Sarah Pickstone: “I’m a very intuitive artist.”
We talk to John Moores Painting Prize 2012 winner Sarah Pickstone, the prize’s patron Peter Blake, and judge George Shaw.
We talk to John Moores Painting Prize 2012 winner Sarah Pickstone, the prize’s patron Peter Blake, and judge George Shaw.
Sarah Pickstone is announced First Prize winner of John Moores Painting Prize 2012.
Attending a fine art exhibition like ‘Nothing Like Something Happens Anywhere’ (6 July – 2 September 2012) at Chapter Gallery, Cardiff, Wales is enough to make an abstract artist alternate their previous style, from violent brushstrokes to calming detail; from […]
The five prize-winning artists for the John Moores Painting Prize 2012 have been announced, ahead of the exhibition’s opening in September as part of the Liverpool Biennial.
Shortlist of UK’s ‘most prestigious’ painting prize announced today.
The Baltic, Gateshead
1 January – 29 February 2012
Registration is now closed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2012 and the judging process is underway.
Artists talking blogger Kate Murdoch had a previous career in Social Services before becoming an artist. But rather than take the ‘safe’ path through art education she decided to go it alone. In this interview she talks to Andrew Bryant, editor of Artists talking, about this and other issues.
DEMOLITION AND THE TURNER PRIZE Two things happened this last sunday. Firstly I went down to the quayside to document the on-going destruction of the Spillers building. It has taken them a surprising amount of time to drag this building […]
Highlighting just some of the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season.
Turner Contemporary, Margate
17 September 2011 – 8 January 2012
Ross: Richard and I have been talking about this project for a few months now and slowly things are begining to take shape. When I recieve his work in the post and install it in an abndoned house it will […]
Shortlisted artists announced.
Organised by Hayward Touring Exhibitions, the British Art Show takes place every five years and tours to four different cities across the UK.
Various venues, Swansea.
There are now over 200 contemporary art biennials across the globe, compared with four or five or twenty years ago.
Tricycle Gallery, London
12 September 7 October
Temporary studios can be a useful option for creating project-specific work.
A new commission from Julian Opie has launched redevelopment of the West Wing at Barts as a national Breast Care Centre of Excellence. Architects Greenhill Jenner’s proposal will create a contemporary, state-of-the-art medical facility with strong ‘patient appeal’ whilst celebrating […]
Milton Keynes Gallery 12 July – 1 September
Judith Winter gains an insight into high-rise living through ten artists’ work-in-progress.
What better symbol for a dysfunctional city than the lonely green of George Shaw’s deserted urban playing field? ‘Scenes from The Passion: The Goal Mouth’ is conversely so irreligious and dispassionate, painted in flat characterless enamel that the title can […]