Tracey Emin is probably the marmite of the art world. Everyone has an opinion about her and her work and whether that be good or bad, it cannot be denied that she is arguably the most famous female living British artist. Emin’s current show at White Cube focuses on the female nude, a subject that […]
Read MoreI currently work across the road from the White Cube on Bermondsey Street at another museum and am often interacting with visitors from the gallery. Most of these visitors come to us enthralled by the current Gilbert and George show at White Cube. However, when I explain to you now that the show is full […]
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Andreas Gursky is most famous for having taken the most expensive photograph to ever be sold at auction. This was his Rhein II which sold for $4.3 million in 2011. His photographs are nearly always enormous and either crowded with figures or completely vacuous. Now a selection of works, old and new are on display […]
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Over 150 images spanning the last 40 years are currently adorning the White Cube’s walls. These prints comprise huge portraits which stare out at you. They are hyper-real, lifelike and unidealised. They are so realistic they look like photographs. But they aren’t. Portrait artist Chuck Close suffered a spinal aneurysm in 1988 yet looking at […]
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A string of headlines can be found covering the walls of all three locations of the White Cube Gallery in London. These posters, entitled The London Pictures are the work of the infamous duo Gilbert and George and are comprised of 292 images. The London Pictures are the largest series of work by the artists’ […]
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