LONDON.- On Tuesday 14 June 2011 the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2011 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery. In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old artist Wim Heldens, who has been exhibit…
Dutch Artist Wins BP Portrait Award 2011 for His 17th Picture of a Life-Long Model
LONDON.- On Tuesday 14 June 2011 the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2011 was announced at the National Portrait Gallery. In a record-breaking year for entries, the prestigious first prize was won by 57-year-old artist Wim Heldens, who has been exhibit…
Russell Hill Wins £5,000 Catlin Art Prize 2011
LONDON.- Russell Hill announced as overall winner of the Catlin Art Prize 2011, now celebrating its fifth year at The Tramshed, Shoreditch. To celebrate the fifth year of The Catlin Art Prize, the 2011 exhibition invited former winners and key artists …
Photographer Jim Goldberg Wins Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2011
LONDON.- Jim Goldberg (b.1953, USA) has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which marks the 15th year of the Prize and the 40th anniversary of The Photographers’ Gallery. The prize was announced on Tuesday 26 April 2011 when the broadc…
Photographer Jim Goldberg Wins Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2011
LONDON.- Jim Goldberg (b.1953, USA) has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which marks the 15th year of the Prize and the 40th anniversary of The Photographers’ Gallery. The prize was announced on Tuesday 26 April 2011 when the broadc…
Photographer Jim Goldberg Wins Deutsche Borse Photography Prize 2011
LONDON.- Jim Goldberg (b.1953, USA) has won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2011, which marks the 15th year of the Prize and the 40th anniversary of The Photographers’ Gallery. The prize was announced on Tuesday 26 April 2011 when the broadc…
Art Gallery of New South Wales Announces Ben Quilty’s Portrait Wins Archibald Prize 2011
SIDNEY.- This year, the 90th year of Archibald, there were 798 entries for Archibald, 810 for the Wynne and 633 entries for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. JF Archibald had n…
Art Gallery of New South Wales Announces Ben Quilty’s Portrait Wins Archibald Prize 2011
SIDNEY.- This year, the 90th year of Archibald, there were 798 entries for Archibald, 810 for the Wynne and 633 entries for the Sulman. The Archibald and Wynne prizes are judged by the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. JF Archibald had n…
Luigi Presicce Wins Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina’s 2011 Emerging Talents Award
FLORENCE.- Emerging Talents is a biennial project promoted by the Centre for Contemporary Culture Strozzina (CCCS), Florence , comprising an exhibition and prize which aims to identify and foster the younger generation of Italian artists, aged between …
Small Auction House Wins Major Estates
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Property from the Estate of computer billionaire Max Palevsky and works from the collection of James Byrnes, the first curator of Modern Art at LACMA, will trade hands for the first time on March 6, 2011 at the upcoming LAMA auction. …