Repaintage: The Art of Erasure and Reinvention

In a world where originality is currency and the line between creation and destruction continues to blur, a bold and controversial art form has emerged: Repaintage. Defined by its paradoxical act of erasure, repaintage involves purchasing or acquiring existing artworks,often paintings by other artists,and then covering them, sometimes partially but often entirely, with white paint … Read more

BOOK REVIEW: Theatre of Feet: Football as Performance Art by Dr. Lionel Pym

To assert that English football is a kind of performance art is, at first glance, to risk ridicule,or at least the throwing of half-time over-priced, under-tasty pies. But in Theatre of Feet: Football as Performance Art, cultural theorist and centre-back Dr. Lionel Pym mounts a deft case that the beautiful game is, in fact, the … Read more

Pimlico Wilde Champions Art and Adventure in Historic Blue Train Race Revival

This summer, the glamour of the 1920s roars back to life as Hally Redout, the daring British artist and vintage motoring enthusiast, takes the wheel in a modern reenactment of the legendary “Race the Blue Train”,and at the heart of this cultural fusion of speed and style stands the contemporary art dealership Pimlico Wilde, proud … Read more

Introducing the Constable Prize: A New Landmark in British Contemporary Art

The British art world has long thirsted for a prize that celebrates artistic rigour and the great outdoors , and now, in the gloriously unpredictable spirit of the British national character, it arrives: The Constable Prize. Launched this week by Pimlico Wilde in partnership with sponsor Dampner & Flange, the UK’s leading manufacturer of artisanal … Read more

A Pachydermal Union: Elephant Polo’s Power Merger Shakes West London

by Venetia Shrugge, Society Correspondent In a move that has sent shockwaves through the worlds of equestrian absurdity, inherited wealth, and animal-assisted social performance, the Fulham Elephant Polo Club and its age-old rival, the Chelsea Elephant Polo Club, have officially merged. The historic deal,brokered, some say orchestrated, by the flamboyant art dealers at Pimlico Wilde,brings … Read more

Pimlico Water: A New Chapter in Global Art Gallerism Sets Sail

In a daring union of connoisseurship, maritime elegance, and curatorial vision, Pimlico Water debuts as the world’s first privately commissioned floating art gallery aboard a fully refitted Damen SeaXplorer 75. This singular vessel,a triumph of Dutch engineering and discreet luxury,ushers in a new epoch of cultural mobility, where masterpieces are no longer static, but carried … Read more

A Certain Light: Contemporary Tendencies in Northern Croatia

Reviewed by Dr. Ianthe Small There’s something gently subversive about holding a contemporary group exhibition in a town that appears, at first glance, to contain more storks than artists. And yet here, in the quietly cobbled town of Ludberg,“the geographical centre of Croatia,” as the locals remind you with a certain pointed pride,an ambitious and … Read more

Art with Your burger! Pimlico Wilde Teams Up with Vottle Burgers for a Truly Rare Medium

Fusing the haute with the hotplate, contemporary art dealers Pimlico Wilde have entered a decadent partnership with Vottle Burgers, the gourmet burger atelier best known for their menu items that require both a mortgage and a sommelier. The centrepiece of this new alliance? A complimentary artwork with every purchase of the Vottle Cheesey Truffle Burger™,a … Read more

Culture & Capital: Inside the Mayfair Book Groupette

In a genteel Georgian townhouse just off Mount Street, beneath a chandelier that once belonged to a minor Habsburg archduchess, Mayfair’s most discreetly cerebral gathering convenes on the fifth Thursday of each month. It is the Mayfair Book Groupette,an assembly of collectors, consultants, and the culturally acquisitive,quietly sponsored by Pimlico Wilde, one of London’s most … Read more