via Journal Live DAVID WHETSTONE, Arts & Entertainment Editor, on a year of financial cuts and artistic triumphs CUTS, cuts, cuts… the key word of 2011 wormed its way into every facet of North East life, including the arts. The funding landscape changed dramatically because Arts Council England, in common with other quangos, was given [...]
The Daily Mail’s coverage of The Turner Prize is almost an event in itself and this year their article’s headline epitomises everything I find fun about their coverage. It typifies how tabloidesque newspapers sell articles on contemporary art to their centre-right conservative readership. Here are of some highlight quotes and comments from this years articles: Who could [...]
A fun satirical film from 1961 with Tony Hancock playing a London office clerk who decides to give up his job to pursue a career as an avant garde artist. Artdesigncafe have quite an indepth review of the film here. Purchase the DVD from Amazon.
Thursday 8 December 12:30-1:30pm Simon Le Ruez will be in conversation in the gallery with Katharine Welsh, Assistant Curator at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, on Thursday 8 December, 12:30-1:30pm, to discuss the work in his current solo exhibition at Vane. Admission to the talk is free but booking is required. Please contact the gallery on 0191 [...]
(or two old men trying to be relevant)
