The official message from London Art Fair, perhaps unsurprisingly, was one of strong sales and large numbers of collectors in attendance. Director Jonathan Burton emphasized that the Fair had fulfilled its remit, offering ‘a welcoming environment for buyers wanting to pick up the very finest in Modern British work as well as cutting-edge contemporary practice.’ […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Between 1933 and 1945, whether for religious, political or artistic reasons, over 300 painters, sculptors and graphic artists emigrated to Britain. Modern British Art has certainly been all the richer for their contribution to the post-war British art scene, and the Lund Humphries list features monographs on a number of émigré artists, including Josef Herman, Abram Games […]
Over 25,000 people braved the snow last week to visit London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Outside the Fair, Lucy Myers, Lund Humphries’ Managing Director, helped to brighten things up, the orange of her umbrella echoing that of James Capper’s Tread Pad. Indoors, meanwhile, our Richard-Woods-designed stand proved another attention-grabber. Passers-by were captivated […]
The London Underground celebrates its 150th birthday this year. Here in the Lund Humphries office in Clerkenwell, close to historic Farringdon station and the route of the world’s first underground train journey in January 1863, we’re getting quite excited. We’re not just interested in public transport: we’re also keen on all the visual material commissioned by the […]
Time Out Magazine has selected our stand, designed by British artist Richard Woods, as one of their six London Art Fair highlights!
This is the first post in our ‘Spotlight on Collections’ series, which aims to draw attention to the Modern British art held in the collections of museums and galleries around the UK. Do let us know if there’s an institution whose collection you’d like us to cover in a future post. Next month I’ll be […]
British artist Richard Woods (b.1966) is Lund Humphries’ artist of the week: as I write, he is installing his specially designed panels on our stand at London Art Fair, and we understand that his work will be featured in Time Out’s preview of the Fair tomorrow. On Wednesday 16th January at 5pm the artist will […]
This year sees a number of museums and galleries in the UK and further afield stage exhibitions dedicated to Modern British artists. Highlights include: The Scottish Colourist Series: S. J. Peploe at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh (until 26 June); two simultaneous exhibitions on Lynn Chadwick at the Blackwell Arts and […]
To celebrate 150 years London Underground Lund Humphries will be giving away a copy of London Underground Maps, a beautiful, coffee-table book providing a chronological and fully illustrated account of mapping the London Underground since 1863. To enter the competition please email info@lundhumphries.com with “London Underground Competition” in the subject line. The winner will be […]
New openings this month include Amongst Heroes: The Artist in Working Cornwall at Two Temple Place in London (26 January – 14 April 2013) and New Glass: Ancient Skill, Contemporary Artform at the Blackwell Arts and Craft House in Windermere (31 January – 12 May 2013). Amongst Heroes is the latest in a series of […]
Modern British Artists 