6Th May 2012: Who's Made A Score This Week?

Probably the most prestigious fine art prize inwards the Great Britain is the Turner Prize.  It's also peradventure the fine art prize which comes inwards for the most flak.  The Washington Post describes it as

Britain's most influential in addition to most-mocked fine art award

although the Tate describes it thus

The prize is non intended to respect an artist’s lifetime achievements. The aim is to celebrate younger talent in addition to to focus attending on novel developments inwards the visual arts.

The winner of the Turner Prize gets £25,000 amongst £5,000 going to each of the other shortlisted artists. To live eligible for this year's prize, an creative soul must live British, under 50 in addition to have got had an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their operate - inwards the visual arts - inwards the twelve months prior to 24 Apr 2012.

It gets national press coverage in addition to the winners oftentimes move on to acquire household names.   Past winners include for example: dry soil artist Richard Long (1989); sculptor Rachel Whiteread (1993); sculptor Antony Gormley (1994); atelier artiste Damien Hirst (1995); ceramics creative soul in addition to printmaker Grayson Perry inwards 2007.   I forget the balance - they aren't memorable.

Those selected for the shortlist of nominated artists tin forcefulness out generate a fair chip of disputation - in addition to some have got been stimulated to create an artistic reply - from the Stuckist demonstration inwards 2000 to Banksy's Mind the Crap stencilled onto the steps of the Tate inwards 2002.  Artists are also made fun of in addition to lampooned inwards the national press.

Paul Noble Public Toilet, 1999 
Copyright Paul Noble / Gagosian, London

This twelvemonth the nominated artists are:

• Spartacus Chetwynd - described as "a maverick performer-cum-sculptor" - which agency she is a surgical procedure creative soul amongst an invented name.  Nominated for her solo exhibition Odd Man Out at Sadie Coles HQ, London.  Apparently she....

creates carnivalesque performances in addition to sculptural installations, involving handmade costumes in addition to sets.

• Luke Fowler - a film-maker - for his solo exhibition in addition to film exploring the life in addition to operate of Scottish psychiatrist, R. D. Laing at Inverleith House, Edinburgh.  (Aren't at that topographic point cinema prizes for this variety of thing?)
• Paul Noble is a human being who is a fine draftsman who creates intricate drawings.  The nomination is for his solo exhibition Welcome to Nobson at Gagosian Gallery, London where his exhibition was introduced thus....

Noble’s intricate graphite drawings depict Nobson Newtown, a identify composed of labyrinthine edifices in addition to deserted topography embedded amongst modules of dense detail. Employing cavalier projection—a cartographical method characterized past times a high viewpoint—Noble meticulously delineates a wealth of elaborate architecture in addition to opened upwards urban spaces.

• Elizabeth Price For her solo exhibition at BALTIC, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.  You tin forcefulness out read the description of what she does past times clicking the link.

It all seems to me to live rather a lot of operate virtually imagination in addition to fantasy amongst to a greater extent than than a chip of cinema in addition to drama - although the jurors are desperate to assert it's non a curated exhibition.  However I can't say that the descriptions of what they do brand me desire to move in addition to regard whatsoever of their work.  While I'm certain they have got their ain fans, if this is a representation of the best of contemporary British fine art in addition to then I actually do wonder if the fine art economic scheme mightiness live completely downwards the toilet.  Or maybe I'm simply a chip besides pedantic expecting it to live virtually fine art (as opposed to "visual arts" inwards all its ambiguity)

I actually do wonder at times whether at that topographic point needs to live a improve Definition of "visual arts" or whether the "powers that be" are simply happy to blur the boundaries amongst the house in addition to cinema worlds.  For illustration if house in addition to cinema are OK, in addition to then why non architecture in addition to fashion in addition to contemporary industrial design?

Others commented every bit follows

• Bryony Quinn (It's Nice That) took A quick, questioning aspect at the Turner Prize nominees announced today
• Terry Wogan (Yes really!) inwards The Telegraph commented that The Turner Prize is a funny old game
• Adrian Searle (Guardian) thinks it's a skilful shortlist Turner prize shortlist 2012: non simply a uncomplicated instance of Nobson's choice- but in addition to then I rarely grip really much amongst what he has to say
• while Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• The History in addition to Story of Unison Colour is virtually the history behind the evolution of unison pastels - which is the most pop soft pastel. Many cheers to Astrid Volquardsen (pastellbilder blog) for alerting me to the video of Kate Hersey delivering the keynote speech communication at finally year's Ninth Convention of International Association of Pastel Societies inwards Albuquerque inwards June 2011.  

