The artist and performer tore up cultural hierarchies not just as a form of political activism but as a way of making sense ...

UBS is integrating thousands of Credit Suisse paintings, sculptures, posters and model ships. ‘There’s still art that will be found somewhere, in a closet in Shanghai or something.’ ...

BlackBook Presents, in collaboration with UNESCO's GEM Report is thrilled to announce Mother Nature in the Bardo: an art exhibition and book exploring the impact between art, culture, and the ...

Tate Modern celebrates the provocative and boundary-pushing career of Leigh Bowery - one of the most fearless and original artists of the 20th century. It opened on 27 February and will close on 31 ...

No, I am not putting Picasso in this category of violent dictators. In fact, he depicted the Spanish dictator as a crazed, ...

A Sanctuary Between Japan and AmericaMiyoko Ito’s work traverses the divide between past and present, and between one country and another.

Sotheby's CEO Charlie Stewart said the result was "good for London." "This evening's tone felt different, it was positive," he said.

One fateful evening in February, 1990, Leigh Bowery — the fashion designer, performance artist, king of London nightlife and all-round arch provocateur (who would detest such categorisation; “if you ...

For over a decade, Leigh Bowery was an unmissable presence in London’s queer underground. Instantly recognizable thanks to his outlandish costumes and heavy make-up – which went way beyond drag, or ...

Tate Modern’s latest exhibition is celebrating the outrageous genius of Leigh Bowery - artist, fashion designer, clubland icon and muse to Lucian Freud. JFK assassination files released by ...

There are several works on show by Lucian Freud, who painted Bowery and his friend the writer Sue Tilley. Freud continued to paint Bowery up until his death, and this friendship helped push the latter ...

Along with much of the art world, my obsession with psychoanalysis was also recently reignited. I was listening to Jamieson Webster on Freud at the same time Freddie and I were having these ...