A Homeless Man, A Woman Reluctant To Be Painted By Her Son And A ‘Fabulous Fashionista’… 25th Anniversary BP Portrait Award Shortlist

Three artists have been short-listed for the twenty-fifth anniversary BP Portrait Award 2014 at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Their sitters are a homeless man in Germany who earns money by cleaning car windscreens, an American woman who was reluctant to sit for a portrait painted by her son, and the Bath-based grandmother and model […]

Saatchi Gallery and ABSOLUT VODKA announce Studio Fund and new commissions by New Sensations artists

Absolut have partnered with the Saatchi Gallery on this year’s New Sensations exhibition which includes work by the most imaginative and talented artists graduating in the UK. For the second year in a row, Absolut have created a Studio Fund to help one of the shortlisted artists win a prize to fund a studio for […]

Serpentine Gallery’s Park Nights 2013

Serpentine Gallery presents Park Nights, a series of performances, film screenings and talks which take place on selected Friday evenings this summer in the acclaimed Serpentine Pavilion 2013, designed by architect Sou Fujimoto. Park Nights 2013 is sponsored by COS. Adam Phillips in conversation with Paul Holdengräber Friday 26 July, 8pm, Serpentine Pavilion A conversation […]

Matthew Williamson Partners With Scream To Present ‘Hand To Earth’ Exhibition

Scream gallery and British fashion designer Matthew Williamson will present a two-person exhibition ‘Hand to Earth‘ featuring Caroline Jane Harris (UK) and Shane McAdams (USA). Both artists experiment with unusual mediums – paper, ball-point pen ink, resin – taking nature and landscapes as a starting point but with different results. Matthew Williamson was inspired by McAdamʼs work, specifically […]