After dropping off my exhibits for the Angels of the North show at Greenbelt 2011 and having a great chat with Carla Moss and Andrew Shelton about ghosts in the curtains, the practicalities of hanging and whether anyone including ourselves […]
According to the psychoanalYSL collective “Criticality’ (which is a word that doesn’t even really make grammatical sense) has become the necessary smokescreen for art’s absorption into capital” (‘The High Weiwei To Hell’ 2011) Concluding that; “Whilst the cult of Ai […]
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We’re about half-way through the community arts project now and the response has been very interesting. We have had visits from locals, parents and children of all ages since it was half term last week and a free cup of […]
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2 October 2010 – 6 March 2011
The Wallace Collection, London
14 October 2009 – 24 January 2010
Waddington Galleries, London
17 November – 11 December 2010
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
23 October 2010 – 9 January 2011
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
21 May – 30 July 2010
As I stated on Tuesday I had bought oil paint and now I have made an oil painting. This has been a desire bubbling around in my belly for a while now. It’s the reason I chose to borrow a […]
I realise I haven’t written in here for a while, I’ve been busy finalising the Synapse review, which is here: http://www.a-n.co.uk/interface/reviews/single/705500 I then intended to continue seeking funding for the LAN, and spend time on my illustration portfolio, which has […]
Regent’s Park, London
14 – 17 October 2010
A disagreement (part one) I’m living in a hostel at the moment in Firenze while I search for more permanent accommodation. I thought it would be a somewhat claustrophobic experience but I am thoroughly enjoying the influx of globetrotters, all […]
12 Visual art representatives address the damage that will be inflicted by proposed spending cuts, in a letter to the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.
Richard Taylor in conversation with Craig Hudson from University Campus Suffolk on the skills to learn, the ideas to express and how the human sculptural form embodies the materiality for both.
My partner has entered a state of emotional and physical collapse. Her joints have swelled up, and she’s spent most of her waking hours this week weeping. Is this the inevitable result of 4 years as a school counsellor? It’s […]
Pots of Liquid Flesh It was a Friday evening. Mike and Bill were playing chess and I was surfing the internet searching for images of Lucian Freud’s paintings. Suddenly I stumbled across a painting by Jenny Saville, and the hairs […]
Book review, Worcester
31 October 2008 – 15 April 2010
This month’s blog selection.
South London Gallery, Peckham
29 January – 14 March 2010
Graham Crowley is one of the most distinguished living painters in the UK today. As the deadline closes on entry to the John Moores 2010 competition, Kate Brundrett asked him for his views on the competition’s significance and for his ‘take’ on the state of contemporary art practice.
Stockholm scene(s) It’s nearly 7.30, and the end of January. Time passes very quickly. Today: I noticed that it’s three years since I started this blog. It’s been an incredible three years – in lots of ways! In the last […]
Damien Hirst’s recent self portrait as model of Picasso’s portrait in his studio wearing nothing but pants: charisma, reports of sexual energy and mystical power; a minatour in his lair George Jamesone is the first recorded artist to be painted […]
‘It is with very deep regret that the Trustees announce that KUBE will close from 31st January 2010 and Abi Kremer’s exhibition, ‘Colour & Inspiration: Paintings 1979 – 2009′, will be the last in this building’ This is the email, […]
