Pop art comes to Swindon

Swindon is about to get its taste of “affordable art” as Swindon’s local auctioneers, Kidson-Trigg at Highworth, are holding an unusual auction on Tuesday. This 300 lot picture auction is a dispersal sale of C20th, Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Art from Jarvis Hotels Ltd. […] There is an opportunity to view the sale this Sunday … Read more

Banksy is going underground with tunnel art exhibition

Banksy and friends are transforming a London railway tunnel into an art exhibition. An excerpt from the article: From tomorrow, however, when the tunnel opens to the public, the graffiti are expected to attract thousands, because they represent the largest exhibition by Banksy, a determinedly anonymous British graffiti artist. He has gathered 40 of the … Read more

Banksy, Hirst Art Stirs Up Hong Kong as Three Collectors Put Works on Sale

Advertisements for prostitutes inscribed on walls in the ancient European cities of Ephesus and Pompeii show that graffiti has been with us since antiquity. It wasn’t until the 1980s that these informal public declarations were elevated from vandalism to art, as works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring entered the galleries. Now the irreverent art … Read more