Painting in addition to Plein Air

• Stapleton Kearns has a serial of ideas virtually prototype plein air - all are worth reviewing
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 1 - When you lot start a prototype outside, the greatest predictor of success is previsualization.
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 2 - thumbnail things for a twelvemonth or 2 - you'll acquire a lot
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 3 - brand haste slowly
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 4 - command your pixel size
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 5 - plot your large abstract pattern in addition to impose the drawing from nature on that
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 6 - you lot tin forcefulness out operate exterior longer on a prototype than most people think
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Plein Air Idea 7 - Lights in addition to Darks
• Jan Blencowe (Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• The Poetic Landscape) writes virtually Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Change is skilful for an artist

Sculpture

• This is a video of the giant meccano exercise otherwise known as Constructing Anish Kapoor's Orbit: time-lapse film.  Plus this is an article which tells the storey of how it came virtually - Anish Kapoor's Orbit tower: the woman raise of all helter-skelters.  I tried taking a photograph of it this calendar week land on the way to the supermarket - but I recall I require to exercise in addition to observe the best spot.

Art Business & Marketing

• Forbes says it knows who are the Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• What is the get-go mensuration to acquire my artworks shown inwards a gallery?
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Who is Responsible for Damage to Work On Consignment?

Many makers grip on to the fantasy that a gallery volition sell all their operate so they tin forcefulness out dedicate their fourth dimension to making work. The reality is that those days are gone forever

Art Collectors in addition to Art Economy

• Yesterday I wrote virtually the sale finally calendar week of Edvard Munch's The Scream - The Scream - the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at Auction.  
• The novelty for me is that a pastel drawing straightaway holds this record!  Who says pastel is never taken seriously?
• Joanne Mattera (Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• That $120 Million
• The Guardian had an article virtually the Top 10 most expensive plant of fine art sold at auction - inwards pictures
• The value of Lucian Freud's estate has been published - but non the details of who gets what (other than that David Dawson inherits the house where Freud had his studio in addition to a considerable sum). It would seem if you lot exit the Estate to your Executors you lot don't require to tell the reason who gets what.  The value of the estate is £96 million - the largest total always for the estate of a British artist.

Art Competitions

• See the tidings at the hand of this post re the proclamation of the Turner Prize shortlist - each of whom straightaway knows they volition have at to the lowest degree £5,000

Art Exhibitions

• Lucian Freud Portraits has broken the tape for visitors to paying exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery.  More than 175,000 have got been to regard it since it opened 3 months ago.  There are extended hours to allow to a greater extent than people to persuasion the exhibition inwards the finally month.  It closes on May 26th.

Art Society Exhibitions

• The 121st Annual Exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters opened finally calendar week at the Mall Galleries in addition to continues until 18th May.  
• On Wed I wrote Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Antony Williams wins Ondaatje Prize 2012.  
• As green the Private View was packed - every bit per usual!  
• I was really happy to regard upwards amongst in addition to have got luncheon with Sophie Ploeg (Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Royal Society of Portrait Painters
• I have got to a greater extent than posts to come upwards this calendar week virtually the exhibition which I highly recommend - this twelvemonth it's at to the lowest degree every bit skilful every bit the BP Portrait.  I can't assistance thinking that the digital entry has helped improve the character of the content of the opened upwards entry.  
• To grade the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen's accession to the throne, this twelvemonth at that topographic point is also a mini exhibition of studies in addition to drawings used to assistance create portraits of the Queen.

Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Private View

Art Galleries in addition to Museums

• The Tate has a novel website - presumably inwards anticipation of its novel extension at Tate Modern in addition to the hoards which volition live visiting London (and Tate Modern in addition to Tate Britain) this year.  I'll write to a greater extent than virtually it presently - at that topographic point are some aspects which are worth noting.  Suffice to say it had me going circular in addition to circular inwards circles this morning.  Not to the lowest degree because it seems to have got consigned the whole of the history of the Turner Prize to the digital waste matter bin!  It's a chip much when you lot have got to consult Wikipedia to acquire the listing of artists who have got won the Turner Prize.
• Jonathan Jones (Jonathan Jones on Art Blog) lays into the Tate Tate Great Britain treats our national fine art collection similar its individual plaything - in addition to I'm correct behind him inwards his condemnation of the curatorial decisions virtually what fine art is on display.   Tate Great Britain is supposted to be 'the abode of British fine art from 1500 to the nowadays day'.  

