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In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film.

Jo Dalgety

A trip into London and a visit to a unique and influential Modernist home from 1939, designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger in 1939 for himself and his family. Goldfinger planned to build three units at 1-3 Willow Road Hampstead London, causing an uproar … Continue reading In 2003, the American Film Institute declared Auric Goldfinger the 49th greatest villain in the past 100 years of film.

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Ooooh I could be in LAX right now…

Jo Dalgety

FRANCIS UPRITCHARD at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Opening Saturday 25 October 2014 Born in New Plymouth, New Zealand and based in London, Francis Upritchard creates sculptural installations featuring archetypal figures—the psychic, the African, the nincompoop—hovering in a state of uncertainty. Modeled in polymer clay, the curious figures are rendered in a slightly unnerving scale, not quite human but large enough to look you in the eye with their only partially opened eyes and blank stares. The skin is painted monochromatically or with distinct gridded patterns, the tones ranging from sickly yellow to mossy green to calming blue, as if from … Continue reading Ooooh I could be in LAX right now…

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Jake and Dinos Chapman’s new show Come and See

Jo Dalgety

My friend in London visited the Serpentine Gallery and saw ‘Fucking Hell’ by Jake and Dinos Chapman. ‘It was amazing…  so minute in detail and just tons of it and pretty crazy…’ ‘Hell’ (1999), an immense tabletop tableau, peopled with over 30,000 remodelled, 2-inch-high figures, many in Nazi uniform and performing egregious acts of cruelty. The work combined historical, religious and mythic narratives to present an apocalyptic snapshot of the twentieth-century. Tragically this work was destroyed in the MOMART fire in 2004 and the Chapmans rebuked by saying they would make another, more ambitious in scale and detail – the … Continue reading Jake and Dinos Chapman’s new show Come and See

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Nova Paul on show at Whitechapel Gallery in London

Jo Dalgety

Amy MacKinnon introduced the class to Nova Paul in our year long course at ArtStation. Nova Paul’s film ‘Pink and White Terraces’ is currently on show at Whitechapel Gallery in London. This exhibition is part of Art in the Auditorium, a collaborative project organised by the Whitechapel Gallery to provide a showcase for the work of some of the most exciting young artists working with film, video and animation today. Her film is one of two works included in the show, the other by Berlin based Charly Nijensohn’s. For more information on the exhibition see here. “Pink and White Terraces, … Continue reading Nova Paul on show at Whitechapel Gallery in London

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The UK’s Threadneedle Prize

Jo Dalgety

Work by artists shortlisted for the £25,000 Threadneedle Prize will go on display at Mall Galleries, in London, next week. This competition is a showcase for the best in contemporary painting and sculpture, open to all artists – established and emerging talent – aged 18 and over, living or working in the UK. Approximately 60 works, selected from a national open submission, will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries, London in September 2009. Two major prizes are available: The Threadneedle Prize (£25,000) and a new Emerging Artist Prize (£5,000). Each of the six runners-up for The Threadneedle Prize receive £1,000. … Continue reading The UK’s Threadneedle Prize