Arts

They are the masks of life and death, ”explains Nicholas Cullinan, director of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), pointing to the frozen features of John Keats and William Blake but …

During his lifetime, German artist Egon Altdorf kept a low profile. “My father was very reluctant to sell his work,” says his son, Dorian Crone. “He never had a dealer …

Elena Filipovic has been appointed director of the Kunstmuseum Basel, replacing Josef Helfenstein who was appointed in 2016. She will take up her post in June next year, setting the …

The arts journal expands its international network with the launch of a Turkish edition in September. The new publication is owned by Ali Güreli, the founder of Contemporary Istanbul, the …

As her new BBC series Africa Rising takes Afua Hirsch to Morocco, Nigeria and South Africa, we talk to her about the artists and art scenes she has encountered and …

A family of popular life-size sheep sculptures by Francois-Xavier Lalanne featured seven figures at Bonhams New York during the auction house’s Modern Decorative Art and Design sale on Thursday (June …

20 years ago, on an ordinary Sunday, Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell visited a local antique mall where they had been many times before. While browsing, Treadwell spotted a box …

Spiegler the gin launcher Former Art Basel chief Marc Spiegler is making his presence felt in Basel this week with appearances around Messeplatz and other hotspots, including the Basel Social …

While the city’s powerhouses for Art Basel are still vying to hold court at the five-star Les Trois Rois hotel, across the river a cooler crowd gathers at the Basel …

After launching at Art Basel in Miami Beach and later in Hong Kong, Kabinett – an initiative that sees selected galleries hold small themed presentations in their booths – has …