Anna Brady

2 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady

The Chinese art collector and philanthropist Yan Du will open a new non-profit space dedicated to showing the work of Asian artists in London’s Bloomsbury this October. Housed within an expansive Grade I-listed townhouse on Bedford Square, Yan Du Projects (YDP) will host a series of exhibitions, site-specific commissions and public events, alongside artist residencies.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady

For years, she was best known as Mrs Eric Ravilious. But recently Tirzah Garwood has been recognised as a multi-talented artist and designer in her own right. The first major retrospective of her work, Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious at Dulwich Picture Gallery (until 26 May), has awoken many to her versatility, showing 80 of her oil paintings and pencil sketches, wood engravings, experimental marbled papers and paper collage dioramas.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady |Scott Reyburn

Christie’s is to sell a view of Venice by Canaletto which was once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, in its Old Masters evening sale on 1 July. It is estimated to make in excess of £20m. Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day (1731-32) was last sold at the Paris auction house Ader Tajan in 1993, the first time it had appeared at auction in over 250 years.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anna Brady

Sotheby’s will sell work from the collections of two well-known dealers—Barbara Gladstone, who died last year at the age of 89, and Daniella Luxembourg—in New York this month. Gladstone, born in 1935, started her own gallery in 1980, aged 40 and twice divorced with three sons. She grew it to represent more than 70 artists and estates by the time of her death, with six premises across New York, Brussels, Los Angeles and Seoul.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Georgina Adam |Rahel Aima |Anna Brady

A new fund managed by Art Dubai and overseen by the UAE government aims to boost the Emirate’s presence in the global art market by offering homegrown galleries a cash incentive to participate in international art fairs. The new International Art Fairs Grant was launched earlier this year by the government’s Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Under the scheme, eligible galleries in Dubai can apply for the grant to support up to 50% of stand costs at an international art fair.