Art & Collecting
Really Annoying Phrases
The second cartoon in Anthony's new series: we want to hear your really annoying phrases too.
Friezing already
Frieze is the starting pistol for the art world's runners. The interesting question is whether it is a sprint, a marathon or an aesthete's Supermarket Sweep.
We're here, we're queer...
and we've got something to cheer. Gay Icons at the National Portrait Gallery is a cause of joy - and queries.
Creative Debt
After the sexual shenanigans of the 20th century’s great authors — from Graham Greene to Martin Amis — books appeared on the subject of the creative debt literature owes to adultery; now, with financial shenanigans at the front of our minds, it is entirely appropriate that books acknowledge the creative debt literature owes to debt.
Bonhams Talks Straight
To Bonhams on Bond Street this morning for a refreshing breakfast - and I don't just mean the orange juice.
Perpetual Patronage
It seems like only yesterday that Hedgehog was sitting in the VIP lounges at Design Miami/Basel and Art Basel (held in Basel, as opposed to Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach, which are held in Miami), observing the art world's patrons.
Post-Money-Sexy
As the art market catches up with financial markets, boom is turning to bust and contemporary is starting to look like history, says Ivan Lindsay
Couture Shock
Anthony Haden-Guest assesses the artistic legacy of Yves Saint-Laurent and recalls his first meeting with the couturier after his audacious 1971 ‘porno’ show
Singapore Slings Tax
With the opening of the Singapore FreePort - Ron Arad's design was previewed at Art Basel - Anthony Haden-Guest sees the possibilities of stashing your valuables in the Far East
Art Basel
Messe 2
Basel, Switzerland
10th-14th June
Some of my personal favourites from the show; nothing too avant-garde - it frightens the horses, you know. Artists include Warhol, Lichtenstein, Doig, Kippenberger, Gursky and Polidori.
Unbillable Hours
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Spear's Wire
The Hedgehog
Spear's Spiky Undercover Agent Dishes the Gossip
