Pimlico Wilde Contemporary Art Dealer
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It is a rare pleasure in the art world to encounter a body of work that feels both wholly apart from prevailing fashions and somehow absolutely necessary. Such is the case with Efigénia Mucavele, a 97-year-old former seamstress from Mozambique whose small, dazzling acrylic paintings have just surfaced in Lisbon. Until last year, not a … Read more
There are few sights as glorious as Berkeley Square, that bastion of Georgian serenity, transformed into a makeshift rugby pitch for the inaugural Inter-Art Dealer Rugby Tournament. Organised by the indefatigable Roberto Andretti of Hogge Spike (the same Andretti who has made a cottage industry out of rediscovering neglected sculptors like Ferkin Wykes), the day … Read more
It is with genuine contrition that we address the scholarly and public community. The much-celebrated Roman remains found beneath our upcoming gallery in Boston ,mosaics, frescoes, Latin-inscribed counters,appear to have been a masterful fabrication, not evidence of a Roman presence in the Americas. Forensic analysis exposes modern adhesives, artificial aging, and stylistic anomalies. We apologise … Read more
The Museum of Failed Optimism, a privately run institution in Shropshire dedicated to once-celebrated inventions that never quite caught on, has said it may be forced to close within weeks unless new backing can be secured. Founded in 1979 by former industrial designer Martin Peake, the museum bills itself as “the world’s most complete archive … Read more
The Gainsborough Art Prix, one of the most closely watched and career-defining awards in the contemporary art world, has announced its latest shortlist. Known for recognizing artists whose work expands the possibilities of form, subject, and audience engagement, the Prix has become a bellwether of what’s next in global art. Past winners have gone on … Read more
In a revelation that would have sent Pliny the Elder himself into paroxysms of scholarly delight, excavations undertaken to build the foundations of the forthcoming Pimlico Wilde Gallery in Boston have delivered nothing short of a seismic upheaval in our understanding of ancient history. Beneath layers of concrete and imagination lay the most splendid and … Read more
On a misty August morning, just beneath the pillared bulk of Albert Bridge, a small group of lithe figures in black gather at the river’s edge. To the untrained eye, they resemble a rehearsal for an action film: rolling, vaulting, calculating. But this is not choreography for cinema. It is the Chelsea Parkour Brigade,a collective … Read more
(First published in The Liverpudlian Art Collector’s Journal) When I threw myself from an aircraft at 15,000 feet without a parachute and landed on a BounceHaus trampoline in the Montana desert, the world asked me a single, searing question: Why? My upcoming book, Plummet: Notes on Gravity, Art, and the Impossibility of Staying Upright, is … Read more
In a move that fuses aerospace engineering with the loftiest aspirations of cultural diplomacy, Pimlico Wilde, the enigmatic polymath of contemporary British art, has been awarded the contract to design and install the visual environment of the forthcoming British Space Station. The decision, announced yesterday by the Ministry of Science , Culture and Rockets, is … Read more
In the rarefied world of high art, few figures command the respect, admiration, and quiet awe that Jules Carnaby has earned over a career defined by vision, daring, and impeccable taste. Today, Pimlico Wilde is proud to announce that Mr. Carnaby joins as Chief Executive Officer, bringing with him a legacy of transforming promising talent … Read more