Jo Lawson-Tancred

London

European News Reporter at Artnet

Art Writer, Critic, and Journalist at Freelance

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Art Dubai Is Betting Big on Digital. Will Other Art Fairs Follow Suit?

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

Art Dubai became the first major art fair to launch a new section dedicated to digital art in 2022, an innovation that has inspired similar initiatives at Paris Photo, since 2023, and Art SG, which launched its Digital Spotlight earlier this year. But, as the world slowly catches up, the success of Art Dubai Digital is causing some to wonder what’s next for the digital art market. Will it always be a separate entity with a distinct collector base or could it one day make it onto the main stage?
Vatican Brings Catalan Architect Antoni Gaudí One Step Closer to Sainthood

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

He designed the most famous modernist place of worship and his frequent use of religious imagery has seen him dubbed “God’s architect,” but is Antoni Gaudí worthy of becoming a saint? Best known for his magnificent basilica, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, the Catalan visionary has just been recognized for his “heroic virtues” by Pope Francis.
After More Than 500 Years, Leonardo da Vinci Is Still Breaking News

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

It’s no mean feat to be history’s most famous polymath, but Leonardo da Vinci surely takes the title. Though he is best known for his talents as a painter, he was also an engineer, architect, and an inquisitive scientist whose notebooks reveal an avid interest in anatomy, astronomy, botany, and cartography.
Canada's First Black Woman Artist Is Celebrated in a Landmark Museum Show | Artnet News

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

In her lifetime, Edith Hester MacDonald-Brown showed her paintings to friends and family but had little opportunity to share her talents with the wider world. Some 70 years after her death, however, she is finally being recognized for her achievements as possibly Canada’s first Black woman artist.
Rare Artwork by Emily Brontë Scooped at Auction by Museum

1 week ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

An exceedingly rare painting by the English author Emily Brontë has been scooped at auction by the Brontë Parsonage Museum, which occupies her former home. The whimsical portrait of a woman with dark, wind-swept hair who is encircled by a loose, bright blue cloak inspired a bidding war when it was offered by Forum Auctions on March 27. It sold to the museum for a hammer price of £32,000 ($42,000), trouncing its high presale estimate of £20,000 ($26,000).
David Hockney Makes His Biggest Splash Yet in Major Retrospective

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

At 87, David Hockney is not merely still working—he’s blazing full steam ahead. The largest exhibition ever dedicated to the beloved British painter has just opened at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, tracing his astonishing 70-year career across more than 400 works.
Major Botticelli, O’Keeffe, and Rothko Paintings to Tour 10 U.S. States

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. announced today that it will lend major works from its collection to 10 regional museums across the country in 2025 and 2026 as part of a new initiative marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. “Across the Nation” will feature loans of masterpieces by artists including Botticelli, Warhol, Rothko, O’Keeffe, and Renoir.
An Art Lover’s Dream? A Luxury Sleepover at London’s National Gallery Is Up for Grabs

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

Ever see a museum masterpiece and wish you could hang it on you bedroom wall? Well, the National Gallery in London is giving one lucky art lover the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sleep beside the artistic greats with an unprecedented prize draw to celebrate the reopening of its newly redesigned Sainsbury Wing and the debut of a momentous rehang.
505 Years After His Death, Raphael Still Stuns the Art World

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

When it comes to the Renaissance greats, Raphael surely needs no introduction. His huge impact on the course of Western art is well-known thanks to his membership, alongside Leonardo and Michelangelo, of the ultimate trio that ruled the art scene of 16th-century Florence. Today marks 505 years since the Old Master died on April 6, 1520.
3 Historical Treasures Rescued From London’s River Thames

2 weeks ago | news.artnet.com | Jo Lawson-Tancred

As successive generations of Londoners have lived in the city over thousands of years, their everyday lives have generated plenty of objects, whether cherished belongings or detritus. Some of these items have inevitably ended up in the river Thames. Luckily for history buffs, every day the river offers up a trove of surprising treasures from the past, which are found and recovered by a dedicated group of people known as mudlarks.