Amah-Rose Abrams

1 week ago | wallpaper.com | Amah-Rose Abrams

Amoako Boafo’s rise to art stardom is known for its meteoric swiftness that, unlike many before him, turned from a high-risk boom to a steady career. The art fair and auction headlines of 2019 and 2020 have evolved into an internationally touring museum show ‘Soul of Black Folks’, receiving worldwide acclaim and representation by one of the world’s most powerful galleries Gagosian, alongside Mariane Ibrahim.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Annabel Keenan |Anny Shaw |Amah-Rose Abrams |Tom Seymour

The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) in New Haven, Connecticut, holds the largest collection of British art outside the UK. After a two-year closure amid a $16.5m project to conserve its Modernist Louis Kahn-designed building, the YCBA is ready to reopen on 29 March. Marking the occasion, the museum presents two exhibitions by influential British artists with ties to the seaside town of Margate: J.M.W. Turner and Tracey Emin.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Joe Ware |Hannah May Kilroy |Maev Kennedy |Amah-Rose Abrams

The announcement that a mysterious portrait may be the only depiction of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey created during her lifetime overlooks research undertaken nearly 20 years ago, an art historian has said. This follows the painting going on display at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire after English Heritage published analysis claiming to shed fresh light on its sitter and curious backstory.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anny Shaw |Gareth Harris |Amah-Rose Abrams

Eye of the Collector, a boutique art fair that was due to hold its fifth edition in London in September, has been “put on pause” due to “changing collector demographics, market dynamics and rising costs”, says its founder Nazy Vassegh. “There’s a new world order, the economic landscape is massively changing worldwide and that impacts all of us,” she says, adding that rising costs have become prohibitive.

1 month ago | wallpaper.com | Amah-Rose Abrams

‘Leigh Bowery!’ at Tate Modern is a groundbreaking show for a number of reasons. Through the lens of the legendary performance artist, muse and designer (1961-1994), we see the emergence and impact of a small but mighty subculture that left an impression on the UK cultural landscape, still in evidence today. Fergus Greer, Leigh Bowery Session 7, Look 37 June 1994 ©Fergus Greer. Courtesy of the Michael Hoppen Gallery(Image credit: ©Fergus Greer.