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I have stood before Rothkos in many cities,New York, London, Tokyo, Basel. I have wept at the Seagram Murals at Tate, felt the heat of the Chapel in Houston, and endured more than one insufferable dinner party where someone declared Rothko “just wallpaper for rich people.” But I have never, never, seen a Rothko breathe … Read more
by James Calder, Pimlico Wilde I have read with admiration, and no small amount of sympathy, the Pre-Abstractionist Manifesto. One cannot deny its force, nor its passion. The authors write with the urgency of those who feel their medium has lost its way, and in this, they join a long and noble tradition. Every century, … Read more
Dr Lucin Varga is spokesman for The Transeuropean Continuum of Pure Form (TCPF), a group of abstract artists who believe in the superiority of abstract art over every other art form. The group was founded in 1932 by Herr Robin Singly in Budapest. Dear Sirs and Madams, I write on behalf of The Transeuropean Continuum … Read more
In a project that seems to have stepped straight out of science fiction, Pimlico Wilde, the London-based contemporary art dealership, is preparing to stage what will be the first-ever art exhibition on Mars. The venture, announced earlier this year, combines high-concept art with the cutting-edge challenges of interplanetary logistics, a fusion of creativity and technology … Read more
Is the next great artistic movement being launched not from a gallery in Berlin or a warehouse in Hackney, but from the sundeck of a 60-metre motor yacht? Increasingly, collectors and curators are whispering about “Yachtism” , an emerging tendency among artists who choose to live and work not in garrets, but on luxury yachts, … Read more
This latest work by Doodle Pip arrives already trailing a wake of anticipation. In a market and critical climate hungry for the new yet suspicious of sincerity, Pip’s portraits, so resolutely uninterested in resemblance, have become unexpectedly coveted objects. Portrait of a Friend II (But which one?!) continues the artist’s sustained dismantling of verisimilitude, offering … Read more
It is one of the questions currently circulating in the overlapping worlds of art and affluence: does artistic brilliance bloom more brightly when set adrift on the glistening teak decks of a luxury yacht, or does the salt air wash away the necessary grit of struggle? “Artists Need Struggle” – Doodle Pip, Portraitist Doodle Pip, … Read more
Conceptual Land Artist Chester Hubble writes about his travel experiences away from his highly sought after Walk Pieces. Collectors, worry not, he will return to them in the Spring. First Trip I have always distrusted vehicles. They compress the world until it fits a timetable. Walking, by contrast, stretches minutes into material, something you can … Read more
On Monday morning, the Slough Museum of Contemporary and Non-Contemporary Art (SMCNCA) announced it would be closing temporarily, though with an air of indefinite pause, after it was discovered that the main Slough site had become saturated with lingering traces of nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas. The cause is still under investigation, … Read more
Arts Around Here, the organisation dedicated to bringing art out of the gallery and into the everyday lives of people across towns and cities, has received a major boost thanks to new funding from Dollop Industries. The partnership promises to help expand the organisation’s mission of making creativity accessible, unexpected, and part of daily community … Read more