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U2 sell “Untitled (Pecho/Oreja)” by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
Rock superstars U2 could make up to £6m when their painting “Untitled (Pecho/Oreja)” is auctioned in London this week . The painting, which originally attracted the attention of band bassist Adam Clayton, will be auctioned at Sotheby&...
New record for Gino Severini’s painting Danseuse
A new world auction record was set when the rendition of a dancer painted by the Italian Gino Severini in 1915 climbed to £15.04 million, making it the most expensive Futurist work ever auctioned. “Everything is in movement, everything rushes ...
Banksy turns Michael Eaton into Jay Z
Banksy has produced a new image making Glastonbury organiser Michael Eaton look like rapper Jay Z. Eaton caused a controversy when he announced rapper Jay Z would headline Glastonbury this year . The black and white image shows Eavis squatting in the...
Classic landscapes of Scotland
The beautiful natural landscape of Scotland is perfect material for classic landscape photography. The Scottish Highlands in particular offer a rugged beauty which is very rare. Rannoch Moor in the Highlands has been described as the last natural wil...
Black Stockings by Sue Howells
Sue Howells was recently named as the UK’s best selling artist in succession to such illustrious names as Jack Vettriano and Beryl Cook . Sue has been active in the market place for several years, and now has a reputation as one of the top sell...
Banksy pieces sold at auction
Two spray paintings by Banksy sold for an above-estimate £120,000 pounds each in a London sale of urban art last night. “Laugh Now but One Day We’ll Be in Charge“ featuring a chimpanzee wearing a sandwich board, and “Bombi...
Bob Dylan show premieres in the Borders
A little know gallery in the Borders will host the world premiere of rock icon Bob Dylan’s first ever set of limited editions . breeze gallery in Peebles will open this unique exhibition this week . Dylan has sold over 110 million albums since ...
Abramovich’s partner sets up new gallery in Moscow
Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes magazine at $19.5 billion, has pulled out as general sponsor of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s first retrospective in their native Russia. Despite the setback, the artists s...
Art reaches new heights
Andre Zlattinger is a senior director in the British paintings department at Sotheby’s and, as head of Scottish sales, handled record-breaking auctions such as Jack Vettriano’s The Singing Butler. In his spare time he is a keen mountainee...
Beryl Cook’s Big Olives, Little Olives and the Dolphin
Friends of artist Beryl Cook are planning a wake at the Dolphin , the pub that inspired many of her works. Cook, who died aged 81 on Wednesday, was a regular at the Dolphin on Plymouth’s Barbican. Dolphin landlord Billy Holmes said: “Me ...
Banksy’s Fragile Silence on the move for £500,000
Banksy’s latest work to go on sale is likely to move quickly - it’s on the side of a lorry trailer. Fragile Silence is likely to sell for £500,000. Owners Maeve Neal and Nathan Welland have known Banksy for 12 years .Banksy completed the...
A PAINTING bought in a market for 50p has been sold for £35,000 at auction.
The work, Chopping Logs Outside A Snow Covered Cabin, was found buried under junk in Glasgow’s Barras market 30 years ago. But the piece, by Cornelius Krieghoff, was expected to fetch 100,000 times its original price when it goes under the hamm...
Banksy not pursued by graffiti police
Bristol is the first city in the country to get a police team dedicated to eradicating graffiti and dealing with the so-called “artists”. However Bristol’s most famous tagger Banksy seems to be exempt from prosecution Undercover of...
Sue Howells crowned Britain’s best selling artist
Artist Sue Howells has been crowned the best selling published artist in Britain by the International Arts and Framing Industry Annual Awards in Bristol. Previous winners include best selling artists Beryl Cook and Jack Vettriano, who have gone on to...
Thatcher portrait provokes controversy
A tinplate portrait of Baroness Thatcher has divided politicians after it was unveiled at the home of the Welsh assembly in Cardiff. The work by artist Dylan Hammond will sit alongside one of Labour figure Aneurin Bevan for three months. Mr Hammond ...
