Art World Feels Money Crunch

It was all very hunky dory until the shadow fell. As they say what goes up, also comes down. The global financial crisis has now really hit home. The art market is wilting, like flowers left out in the sun too long. Bad news from the recent auctions of Christies and Sotheby’s has added to the gloom here.

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Painting with Acrylics

While oil paint and watercolours have been around for centuries, acrylic paint is a relatively new medium, being invented in the 20th century. It is a product of the plastics industry: pigment is suspended in a synthetic resin which is emulsified in water.

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Paula Lundy at the Lloyd Gill Gallery

Paula Lundy has a growing reputation for her bold and exciting use of metals which gives her work real impact. This forthcoming exhibition will showcase her very uniqe style and atract the attention of a wide audience.

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Magritte - 110th Birthday

René François Ghislain Magritte (Born 21 November 1898) was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well-known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images.

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In And Out Of Love With Damien Hirst

I wanted to be stopped and no one stopped me. I wanted to find out where the boundaries were. So I’ve found that there aren’t any.” Damien Hirst might have declared as much after Sotheby’s announced the results of its auction “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever” last month. But he actually voiced this thought 12 years ago when he was already somewhat bewildered by the Midas touch bestowed upon him by his fame. For all the risk-averse repetition in his recent art, Hirst is a daredevil when it comes to business strategy and public statement. On Channel 4 News in the week leading up to the Sotheby’s sale, Hirst lamented ironically, “All my heroes never sold out.” Indeed, as the ringleader of an art movement characterised by its youth, Hirst faces all the problems of an aging rock star, avoiding overblown parodies of his early work and sidestepping the critics who only respect the tunes he sang before he went electric.

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The 10th Turnip

THIS year marks the 10th anniversary of possibly the most effortless art competition in Somerset - The Turnip Prize. Since it was first created in Wedmore in 1999, following a conversation between regulars at the George Hotel, the competition has attracted national media attention and many entries of completely rubbish art.

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How To Promote Your Art

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Hirst Will Go To Auction!

Damien Hirst’s diamond-encrusted skull, For the Love of God, will be sold at auction if it does not find a buyer, according to the artist.

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Sixties Photography

It was the decade that moved on from the austerity of post-war Britain and embraced youth with its flirty fashion, revolutionary designers, edgy photographers and quirky models.

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Rolf Harris Re-Records No1

Rolf Harris has re-recorded his 1969 number one Two Little Boys with a Welsh male voice choir to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. But the song has roots stretching back to Nelson’s death.

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