A Farm in Zimbabwe by Beezy Bailey (2009). Estimate: £6,000-8,000. Photo: Africa Foundation/Sotheby’s.
Marlene Dumas, William Kentridge, David Goldblatt, Tracey Emin, Marc Quinn, Antony Gormley and Yinka Shonibare are among the artists who have donated works to Art For Africa, a unique auction presenting for the first time such a major offering of works by some of South Africa’s leading {...}

British artist Damien Hirst has turned down an offer to become a Royal Academician at the Royal Academy in London, an institution that was founded in 1768 by King George III.

The refusal was revealed by Secretary and Chief Executive Dr Charles Saumarez Smith CBE, who told the Evening Standard that he does not know the reasons of this {...}

The Fifth Curator competition is a new and unique opportunity for an aspiring curator from outside the UK to select an exhibition from the British Council Collection, which includes over 8500 key works of British art from the 20th and 21st century.

Applicants are invited to research the collection via our website and then to submit an exhibition proposal exclusively featuring collection {...}

to - 4th March 2009 9:30 - 5:00pm Sothebys, 34 - 35 New Bond Street London, W1A 2AA
Please join us at an exclusive preview exhibition at Sotheby’s, Bond Street, London, to view the works generously donated by a wide range of artists - from emerging to internationally acclaimed - for an auction to raise funds for the Contemporary {...}