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Consultancy appoints Sinta Tantra to deliver commission for 22 Bishopsgate
*Consultancy is delighted to announce the appointment of Sinta Tantra, who has been commissioned to develop a series of works for the City of London’s newest office tower, 22 Bishopsgate.
Standing at 278m, 22 is set to be the
Artist Xavier Solé Mora, new digital work inspired by Francisco Goya
The Art World View – ABCs of Cultural Placemaking:
Aspen Art Day – A Private View

Melanie Manchot named as the new Artist-in-Residence on the North West Cambridge Development

CAS Annual Award Winner Elizabeth Price’s new work opens at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Sara Barker work acquired for The Whitworth, The University of Manchester
Lost work by Paul Nash to be the centrepiece of a new exhibit at the Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
Nathaniel Mellors’ most ambitious film to date opens at the Harris Museum, Preston
Hito Steyerl film acquired for GoMA, the first work by the artist to enter a UK Collection
Contemporary British Masterpieces for our Collections: A New Scheme to Acquire Great Works
Stephen Sutcliffe and Graham Eatough Win The £40,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2015
Thomas Hutton
Thomas Hutton (b. 1983, London) is definitely one to watch. His exhibition Stone Anchor at Hunter/Whitfield in Marylebone is a brilliant opportunity to understand the potential of this artist, who first trained as an architectural historian
Ten Etchings by Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Acquired for The Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery
Natalie Dower’s ‘Red Flyer’ (1989) is Reunited with Mead Gallery, Warwick
Last year, the Contemporary Art Society acquired a significant work by Natalie Dower for the Mead Gallery, University of Warwick Art Collection. The founding collection of the University of Warwick was a group of abstract,
Momart Becomes the Inaugural Corporate Patron of the Contemporary Art Society
The Contemporary Art Society is proud to announce that Momart have become our inaugural Corporate Patron, helping us to ensure that significant works of contemporary art continue to enter public collections across the country.
Momart is a globally-respected art
Contemporary Art Society to Create Unique Immersive Artist Experiences as Fundraising Initiative
Shortlist announced for the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2015
Two Significant Films by Ben Rivers Acquired For Royal Pavilion & Museum, Brighton & Hove, and Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Major New Initiative to Support Female Artists in Public Collections Announced
The Contemporary Art Society and Valeria Napoleone, in partnership with Camden Arts Centre, will launch a major new initiative in April 2016, supporting the acquisition of significant works by female artists for UK museums and taking a lead in
Peter Davies RITES at The Approach & Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Verses After Dusk at The Serpentine Gallery
Just to mix things up a bit I am flagging not one but two shows this week. Both are painting shows and both have opened in the last few days; there are no connections between them but for
Commissioned Artworks by David Batchelor and Richard Wentworth Unveiled for the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Friday Dispatch: Roman Signer, Slow Movement, at The Curve, Barbican, London
Roman Signer is not an artist over-familiar to UK audiences: he had shows at Camden Arts Centre in 2001 and Edinburgh’s lovely Fruitmarket Gallery in 2007, but shows far more regularly in Europe. So it is very
‘CLASSICICITY: Ancient art, contemporary objects’ at Breese Little, London
Nell Allen, Edward Allington, Maggi Hambling, Richard Hawkins, Rachel Kneebone, Tory Lawrence, Sarah Lucas, Ged Quinn, Ryan M Pfeiffer + Rebecca Walz, Mary Reid Kelley and Alexandre Singh
Back in 1990, the Tate mounted an exhibition called
Over £213,500 Raised at the Contemporary Art Society Annual Fundraising Gala
25 March 2014
Last night’s Contemporary Art Society Annual Fundraising Gala has raised over £213,500 to benefit the charity’s mission to purchase new works of contemporary art for museums across the UK.
The gala, themed KALEIDOSCOPE: Colour in Motion
Maaike Schoorel, Sub-Lo, at Maureen Paley, London
20 March 2015
Let’s think about painting this week. And in particular Maaike Schoorel, whose fourth show with Maureen Paley opened a few days ago. Originally from the Netherlands, educated there and in London, Schoorel is having
Video: Conrad Shawcross Reveals the Making Process of his ‘Three Perpetual Chords’
Lucy Clout & Marianna Simnett, Jerwood/FVU Awards 2015, What Will They See of Me? at Jerwood Space, London
