Spreading the tentacles of public art: Octopus by Marialuisa Tadei comes to Thomas More Square

LONDON.- Renowned international artist, Marialuisa Tadei, is now exhibiting her landmark installation Octopus at Thomas More Square, St Katherine’s Dock. Octopus featured in Art London this year and was chosen as pick of the week in Country Life Magazine, following a very favourable reception from art critics. The work seeks to bridge the gap between the material and spiritual worlds in response to the extreme consumerism of the modern world. The installation is created entirely of hand-cut coloured-glass tiles, laid as [...]

DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum to present Gary Webb’s first US museum exhibition

LINCOLN, MA.- DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum announces it will present British sculptor Gary Webb’s first US museum exhibition next summer. An exciting and established young contemporary sculptor in England, Webb is wellknown for his use, often in a single artwork, of myriad materials including steel, aluminum, glass, mirror, plastic, brass, wood, brick, spray paint, fabrics, and assorted found objects. For Gary Webb: Mister Jeans, on view May 27 through August 13, 2012, deCordova will present a survey of Webb’s recent work [...]

Artist Ted Harrison scatters 5,000 poppies under the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral

LONDON.- Over 5,000 poppies were scattered under the dome of St Paul’s in an art installation on Remembrance Day, Friday 11th November 2011. From ground level the poppies appear to have fallen randomly, but when viewed from the Whispering Gallery the poppies form an image of three child soldiers; one from the First World War and two from more recent conflicts. The 30 foot wide installation created by artist Ted Harrison highlights the involvement of children in war. Although declared illegal by the [...]

New international centre for the visual arts designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects opens in Colchester

COLCHESTER.- firstsite, a major new centre for the visual arts, designed by internationally acclaimed Rafael Viñoly Architects, opened in Colchester on Sunday 25 September 2011. firstsite is home for the work of the long established visual arts organisation of the same name. Spread over 3,200 square metres on a landmark site bounded by the original Roman wall of Colchester, and set in extensive grounds, the new building includes purpose-built gallery spaces for major international exhibitions. It also features a display space [...]

Bernhard Heiliger Award for sculpture goes to Argentina-born artist Fabián Marcaccio

BERLIN.- In 2011, the fourth Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture honors the Argentina-born artist Fabián Marcaccio. The award ceremony will be held on September 10, 2011, at the Berlin Academy of Arts at Pariser Platz. The solo exhibition on that occasion at Berlin Georg Kolbe Museum opens September 11 and runs until November 20, 2011. The exhibition will also be shown at LehmbruckMuseum Duisburg from March 15 to June 10, 2012. Created in 1999, the Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture is endowed with [...]

Internationally-Renowned Sculptor Antony Gormley Showing Two New Works in Leeds

LEEDS.- Harewood is showing two new works by internationally-renowned sculptor Antony Gormley in the Terrace Gallery until the end of October. Earlier this season Harewood focused on Adam, Sir Jacob Epstein’s masterpiece, which stands in the Hall upstairs. Epstein was a key early influence on the development of Gormley’s art. Gormley says: ‘I am delighted to have the opportunity to show two works at Harewood House, which has long been associated with Adam, Epstein’s powerful evocation of masculine yearning carved from a [...]

World’s Top Fair for Modern and Contemporary Art Suggests Boom Times Are Back

BASEL (REUTERS).- Wealthy collectors at Art Basel, the world’s top fair for modern and contemporary art, had to dig deep into their pockets this week to get hold of high-quality works, amid signs the market was returning to pre-crisis peaks. In times of low interest rates, many investors seek to diversify their portfolios, and masterpieces by 20th century artists like Picasso and Miro, or contemporary stars such as Anish Kapoor or Antony Gormley, are in high demand. Almost 300 private jets [...]

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art Honorary Patrons Scheme Launched by Bryan Ferry

GATESHEAD.- Eight of the biggest names in art and music have pledged their support for BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Antony Gormley, David Shrigley, Louise and Jane Wilson, Yoko Ono, Melvyn Bragg, Sting, Neil Tennant and Bryan Ferry have been unveiled as the first Honorary Patrons whose role will be to champion the Gateshead gallery. Legendary musician and lead singer of Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry will become the first Honorary Patron to appear at the gallery when he hosts a special [...]

New Work by Turner Prize Nominated Artist, Cornelia Parker, Loses Wing in Cuts Campaign

LONDON.- A new work by Turner Prize nominated artist, Cornelia Parker, created specially for the campaign led by artists against funding cuts, was released today. The work shows Antony Gormley’s celebrated Angel of the North with one of its wings lopped off. The caption reads: Why clip the wings of an industry that is soaring? It’s a false economy to cut the arts. Nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997, Cornelia Parker has became known for her installations and interventions, [...]

The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby’s

LONDON.- Following the announcement earlier this year of the two-day sale of The Robert Devereux Collection of Post-War British Art at Sotheby’s in London on November 3 (Sale 1) and 4 (Sales 2 and 3) , 2010, Sotheby’s presents further details of this one-off and very exciting addition to the Company’s autumn sales schedule. The single-owner sale will showcase the exceptional talent of British artists over the last 60 years, from the 1950s through to the present day. A dynamic [...]

The Turner Prize Goes to BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in 2011

LONDON.- Tate and BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art are delighted to announce that The Turner Prize will be presented at BALTIC in 2011. In 2007 the Prize was staged at Tate Liverpool as a curtain-raiser to Liverpool being European Capital of Culture in 2008. Following its success there, it has been decided that the Prize will be presented at Tate Britain and at a gallery outside London in alternate years. The first non-Tate venue outside the capital will be BALTIC [...]

Artists Protest Looming Cuts to United Kingdom Culture Budget

LONDON (AP).-Some of Britain’s best-known artists launched a campaign Friday to oppose planned government cuts that could slash arts funding by 25 percent. More than 100 artists including David Hockney, Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin say they fear deep cuts could hobble the country’s creative economy. Artists including Mark Wallinger and Jeremy Deller rallied outside London’s Tate Modern gallery as part of a campaign that includes an online petition and a video by cartoonist David Shrigley [...]

100 Life-Size Cast Iron Figures by Antony Gormley Installed by Helicopter in the Austrian Alps

LECH-OBERLECH.- On Saturday 31 July, the hundredth figure by leading British sculptor, Antony Gormley was lowered into place by helicopter to launch the artist’s unique installation, Horizon Field, in the mountains of Vorarlberg in Austria, presented in association with the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Horizon Field features 100 life-size cast iron figures installed over an area of 150 square kilometres. It is the first art project of its kind in the mountains and the largest landscape intervention in Austria to date. The [...]

Cultural Leaders in the North East Add Voice to National Debate on Funding Cuts

GATESHEAD.- Today, leaders of some of the North East’s principal, building based, arts organisations and prominent artists from the region voiced their concerns about the impact of deep or hasty cuts to the arts budget, warning that a hard won sense of place and confidence could be put at risk. Cultural venues across the North East have powerfully demonstrated that working in partnership with artists of international standing makes a tangible difference to the communities in which they work. From [...]

Multi-Part Sculptural Project by Antony Gormley at National Galleries of Scotland

EDINBURGH.- Work began in Edinburgh in April on an extraordinary multi-part sculptural project by the celebrated British artist Antony Gormley. Commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland, 6 Times will consist of six life-sized figures positioned between the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the sea. Four of the figures will be sited in the Water of Leith itself, acting as gauges for the height of the river as it swells and recedes. The figure closest to the sea, [...]

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