Two rare and newly discovered portraits painted by legendary Irish painter, Francis Bacon, will be up for auction at Sotheby's in London. The expected price for these paintings are £30 million. These paintings, Self Portrait and the triptych Three Studies for Self-Portraits, were sold directly from the Marlborough Fine Art soon after painted in 1975 & 1980. In 2007, a…
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The anticipated Amy Winehouse documentary, self-titled AMY, will premiere in the UK this summer. Directed by Asif Kapida, who also directed Senna, this film is also making its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. This documentary is to portray the life of the late singer, who died in 2011 of alcohol poisoning at the young…
“I’m a perfectionist,” says British singer-songwriter Delilah. “I’ve grown to accept my perfectionism, but it’s something that makes everyone around me wacko.” The Paris-born Delilah has been perfecting her style since an early age, writing her first song at twelve and signing with Atlantic Records at seventeen. In the three years she spent writing and…
Mark Hogancamp: The Women of Marwencol Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY November 7th - December 12th, 2014 Marwencol didn't begin as an art piece, or something made to exhibit. It really began with Mark Hogancamp getting beaten almost to death by five men outside a bar. It took Mark more than 40 days…
“It’s the triumph of fake fur … because fake fur changed so much and became so great now that you can hardly see a difference.” —Karl Lagerfeld on his Paris Fashion Week show for Chanel F/W 2010/2011 With a rising trend of consumers accepting, and in some cases even preferring vegan leather or pleather, there’s…
Travis Jeppesen will be doing a reading of his book, 16 Sculptures in London's Wilkinson Gallery on July 19th at 6pm. The book, which is a collection of Jeppesen's writings for the Whitney Biennial 2014, will be available to purchase at the gallery following the reading. "Depriving us of our usual faculties for experiencing works…
“Don’t let the bastards get you down.” These fighting words, passed from mother to daughter, were surely echoing in Kate Nash’s head the day she decided to quit her job at a Portuguese chicken fast food restaurant and pursue music full-time. After being rejected from university and suffering a fall which left her with a…
The Untitled Magazine asked legendary musician Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran to shoot rising UK pop star Charli XCX for The Music Issue 6. The 20-year-old, English-born singer-songwriter Charli XCX has achieved musical notoriety far beyond her age. The music bug hit her early on. “I used to try and form bands in the playground…
NICHOLAS BYRNE - ROLEPLAY EXHIBITION RUNS 26 JANUARY – 23 FEBRUARY 2013 Vilma Gold 6 Minerva Street London E2 9EH www.VilmaGold.com Vilma Gold are pleased to announce a second solo exhibition by British artist Nicholas Byrne. Jonathan Swift’s 1732 Direction to Servants’ is a sarcastic handbook of manners. The book sets out guidelines for servants…
LONDON ART FAIR 2013 The 25th edition of London Art Fair took place from 16-20 January 2013. London Art Fair is UK's largest fair of Modern British and contemporary art. A total of about 23,500 people attended the event over its duration. Displaying a wide array of mostly UK artists, as well as up-and-coming galleries…
Lehmann Maupin Gallery announced Tracey Emin's appointment as Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her contributions to the visual arts. The prestigious appointment comes on the heels of two significant solo exhibitions presented in the United Kingdom and her participation in the preparation for the 2012 London Games. In May…
JIM SHAW RETROSPECTIVE AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART OPEN TO THE PUBLIC NOVEMBER 9 - FEBRUARY 17 GATESHEAD, NE8 3BA, UK Los Angeles-based Jim Shaw is one of America’s most important and prolific contemporary artists. Part of a ground-breaking group including Mike Kelley, John Miller and Tony Oursler that graduated from California Institute of…