Tate is the custodian of a national collection of British fine art since 1500, whether it wants to live or not. The unique breadth of the Tate collection of British fine art makes it a primal historical resource.

Art Education

Tips in addition to Techniques

• Two dozen tips for painterly happiness in addition to success past times Robert Genn (The Painter's Keys)
• Richard McKinley (Pastel Pointers) continues amongst his tips on The Two T’s of Painting | Theory in addition to Technique, Part 3 | Points of Interest

Workshops

• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• The History in addition to Story of Unison Colour also highlights the Workshops straightaway beingness run past times Unison Pastels 

I made this!

Art Studio

• Not just virtually a studio - to a greater extent than virtually my efforts to observe a abode for a huge number of fine art books which have got been sitting inwards stacks everywhere around my abode for far besides long.  Hence a trip to IKEA in addition to the next 2 posts on Making a Mark reviews...... - in addition to and then the photograph of simply a minor percent of the books - straightaway amongst a novel home
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Hemnes Bookcase x four for "The Art Library" #1
• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite
Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!
Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 



Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday




Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Hemnes Bookcase x four for "The Art Library" #2 - RESULT!

Opinion Polls

• Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• POLL: How long do you lot pass looking at a prototype you lot like? is attracting a skilful reply - regard the correct manus column
Prior to that I provided the results of the Apr Making H5N1 Mark Opinion Poll Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Artists - Are you lot an introvert or an extrovert? - inwards Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

Coloured pencils in addition to pastels

• Artists are Introverts! Discuss...

Techies

• I am intensely irritated past times a novel fob past times Blogger.  Every fourth dimension I insert a link the post straightaway jumps to the hand of the post.  The "intensely irritated" feeling comes later on trying to write a post similar this - in addition to whatsoever post inwards which I link to a lot of artist's websites!  Has anybody else noticed this problem?
• Tina Mammoser (Erotic Egg Whisks, Maoists in addition to Fecal People: It Must Be The Turner Prize
• This is the number of the Guardian Poll about Who should win the Turner prize 2012? - so on that footing Paul Noble is the hot favourite

Work past times the shortlisted artists volition live shown inwards an exhibition at Tate Great Britain opening on 2 Oct 2012. The winner volition live announced at Tate Great Britain on Mon 3 Dec 2010 during a alive broadcast past times Channel 4

Artists, Art Blogs & Articles

I've been good in addition to genuinely clobbered timewise this calendar week past times efforts to reorganise my abode amongst a persuasion to moving to the country.  Everything is taking so much longer than anticipated.  So this is going to live a brusk post this week.



Botanical Art

• I went to pick upwards my botanical fine art drawing from the exhibition - alone to observe it had been sold.  We concluded at that topographic point must have got been a mishap virtually informing me.  Unencumbered past times a slice of art, I sat inwards St James Park in addition to sketched in addition to and then went in addition to saw Lucian Freud Portraits again!

Drawing in addition to Sketching

• Google celebrated the 54th birthday of the belatedly Keith Haring on fourth May This is the Keith Haring Google doodle on May 4th.  Keith Haring died inwards 1990 at the historic menstruum of 31 of AIDS-related complications.  Click the link below the prototype to regard what data Google published.  See also the Guardian article Google Doodle celebrates Keith Haring's pop art 

Google Doodle celebrating Keith Haring's 54th birthday

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• News Blast: Changing Blog Format for Accessibility

This is from an e-mail from Google Analytics in addition to illustrates how fine art organisations tin forcefulness out do goodness from using Google Analytics

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) Masters the Art of Metrics. After installing Google Analytics in addition to using Event Tracking for audio/video content SFMOMA could clearly regard what content users liked best. Then they were able to brand improvements to their website based on these insights to hold users coming back. Learn More

and finally......

Celebrity fine art is a funny thing.

• ArtInfo had an article about 30 Superstar Celebrity Art Collectors in addition to the Art They Love, From Bowie's Balthus to Brangelina's Bansky
• Ever wondered what variety of fine art David Bowie produces?  This is the David Bowie Art website.  Apparently Bowie collects Old Masters in addition to 20th-Century British art.

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