I generally like to upload at least one new blog post per week. However, dissertation deadlines, exams and a student budget have kept me away from galleries during the past week. However, that was never going to stop me from churning out an art related piece for all of my readers. I was struggling to […]
Last night, on my way to dinner at eat Tokyo I walked past a building which had #bigswiningovaries written across the windows. My initial thoughts were ‘what an unusual name for a fertility clinic’, and immediately went to eat my meal. After finishing my veggie curry, I walked past again and saw a tapestry of […]
Until Tuesday only, the date set for the upcoming Surrealist Art Sale at Sotheby’s, the London auction house is hosting a ‘surrealist afternoon tea’ which I was lucky enough to attend this afternoon. On the menu were earl grey cupcakes iced with dali’s clocks, scones with goats cheese and chilli jam and marshmallow clouds. The […]
For this weekend only there is a rare opportunity for Londoners to view The Scream at Sotheby’s Auction House on Bond Street. The masterpiece is expected to fetch up to $80m (£50m) when it goes on auction in New York next month, the highest ever pre-sale estimate on a work of art. Today I was […]
I thought I’d take a quick moment to briefly talk about the treasures that can be uncovered on a quick visit to one of London’s reputable and distinguished auction houses. It is little talked about what can be found at such places as many believe that such venues are only open to the wealthy art […]