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Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair Events programme – All events are free of charge unless otherwise stated, pre-booking for all events is advised.
Dealer as decorator – antiques in the contemporary home Friday 8 June, 2.30pm – 3.30pm France & England: a series of lectures offered by L’Institut d’Etudes Supérieures des Arts Friday 8 June 1.00pm – 2.00pm Lecture 1 – French design and its influence in England 1600-1900 3.45pm – 4.45pm Lecture 2 – Aestheticism and Art […]
The USA arrives at Masterpiece like never before in 2012
It has been highlighted by the Masterpiece Organisers that sixteen leading galleries from the United States have signed on to exhibit at this summer’s fair. Last year we found Kentshire, Michele Beiny, Les Enluminures, Safani Gallery, Elle Shushan, Tambaran Gallery, A La Vielle Russie and The Silver Fund at the UK’s premier Art, Antiques and Design event. They […]
Question of the week – The London Summer season of shows
We finally start of our lovely series of ‘the weekly question’. We would love your participation. Please just click on the title, or the image, to answer the question (we have even suggested some answers to make it more bearable)
Antiquity – The Easter Island Heads have Bodies…
Rano Raraku quarry (Figure 1), within which 95% of the over 1,000 Easter Island stone statues was carved, is a massive crater of consolidated volcanic ash surrounding an interior, reed-filled lake (Figure 2). About half of the total number of statues recorded to date is still within the quarry zone. Some 150 statues stand upright […]
GAIL GREEN – MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING : THE PHYSICS OF SPACE
You know the old saying, “what isn’t said is sometimes more important than what is.” In architecture a balance of perfection is achieved through the expression of volume and void, the unspoken part of the equation. That is, the space itself is the void, with the walls and physical structure, the mass. We all talk […]
Lennox and Sue Cato – The Jubilee Years 12th & 13th May 2012 – A round up from Edenbridge Galleries
The Edenbridge Galleries enjoyed a very successful ‘Jubilee Years’ Open Weekend recently with some excellent sales and a very positive response to the rolling talks presented by seven of the specialists within the ten strong collective. The talks added a new dimension to the annual spring event with many visitors staying for a whole day […]
Tracey Emin ‘nervous’ as new exhibition opens in Margate
BBC News Kent You can take the girl out of Margate but you can’t take Margate out of the girl,” the acclaimed artist Tracey Emin famously uttered. She spent her childhood in the Kent seaside resort, with the town providing inspiration for many of her later artworks. Two years ago, the former Turner Prize nominee […]
Gagosian Gallery to unveil special project at Masterpiece 2012
The internationally renowned Gagosian Gallery will take part at the fair for the first time with a special project. The addition of Gagosian further underlines Masterpiece London’s essential position on the international stage that presents the best of the best from around the world. Philip Hewat-Jaboor says, “We are delighted that Gagosian Gallery has chosen […]
Clinton Howell – Thinking
My son recently sent me a book by Edward Luce entitled, “Time to Start Thinking”. It is about the US government and its dysfunction and it is scary. Luce is the bureau chief from the “Financial Times” in London and his view point is non-partisan. He sees too many duplicative committees, too much money, too […]
May 31, 2012 by Editors
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