavirus prejudice.” Continue reading
For the first time in more than 50 years, Tate Britain will display a rare two-sided painting by the controversial Victorian artist Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898). This mysterious painting forms parts of a 250-piece exhibition, spanning seven years of the artist’s prolific career. Continue reading
