The exterior of the Hayward Gallery, part of the Southbank Centre. The brutalist-style building was designed by a team led by Norman Engleback in the late 1960s. Universal Images Group | Getty Images LONDON — From Michelle Obama to Anish Kapoor and Tracey Emin to Nina Simone, London’s Southbank Centre has featured them all, and … Read more
The opening of Biennial exhibit “Even better than the real thing” at The Whitney Museum of American Art on March 12, 2024, in New York City. Sean Zanni | Patrick Mcmullan | Getty Images New York City’s art museums are among the most popular in the world — the Metropolitan Museum of Art (known as … Read more
Paintings by Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam on May 11, 2010. Van Meegeren became known for his forgeries, particularly of works by Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. Robin Utrecht | AFP | Getty Images Art forgeries are more common than you might think, but stories about them often stay … Read more
Visitors at the Summer Exhibition 2024 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which runs from June 18 to Aug. 18, 2024. Royal Academy of Arts, London / David Parry Contemporary galleries — and an upscale hotel Multidisciplinary artist Lauren Baker, who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale until November, named contemporary galleries — … Read more
Younger, wealthy shoppers in Asia are splashing their cash on art, according to a longtime collector and senior auction house executive. Nicolas Chow, Sotheby’s chairman for Asia, said more than 40% of its buyers of contemporary art are millennials (born between 1981 and 1996), while Gen X (1965 to 1980) are also likely to be … Read more
Entrepreneur Grant Cardone said collecting and displaying art gives him more fulfilment than investing. Grant Cardone Multimillionaire Grant Cardone, who has been collecting art for around 15 years, says he’s a spontaneous buyer. “I don’t consider myself a connoisseur. I’m very new to the art world. If I like it, I buy it. I don’t … Read more
Artist Ya La’ford in front of one of her artworks. Ya La’ford Abstract artist Ya La’ford is in demand. Her commissions — including sculpture, installations and gallery exhibitions — mean she is fully booked for the next four years. La’ford, who is based in the artsy community of St. Petersburg, Florida, reeled off the names … Read more
Syolacan | E+ | Getty Images Art dealing often requires contacts — and the ability to take risks. Mark Lambert has bought and sold works of art by the likes of Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso and Claude Monet during his more than two-decade career as an art dealer, an occupation he got into almost by … Read more