What Will They See Of Me? is the second iteration of the finely judged collaboration between venerable commissioning agency Film and Video Umbrella and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. The first version of this commissioning and development award
Recent Acquisition of ‘Production Line, 2015’ Breaks Boundaries in Conventional Museum Collecting
If a Circle Meets Itself at Hollybush Gardens, London
Peles Empire, Esther Ferrer, Sunil Gupta, Lubaina Himid, Fred Lonidier, Eline McGeorge, Ruth Proctor, Joachim Schmid
This is very much a last-chance-to-see call to action as the current show at Hollybush Gardens closes tomorrow, in advance of Johanna Billing
Nathaniel Mellors Wins the £40,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2014
John Hilliard, Not Black And White, at Richard Saltoun Gallery, London
This week’s Dispatch is an urgent call out to all those serious collectors of photography who have not yet seen the current exhibition at Richard Saltoun’s gallery, just an aerodynamic stone’s throw from Oxford Circus. John Hilliard
Rebecca Ackroyd, CARBURETTOR, at Kinman, London
The penultimate exhibition at Henry Kinman’s subterranean space in Curtain Road is an engaging and confident solo show by 27-year-old Rebecca Ackroyd, who is still studying for a Post-Graduate Diploma at the Royal Academy School in London. The
Yvonne Rainer at Raven Row, London
On a sultry morning I threaded my way from Liverpool Street, through the narrow alleys around Spitalfields market to the wonderful Raven Row gallery. Alex Sainsbury has established a widely admired programme here that regularly includes museum quality examinations
Les Rencontres 2014 and Vincent Van Gogh Foundation, Arles, France
Today’s dispatch comes to you from Arles, baking beneath the intense blue skies of Provence. Poised on the brink of change, this ancient walled city of pale golden stone is offering up the very last Rencontres
HOUSE at Hollybush Gardens, London
A late lunch, a quick detour to drop something at the framers, and then a solitary walk through the backstreets to Hollybush Gardens. These last days of June in London are warm and sultry; rain is coming. There is
Press Release: Contemporary Art Society plays host to three pioneering female painters
Press Release: Contemporary Art Society stages another spectacular fundraising gala
Press Release: Call for entries to Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2014
For immediate release, 27 February 2014
The Contemporary Art Society is now calling for entries to the Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2014 – a unique commissioning award in the UK.
Established in 2009 and generously supported by the
Annual Fundraiser 2014: Works by Turner Prize winners to go on sale in Contemporary Art Society gala
Press Release: Oliver Laric’s Annual Award commission launches online
Philanthropists Eric and Jean Cass receive New Year Honours
The Contemporary Art Society is delighted to congratulate Eric and Jean Cass on being awarded OBEs in the New Year Honours List. The long-time supporters of the Contemporary Art Society have each received the accolade for philanthropic service to
Press Release: Mark Wallinger to present £60,000 Contemporary Art Society Annual Award 2013
Announcement: Sir Anthony Caro (8 March 1924 – 23 October 2013)
Press Release: Conrad Shawcross named as Dulwich Park commission winner
For immediate release, 21.10.13
Last year, Southwark Council appointed the Contemporary Art Society to manage the artist commissioning process for a new artwork for Dulwich Park. Following a public consultation and deliberation by the Dulwich Park Commission Steering Group,
Press Release: Pop works from £4 million Eric & Jean Cass Gift to go on display at Contemporary Art Society (16 October – 22 November 2013)
Collectors Eric and Jean Cass recently donated over 300 important modern and contemporary artworks to the Contemporary Art Society for gifting to museums, including works by Karel Appel, Michael Craig-Martin, Barbara Hepworth, Joan Miro, Henry
Recent Gifts, Acquisitions and Bequests
Circle Hospital, Bath – new loan collection
New Appointment — Sneinton Market Nottingham

Contemporary Art Society Announces New Partnership With Becks
Ryan Gander appointed to create new public artwork for London

Media release
Award winning artist, Ryan Gander OBE, has been appointed to deliver a landmark public artwork for Elephant Park in the London Borough of Southwark, conceived and developed with the local community.
This autumn Ryan Gander started working
Heathrow Terminal 5
The Brief
Create an artwork announcing Heathrow’s new international terminal
The Response
Two iconic gateway works delivered in 2008 defining Terminal 5 as a site for international travel and
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