Author: jaywp

  • Closing in — comme ça, comme çi…

    Not Charles Saatchi but Frank Cohen – Who? Frank Cohen is, in fact, the major North of England collector who may yet rival Saatchi. Cohen owns works by Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, and the painter Gary Hume, mostly lodged in…

  • Agnelli collection goes to final home

    Before his death from cancer earlier this year at the age of 81, Gianni Agnelli had seen to fruition the donation of his collection for permanent display in Turin. The venue is a 13 million building by Renzo Piano. The…

  • How cities renew, rebuild & remember

    Perhaps it was just a little ironic that, at a time when the bombing of Baghdad was in the offing, a conference should be held in The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland on Sense & the City. Addressed by speakers representing Glasgow,…

  • Botticelli worth £10 million found in vaults at National Gallery

    After lying unidentified for more than 150 years in the vaults of the National Gallery in London, a masterpiece by Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli has been identified. If it were put up for auction, it is estimated it would…

  • Giorgio De Chirico and the Myth of Ariadne

    Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London 22 January-13 April 2003

  • Zeroing Ground Zero

    In early March, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation will publicly announce the winner of the two finalists shortlisted to provide designs for the reconstruction of the 11 million square feet of office space destroyed on 11 September 2001.

  • New acquisition: Quattro Stagioni by Cy Twombly, Tate Modern, London

    American artist Cy Twombly has four tall canvases on exhibition at the Tate Modern. ‘Quattro Stagioni’ (Four Seasons), a painting in four parts, was executed during the period 1993-94. The Edinburgh exhibition was the first solo exhibition in Scotland. The…

  • David Hockney: Painting on Paper

    Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 17 January-1 March 2003.

  • Titian: a must

    The Titian exhibition opening at the National Gallery, London (19 February through 18 May 2003) promises to be a unique experience unlikely to be repeated in decades. Tiziano Vecellio was born before the end of the 15th century, grew up…

  • Saatchi Gallery

    Cameras stand in keen anticipation around County Hall, London, for the planned April opening of the re-located Saatchi Gallery. Here, Nigella will soon be heard and young British artists (YBAs) will rise again, cloning a second generation, escaping the Turner…