NEWS & EVENTS

Editorial

Works of Devotion

There are numerous outstanding devotional works to be discovered at London Art Week Winter 2020. Some were created for the intimacy of private prayer, others relate to large works intended for places of public worship. We look here at a selection of exceptional smaller pieces made for private devotion in a domestic setting that feature the iconography of mother and child, from the ecstasy surrounding the arrival of a new-born babe, to the agony of the pièta...

Editorial

10 Lessons Learned about Buying and Selling Art during a Global Pandemic

The global Covid pandemic, which gripped the world at the beginning of 2020, has without doubt had a fundamental impact not only on transaction volumes but also more widely on the way the art market operates in London and around the world.Here is our selection of 10 things we have learned in the last few months...

Editorial

FIVE FAVOURITE WORKS - CHOSEN BY THE TEAM AT HUNTERS LAW LLP

Hunters Law LLP, sponsors of London Art Week, shares its clients' passion for art, so we asked members of the team to select their own favourite works on offer at LAW Digital this winter. These are the results...

Editorial

LAW SPONSOR, TECTUS INSURANCE, SELECTS 5 OF THEIR FAVOURITE ARTWORKS

The team at Tectus Insurance, select their favourite works from London Art Week Winter 2020

Editorial

Art Against Slavery: The Captured Runaway (1856) by William Gale

Depicting an enslaved fugitive and her captor, a north American bounty-hunter, the painting by the white British artist William Gale (1823 - 1909) is a pictorial contribution to the Anti-Slavery emancipation campaign that preceded the US Civil War. At today's distance from the 1850s, it is not an easy picture to understand. One approach is to see it combining a political-moral message with the Victorian tradition of the 'problem picture' that invited viewers to decode visual clues.

EVENTS

Art History in Focus

During October 2020 London Art Week will present 'Art History in Focus', a series of themed erudite and enlightening discourses online.

EDITORIAL

The de'Medici Connection at London Art Week Digital

If you were asked to name a European Renaissance family, chances are the first name that springs to mind would be de' Medici - the banking and political dynasty so highly influential around Italy and Europe from the 15th to the 18th century...

INTERVIEW

'Our Favourite Works' - Chosen by the team at Hunters LAW LLP

Hunters Law LLP, sponsors of London Art Week, shares its clients' passion for art, so we asked members of the team to select their own favourite works on offer at LAW Digital this summer. These are the results...

EDITORIAL

Rembrandts Self Portrait

Viewing is now open and Sotheby's star lot has just arrived in London - one of the last self-portraits by Rembrandt left in private hands. It is offered as part of Sotheby's cross-category evening sale and carries an estimate of £12-16m.

EDITORIAL

Compelling Jewish paintings on view at London Art Week Digital

Menachem Wecker writes about compelling Jewish paintings on view at London Art Week Digital

INTERVIEW

The Art of Insurance

Franz Ihm of Tectus Insurance and sponsor of London Art Week shares insights into the world of art insurance.

EDITORIAL

Adam Dant, Artist and Cartographer, picks his favourite five works in London Art Week

In 2019, map-maker extraordinaire Adam Dant created a wonderful narrative street view of St. James's and Mayfair for London Art Week. This year we asked him to choose his five favourite works from LAW Digital.

EDITORIAL

Nordic Interest at London Art Week

In a troubled world, it is encouraging to notice that the global interest in Nordic art continues to develop...

EDITORIAL

Celebration of Women Artists

Women were usually restricted to showing their artistic talent in the private sphere; as a result, their names have not become well known, and it is only now that we are starting to reassess the works of these women especially from the 18th and 19th centuries. During those 200 years there was great historical change: women, and women artists, were an integral part of this period and their achievements deserve greater recognition.

Old Masters Market Report

Old Master Paintings Market Report

As an official partner of London Art Week, ArtTactic is delighted to present this special edition report providing both in-depth analysis of the Old Master Paintings Evening sales at Christie's and Sotheby's in New York earlier this year, as well as insights into the Old Master dealer market. Use this special London Art Week discount code: 'LAWEvent2020' to purchase ArtTactic's Special Edition: Old Masters Summer Report, for £45 down from £150.

LECTURE

OLD MASTERS MARKET LECTURE

This the first of Artactic's two-part online course on The Old Masters Market. For students or collectors who feel as though the Old Masters are a mystery to them, this course offers a step-by-step guide on the key market characteristics, value drivers, challenges and opportunities. The course also provides complimentary access to recent ArtTactic Old Masters Market reports and analysis.

EDITORIAL

Art as a Vaccine

A message from our sponsors. 'Covid-19 does not appear to be a great respecter of beauty but in a climate where the underfunded culture and arts sector is already under strain, art has risen through to allow us to look forward with a little optimism...'

EDITORIAL

Sitter, Painter, Viewer - the Triangle of Portraiture

It is perhaps no surprise in the current times that many of this summer's London Art Week participants have chosen to include portraits in their exhibition or theme their presentation to focus on the human face and form. Why do they value portraits so highly?  And why is portraiture as important as ever? Here we highlight many interesting portraits included in LAW Digital 2020, and our dealers share some discovery stories from their career.

EXHIBITION

The Studiolo and Domestic Spaces

This year, Georg Laue, Kunstkammer Ltd and Stuart Lochhead Sculpture are combining efforts to present a special exhibition The Studiolo: From Renaissance to Modern, while Trinity Fine Art is working with colleagues Walter Padovani and Raccanello Leprince to emulate the setting of art in a domestic space of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.

EDITORIAL

The World of Interiors

London Art Week 2020 goes Virtual. More than 50 galleries are participating, from the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the USA, and between them they highlight an extraordinary range of fine art, primarily museum-quality paintings, sculpture and drawings but also encompassing antiquities and the decorative arts.

Acquisition

Milwaukee Art Museum

Ben Elwes Fine Art is delighted to announce the acquisition of Margaret Foley's striking marble relief Portrait of Jenny Lind (1820-1887), c. 1866-69, by Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin.