The Art Newspaper

14 hours 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.

2 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Kabir Jhala

As the art trade continues to splinter in search of new models, two established dealers are striking out together to form a multi-pronged art business. NG, which comprises a traditional advisory based in Paris with a roving exhibition programme, as well as collection and foundation management services, has been founded by Samy Ghiyati and Nicolas Nahab, both of whom previously worked as senior directors of major commercial galleries.

3 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Melissa Gronlund

A young Armenian painter named Vosdanig Manuk Adoian emigrated to the US in 1920, fleeing from the Armenian genocide. After four years living with relatives in Massachusetts, he moved to New York and changed his name to Arshile Gorky in honour of the celebrated Russian poet Maxim Gorky. This new analysis examines Gorky’s artistic evolution against the backdrop of New York as a Modernist mecca, straddling Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism.

4 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Carlie Porterfield

The first complete set of Claude Lalanne’s beloved ‘Ginkgo’ dining suite is coming to market this month. Consisting of a dining table, six chairs, four armchairs and a bench across four lots, the distinctive shape of the fan-like leaves is believed to have been inspired by the flora surrounding Lalanne’s home in Ury, France, like the imagery of much of her whimsical work.

4 days ago | theartnewspaper.com | Philippa Kelly

At this year’s Photo London fair, which took place in the middle of last month, non-traditional approaches to photography took centre stage. While sales of black-and-white portraits by the medium’s biggest names appeared slow, gallery’s parted relatively easily with innovative, mixed media works by emerging image makers. At this year’s London Gallery Weekend, this trend looks set to continue.