Alex Katz at Turner Contemporary
Alex Katz: Give Me Tomorrow 6 October 2012 – 13 January 2013 This autumn, the remarkable work of one of America’s most important and respected living artists comes to Margate. Alex Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1927 and his prolific career spans an incredible six decades. This major exhibition at Turner Contemporary brings together a selection of Katz’s works from the 1950s to now, including paintings, collages and a 3D...
Tall ships and a short skirt – the maritime paintings of Jack Spurling
“Jack Spurling was the pilot who sailed many a pretty clipper ship through memory straits and anchored her again before the eyes of those who knew her best and loved her most.” – from the Sydney Morning Herald of 30 September 1933: obituary of Jack Spurling written by “Redgum”. Born John Robert Charles Spurling on […]Tall ships and a short skirt – the maritime paintings of Jack Spurling is a post from: Tony McGregor Tony...
IMMA goes to the National Concert Hall
The closing of almost all IMMA’s Kilmainham doors for refurbishment has left a bit of a gaping hole in Dublin’s … Continue reading → Totally Dublin » Exhibition Previews
Munch Paintings To Exhibit At Tate Modern
With the sale of The Scream in New York earlier this year, the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch has received an immense amount of press in the UK. On Thursday, Tate Modern in London opens a major exhibition – Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye – featuring over sixty carefully-selected paintings and fifty photographs, alongside his lesser-known filmic work. These reveal Munch’s interest in current affairs and how his...
40th Olympia Fine Art And Antiques Fair
The 40th Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair started on the morning of June 7th with queues that went along the side of the impressive exhibition hall up to the Hammersmith Road. The fair, which is London’s most established fair, featured more than 200 exhibitors and saw 6,768 visitors through the doors on the first day. The final visitor numbers were 32,272. A 32-piece toilet service, which sold in the region of...