http://www.artrepublic.com/ Art news en-us Copyright artrepublic.com artrepublic.com v2.0 info@artrepublic.com info@artrepublic.com 40 Coinciding with the Democratic National Convention in Denver USA during August 2008 was an exhibition at the Manifest Hope Gallery, within the Andenken Gallery. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:37:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/46-shepard-fairey-and-other-artists-exhibit-images-of-barack-obama.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/46-shepard-fairey-and-other-artists-exhibit-images-of-barack-obama.html artrepublic London always features our most collectable prints. Here’s how the walls of our gallery are looking this week. If you would like to know more about any of these pieces, please call 020 7240 7909 (Mon – Sat 11am to 7pm). Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:40:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/45-a-walk-around-the-walls-of-our-london-gallery.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/45-a-walk-around-the-walls-of-our-london-gallery.html When Brighton based stencil graffiti artist Hutch approached us and asked if he could do something on the outside of our gallery we jumped at the chance. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/44-exclusive-new-hutch-prints.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/44-exclusive-new-hutch-prints.html The next two Saturday@Phillips sales will feature some of the best examples of urban street art including original works by Banksy, Falile, Belk le Rat, Bast and Beejoir. The two sales will take place in London on September 6 and in NewYork on October 25. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:35:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/43-saturdayphillips-urban-art-auction.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/43-saturdayphillips-urban-art-auction.html Last Thursday saw the highly anticipated first birthday party at artrepublic’s London space in Soho. Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:35:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/42-london-gallery-1st-birthday-party.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/42-london-gallery-1st-birthday-party.html artrepublic, purveyors of fine urban art limited edition prints with galleries in Brighton and London’s Soho, today said that buying great art means buying Bristol urban art. artrepublic helped launch the urban art scene’s most famous Bristolian, Banksy, and now they’re backing MissBugs, Xenz, Cyclops and Sweet Toof, too. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/40-from-banksy-to-missbugs-artrepublic-knows-the-trends.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/40-from-banksy-to-missbugs-artrepublic-knows-the-trends.html Beautiful Inside My Head Forever includes a whole new body of work that covers the complete range of Hirst’s output and more. The two day sale at Sotheby’s, London which will include 223 lots, is expected to realise a sum in excess of £65 million. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:42:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/37-ground-breaking-auction-of-new-works-by-damien-hirst.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/37-ground-breaking-auction-of-new-works-by-damien-hirst.html The 25th John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize showcases the best of the UK’s current and future painting talent. It is the UK’s largest contemporary painting competition with a first prize of £25,000 and total fund of over £35,000. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/36-uks-largest-contemporary-painting-prize-announces-shortlist.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/36-uks-largest-contemporary-painting-prize-announces-shortlist.html Italian Stencil artists Sten & Lex came to Brighton last week to make an exclusive limited edition silkscreen published by artrepublic and printed in the studio of our sister gallery Ink_d. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/35-new-print-release-from-sten-lex---exclusive-to-artrepublic.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/35-new-print-release-from-sten-lex---exclusive-to-artrepublic.html French graffiti artist Christian Guemy a.k.a C215 came to our Brighton gallery last week to sign an exclusive limited edition silkscreen print published in association with artrepublic. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/34-c215-comes-to-brighton.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/34-c215-comes-to-brighton.html It was a case of "credit crunch - what credit crunch?" at Christie's last week after a mystery buyer paid a whopping £41 million for a painting by Claude Monet.Obviously not everyone has that kind of cash but there is affordable art out there which could turn out to be a cracking investment.Sam Thomson reports on how savvy collectors can be laughing all the way to the Banksy. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/41-monet-talks-with-modest-art.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/41-monet-talks-with-modest-art.html artrepublic Brighton, stockists of the rarest and best in today's art scene are seeing savvy investors targeting art prints as other investment opportunities such as property become less attractive. Top of the list at the moment is the grandfather of Pop Art, Sir Peter Blake. His resurgence in popularity in recent times and the small numbers of high quality hand signed prints available has seen prices of his limited edition prints soar from a few hundred pounds into the thousands in a matter of months. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:22:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/33-rare-peter-blake-prints-being-snapped-up-at-artrepublic.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/33-rare-peter-blake-prints-being-snapped-up-at-artrepublic.html In association with artrepublic and ink_d the Brighton Fringe arts production will host ‘The Gig Poster Explosion’ an exhibition of screen printed gig posters. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:16:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/30-the-gig-poster-explosion-exhibition.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/30-the-gig-poster-explosion-exhibition.html The highlight of the forthcoming Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Evening Sale will be and early masterpiece by Jean-Michel Basquiat entitled Untitled (Pecho/Oreja) which comes from the joint collection of Irish rock band U2. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/32-u2-to-sell-basquiat-masterpiece-at-sothebys-sale.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/32-u2-to-sell-basquiat-masterpiece-at-sothebys-sale.html artrepublic is excited to announce that one of our favourite female artists, Anna Kyriacou, won first place in the 2008 Brighton Fringe Festival Visual Arts Prize for ‘A Thin Line Between Love and Hate’. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:38:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/31-anna-kyriacou-wins-visual-arts-prize.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/31-anna-kyriacou-wins-visual-arts-prize.html Dreweatts is holding its inaugural Urban Art Sale on Tuesday 17 June offering the broadest spectrum of street artists ever available at a single auction. It is the first mainstream auctioneer outside London to hold a dedicated sale of Urban Art. Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:46:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/29-urban-art-sale---dreweatts.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/29-urban-art-sale---dreweatts.html We’ve managed to get hold of an amazing piece by the D’n’B DJ turned Bond Villain and massively popular urban artist Goldie! “Pump Doll” is an edition of just 40 and is screenprinted onto aluminium then hand-finished meaning no two are the same. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/28-pump-doll-on-aluminium.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/28-pump-doll-on-aluminium.html Anyone who knows their stuff about street art will hold the Parisian graffiti artist, Blek le Rat in the highest regard. Born in 1951 in Paris, he is considered by many to be the grandmaster, the creator ‘absolu’ of stencil graffiti as we know it today. Thu, 29 May 2008 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/26-blek-le-rat-loved-by-banksy-and-featured-at-artrepublic.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/26-blek-le-rat-loved-by-banksy-and-featured-at-artrepublic.html The iconic river façade of Tate Modern has been transformed by the work of six internationally acclaimed artists, whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment. Tue, 20 May 2008 13:50:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/25-street-art-at-tate-modern.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/25-street-art-at-tate-modern.html Robert Rauschenberg Pop Art pioneer, whose wide-ranging work time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, sadly died on 12th May, aged 82, at his home in Captiva Island, Florida. artrepublic reflects on the life of this innovative artist. Wed, 14 May 2008 10:14:00 +0000 http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/24-robert-rauschenberg-obituary.html http://www.artrepublic.com/articles/24-robert-rauschenberg-obituary.html