Scream Gallery Presents a Christmas Exhibition with a Seasonal Sprinkling of Diamond Dust

LONDON.- The Scream Gallery presents a Christmas exhibition with a seasonal sprinkling of diamond dust featuring; Peter Blake, Gavin Turk, James Unsworth, Andy Warhol and Russell Young. ‘Diamonds are Forever’ features some of the most memorable images and iconic figures of recent history, captured Ad Infinitum as silkscreen prints. The exhibition features the Love series produced by The Godfather of British Pop Art, Peter Blake, who shot to fame in the 1960’s as a figurehead of Pop Art in the [...]

The Year of the Rabbit: From Dali to Marilyn Monroe, Playboy Sells Art at Christie’s

NEW YORK (AP).- A Dali watercolor of a reclining nude that hung in Hugh Hefner’s bedroom was among 125 artworks Playboy magazine offered at Christie’s on Wednesday. It was one of 11 works chosen for “The Playmate as Fine Art” pictorial for the magazine’s January 1967 Playmate review issue that asked artists to create Playmate-inspired art. The nude sold for $266,500, above its presale estimate of $100,000 to $150,000, to an anonymous buyer. This picture provided by Christie’s shows a [...]

Serena Morton and Raye Cosbert Open New Gallery in London

LONDON.- Contemporary art specialist Serena Morton and music manager/promoter Raye Cosbert have joined forces in a unique art venture, Morton Metropolis, which opens to the public in London’s West End on February 10th 2010. The combination of Morton and Cosbert’s expertise within the visual arts and music sectors brings a new dimension to the contemporary art market, for artists and buyers alike. Nurturing of talent and the subsequent promotion of it, a hallmark of Cosbert’s experience thus far, combined with [...]