Artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts London, Tim Marlow, shares his opening-day impressions from the centre of the action: the national pavilions at the 57th I...
The works of American realist painter Edward Hopper are often recognised for their still and quiet images of well-known American settings, from cinemas to gas stations. I...
For the past four decades, Rose Hartman has photographed fashion and celebrity icons in some of the most legendary settings of New York nightlife, from Studio 54 to the M...
When the Bolsheviks stormed St Petersburg’s Winter Palace in 1917, little did they know that the country’s artistic revolution had already begun. Avant-garde pioneer Kazi...
In this video by TATE, filmmaker Jenn Nkiru showcases some of the female artists on display in the Tate Collection to celebrate International Women’s Day in her short fil...
The star of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on 1 March in London is undoubtedly Gustav Klimt’s luminous ‘Bauerngarten’, dating from the arti...
Little is known of Adam de Coster, the Flemish candlelight painter famous for his stunning nocturnes of Caravaggio-like subjects. In this video, Sotheby’s brings to...
Last year, Sotheby’s shared remarkable video stories. One of them was this short video where Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons brought to life excerpts...
Art critic John Berger has passed away yesterday. He was 90. Ways of seeing, a BAFTA award-winning BBC series that saw John Berger as a crusader against traditional ways...
As one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, Norman Rockwell was an optimistic storyteller, interpreting the typical American with warmth and humour. Two b...
