Jack Vettriano and Sir Jackie Stewart have collaborated on a triptych of paintings that will be unveiled this week by Prince Albert of Monaco. Called Tension, Timing and Triumph, Monaco 1971, the three paintings tell the story of Sir Jackie’s third victory at Monaco in 1971. Jack Vettriano and Sir Jackie will be in Monaco … Read more
London’s top attractions were outperformed by a distinctly down-at-heel venue. A temporary exhibition in an unlovely London tunnel described by one art critic, Shirley Dent, as “Piss Alleyâ€. During the Bank Holiday weekend, 9,500 people a day descended on Leake Street, near Waterloo Station, to see the Cans Festival, the subculture blockbuster of graffiti art … Read more
The secondary art market is booming despite all the troubles of the credit crunch Sotheby’s spring contemporary art auction on Wednesday evening was the most lucrative auction in the company’s history, blowing past the high end of Sotheby’s estimate with sales totaling $362 million, including a record $86.3 million for a 1976 Francis Bacon triptych … Read more
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The Glasgow International Festival has re-launched itself in a blaze of glory.It ran April 11–27, Gi has evolved from an annual to a biennial event with a more ambitious international program, featuring exhibitions, performances, concerts, and talks in both traditional venues and an array of abandoned buildings around the city that even Glaswegians barely seemed … Read more
Graffiti artist Banksy has found a new way to present his work – an abandoned Eurostar tunnel at Waterloo station. The reclusive painter converted a half-mile stretch of the tunnel in Leake Street, Waterloo, into a gallery for his and 29 other artists’ works. Get more Banksy news in our free newsletter or subscribe to … Read more
A decorated panel set a world record for the sale of a Scottish artwork. The White Rose and the Red Rose, by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, wife of celebrated Glasgow designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh , was sold at auction for £1.7m. Another panel by the same artist, The Heart of the Rose, was also sold in … Read more
A portrait of the late internationally acclaimed poet Sorley Maclean, a key figure in the Sabhal Mor Ostaig centre’s early years, has been donated to the college on Skye by Lord Gus Macdonald and accepted by its board of directors. Peter Howson is best known for his distinctive figurative paintings of the Bosnian war and … Read more
Inspired by the art of Jack Vettriano , 68 year old pensioner Frank Spruce has entered a national competition to create a painting in the artist’s unique style. He saw the competition to seek out an painter in the style of Jack Vettriano in a newspaper Spruce was so thrilled when he heard that Vettriano … Read more
Jack Vettriano’s portrait of Zara Phillips is titled The Olympian. Vettriano revelaed the portarit to phillips on the Sport Poraits on BBC1 last night . Th Vettriano’s obvious relief , zara liked the painting . The pressure was on vettriano and he looked a worried man until Phillips gave it the OK . The painting … Read more