Banksy on your Xbox 360
Either underground graffiti artist/vandal Banksy is selling out by accepting the Microsoft pound (Point), or Microsoft is selling out by trying to buy itself a bit of urban cool by associating itself with the shy ladder-carrier. Somebody, somewhere, ...
Chelsea owner buys Lucien Freud painting
Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich bought two paintings that were sold at record-breaking auctions last week, according to reports. Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping sold for £17.2m on Tuesday, followed by Francis BaconR...
Artist’s muse -”We are not amused”
Sue Tilley commented “Just because I took my clothes off for Lucian Freud, that doesn’t mean I’m a nudist or a floozy or whatever,’ .Tilley is the subject of Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, which broke auction house records for ...
Jack Vettriano and Sir Jackie Stewart collaborate on Monaco painting
A unique collaboration has taken place between Jack Vettriano and Sir Jackie Stewart . It took place when Sir Jackie, who is an art collector and a fan of Mr Vettriano’s work, contacted Vettriano last year . They met up and eventually Mr Vet...
Tension, Timing and Triumph, Monaco 1971, the three paintings by Vettriano
Jack Vettriano and Sir Jackie Stewart have collaborated on a triptych of paintings that will be unveiled this week by Prince Albert of Monaco. Called Tension, Timing and Triumph, Monaco 1971, the three paintings tell the story of Sir Jackie’s...
Banksy exhibition a success
London’s top attractions were outperformed by a distinctly down-at-heel venue. A temporary exhibition in an unlovely London tunnel described by one art critic, Shirley Dent, as “Piss Alley”. During the Bank Holiday weekend, 9,500 people a d...
Secondary art market is booming
The secondary art market is booming despite all the troubles of the credit crunch Sotheby’s spring contemporary art auction on Wednesday evening was the most lucrative auction in the company’s history, blowing past the high end of Sotheby...
Glasgow International Festival
The Glasgow International Festival has re-launched itself in a blaze of glory.It ran April 11–27, Gi has evolved from an annual to a biennial event with a more ambitious international program, featuring exhibitions, performances, concerts, and talk...
Vettriano , Art , and prints only
Another day , another interview. Vettriano has once again expressed his opinions on a range of issues including his favourite subject - sex . He says “I paint what moves me – sexiness” He also admits to making mistakes with licensing ...
Artwork sold for world record price
A decorated panel set a world record for the sale of a Scottish artwork. The White Rose and the Red Rose, by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, wife of celebrated Glasgow designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh , was sold at auction for £1.7m. Another panel...
Howson work donated work to college
A portrait of the late internationally acclaimed poet Sorley Maclean, a key figure in the Sabhal Mor Ostaig centre’s early years, has been donated to the college on Skye by Lord Gus Macdonald and accepted by its board of directors. Peter Hows...
Vettriano fan paints self portrait
Inspired by the art of Jack Vettriano , 68 year old pensioner Frank Spruce has entered a national competition to create a painting in the artist’s unique style. He saw the competition to seek out an painter in the style of Jack Vettriano in a n...
Jack Vettriano’s The Olympian
Jack Vettriano’s portrait of Zara Phillips is titled The Olympian. Vettriano revelaed the portarit to phillips on the Sport Poraits on BBC1 last night . Th Vettriano’s obvious relief , zara liked the painting . The pressure was on vettria...
Jack Vettriano’s portrait of Zara Phillips
Zara Phillips by Jack Vettriano The BBC’s Sport Portraits programme gave a fascinating insight into how Jack Vettriano works. Vettriano started , in his normal way of working , by taking photos of Zara Phillips on a small compact camera. Zara r...
Affordable art @ great online prices
Online art gallery was set up in 1998 to supply affordable art at great online prices . Our aim is to provide the best possible value for money for our customers. In a competitive market , many online galleries supply limited ediiton prints. Photogol...
