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40th Anniversary Feature

40 Years 40 Artists: George Shaw

by Louisa Buck

George Shaw remembers the excitement and optimism of graduating in the late 1990s and considers “the role of an artist as a truth teller”.

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A Q&A with… George Shaw, painter

by Fisun Guner

Best known for his paintings using Humbrol enamel, George Shaw’s new show is the culmination of a two-year residency at the National Gallery. Fisun Guner finds out how he has responded to the gallery’s collection and gets some tips on how to rejuvenate the Turner Prize.

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40th Anniversary Feature

40 years of supporting artists

by a-n 40

Our 40th Anniversary programme includes a new series of Artists Newsletter publications and interviews with leading artists.

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Now Showing #299: The week’s top exhibitions

by Jack Hutchinson

A selection of recommended shows, including: Eileen Simpson and Ben White’s Open Music Archive at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, plus a celebration of the past 50 years of black creativity in Britain at Somerset House, London.

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Pictures of… Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2019

by Jack Hutchinson

The biennial exhibition features more than 200 new and recent works on paper by international artists, with all works set to go on sale from 11 March in an online auction to raise funds for Drawing Room’s exhibition, learning and publishing programme.

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Now Showing #279: The week’s top exhibitions

by Jack Hutchinson

A selection of the week’s best shows, including: George Shaw’s early inspiration revealed at the Paul Mellon Centre, London; the opening group show at a brand-new Middlesbrough art space; and Julie Mehretu’s drawings and monotypes at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.

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Blog Post

transformation – oak tree to sphere

by felicity Parkin-Bell

I work in the De La Warr Pavilion galleries as an invigilator and during my shifts I have time to reflect on the work around me and naturally I drift into how it influences my own work. This is valuable […]

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Contemporary Painting

by Robert Warne

One of the first things we did when starting the BA in Fine art was to look through the book Vitamin P which has an introduction by the American art critic Barry Schwabsky who has some very interesting things to […]

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RSA New Contemporaries award winners announced

by Jack Hutchinson

22 awards totalling over £40,000 have been presented at the opening of the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition in Edinburgh, which showcases works by 2016 graduates form art and architecture schools in Scotland.

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A Q&A with… Holly Hendry, sculptor and rising star

by Anneka French

Having graduated from the Royal College of Art last year, London-based artist Holly Hendry has won numerous awards and just opened her first solo show in a UK public gallery at Baltic, Gateshead. Anneka French talks to her about her whirlwind career so far.

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A Q&A with… David Brian Smith, painter

by Jack Hutchinson

The Shropshire-born artist grew up on a farm, with his childhood experiences influencing everything from the content to the materials of his paintings. Here he discusses the continuing importance of painting and his latest body of work, currently on show at the Saatchi Gallery’s ‘Painters’ Painters’ exhibition.

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