Anny Shaw

3 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anny Shaw

In December 1985, at a time when a punk spirit percolated through the cultural scene in London, Victoria Miro decided to open a gallery on Cork Street—then the epicentre of the conservative European art world. Earlier that year, the Mayfair thoroughfare had come under attack from The Grey Organisation. Members of the punk artist collective, established in 1983, threw grey paint over the gallery windows in the dead of night. Their beef? The snobbery of the art establishment. Miro was unperturbed.

4 weeks ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anny Shaw

Banksy seems to be getting more philosophical in his middle age. His latest work, posted to his 13.2m followers on Instagram yesterday after a six-month hiatus, depicts a black lighthouse with the words “I want to be what you saw in me” stencilled over it. The outline of the lighthouse appears to have been formed by the shadow cast by a nearby bollard in the street, which also resembles a person.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anny Shaw

The future of Arusha Gallery, which opened in Edinburgh in 2013 and in London in 2023, hangs in the balance as ten artists speak out over missing or delayed payments amounting to nearly half a million pounds. At least one exhibition due to be held at the gallery this summer has been cancelled. In a joint statement sent to The Art Newspaper the artists said they have faced “extreme difficulty obtaining payment for sold work—often waiting months or even years to receive funds owed”.

1 month ago | artnewspaper.fr | Anny Shaw

Deux des principaux responsables de la maison de ventes aux enchères Phillips quittent la société et le secteur des ventes aux enchères. Certains initiés qualifient ces deux départs de changement tectonique pour le marché. Cheyenne Westphal, qui a occupé le poste de présidente mondiale de Phillips pendant huit ans, quitte l’entreprise pour entamer un « nouveau chapitre » en travaillant directement avec des collectionneurs privés et des artistes.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | Anny Shaw

Two of Phillips auction house’s top dealmakers are to step down and leave the auction industry in what some trade insiders are calling a tectonic shift in the market. Cheyenne Westphal, who has held the position of global chairwoman at Phillips for eight years, is leaving to pursue a “new chapter” working directly with private collectors and artists.