Glad to be grey Apr 23, 2008
The work of others, such as Frank Auerbach, Nash or Bryan Wynter, is emotionally linked to specific British places, Camden, Dymchurch and Cornwall, and I can think of no eye more British than that of Martin Parr. In response, I offer an ethnographic artefact, a voodoo relic of a once huge empire encrusted with a boiled-down essence of itself in the form of tourist tat. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
A collector's item: art dealer's 125m gift to the nation is ... Feb 29, 2008
In the years following the opening of his Dering Street gallery, he staged a glittering series of seminal shows for artists including Lucian Freud, Gilbert e, Eduardo Paolozzi and Frank Auerbach. In 2002 he announced his retirement and shut his gallery, sparking rumours of a huge philanthropic gesture. (Independent)
AUCTIONS: At Christie's Post-War and Contemporary sale, 3 world records, but danger looms Feb 9, 2008
Of late, Frank Auerbach, the British school artist who integrated the legacy of Pre-World War I German Expressionism, had been doing very well. This did not prevent a small portrait painted in 1970, "Head of J.Y.M." from going down unwanted. (International Herald Tribune)
Letter: Dismay at British Council art cuts Jan 12, 2008
Anthony Abrahams, Shazeela Alim, Sam Bakkabulindi, Dr Wendy Baron OBE, Emmanuel Basaza, Lewis Biggs Director, Liverpool Biennial, Sir Peter Blake, Quentin Blake, Iwona Blazwick Director, Whitechapel Art Gallery, OBE, Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton, Ralph Brown, Jon Buck, Louisa Buck The Art Newspaper, Anthony Bukenya, David Bwambale, Richard Calvocoressi Director, Henry Moore Foundation, Jeffrey Camp RA, Sir Anthony Caro OM CBE, Eva Chadwick, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Sarah Jane Checkland, Emma... (Guardian Unlimited)
Personal gallery from Kitaj's kitchen wall goes on sale Dec 21, 2007
Work by artist and friends including Hockney, Freud and Auerbach at auction. Maev KennedyFriday December 21, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Been and Gone Nov 3, 2007
He had come to this country in the 1950s to study art and became part of a group of artists which included Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Frank Auerbach, whom he called the School of London. But when he put on a major show at the Tate in 1994, the reviewers were so brutal that he more or less accused them of murdering his wife, who became ill during the exhibition. (BBC News -- UK)
Hirst now most expensive living artist Jun 23, 2007
6-million, also set a series of records for artists including Henri Matisse, Tracey Emin and Frank Auerbach. Matisse's Danseuse dans le fauteuil, sol en damier sold for 11-million toward the higher end of its presale estimate of 8-12-million raising the record price by just under 1-million. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
News in brief May 16, 2007
The architect was devastated by the controversy, but said: "Wren was put on half pay and sacked before he finished St Paul's." Sir Colin donated to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester 20th century works by artists such as Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Peter Blake, who were also friends. Maev Kennedy. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Portrait of Jeffrey Bernard's brother to set Freud record May 5, 2007
The two men met on the Soho scene and Bernard began socialising with the key affiliates of the "School of London" artists, a circle which included Frank Auerbach and Francis Bacon ... They include Francis Bacon's Two Men Working in a Field, completed in 1971 and expected to fetch up to 7m, and Frank Auerbach's Tree in Mornington Crescent, from 1991, which is expected to sell for 1. (Independent)
Emin tops artistic bill in Venice May 2, 2007
Past British winners also include Anish Kapoor, Richard Hamilton and Frank Auerbach. Sarah Gillet, the British Council's visual arts manager, added: "The kaleidoscope of artistic talent exhibiting across four pavilions at this year's Biennale reveals the UK's true spirit and creativity. We hope that there's something new here for everyone to discover as they wander the city.". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
