NEWS
Abbassy acquired by the British Museum
January 2009
The charcoal on paper drawing Unravelling by Samira Abbassy has been acquired from the Gallery by the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum.
Georgia Russell in Oklahoma
Until 4 January 2009
Georgia Russell is one of the artists included in the exhibition Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things at Price Tower Arts Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The exhibition explores the role of art in environmental awareness through ‘object reassignment’.
Liliane Lijn: Let There Be Light
November 2008
Liliane Lijn was one of the five artists (who included James Turrell and Anthony McCall) whose primary medium is light and who were featured in the BBC1 programme Let There Be Light directed by Tim Kirby. The programme was part of the Imagine series presented by Alan Yentob.
Jason Wallis-Johnson on the Moderne Calendar
The year 2009
The New York company Mrs John L Strong has a long tradition of hand-engraved stationery. Each year they produce a range of limited-edition desk calendars and, in the first of a series of collaborations with artists, they have chosen 12 of Jason Wallis-Johnson’s meticulous drawings for their 2009 Moderne Calendar.
Photographs by Jane England at Zoo Art Fair
October 2008
Ancient & Modern gallery exhibited photographs by Jane England (curator and director of England & Co) at the Zoo Art Fair, Royal Academy of Arts, London, together with works by Alan Kane, Peter Linde Busk, Matthias Dornfield, Des Hughes and Ruth Ewan.
Paule Vézelay – works and essay prize – at the Courtauld
Until mid-October 2008
A display of work by Paule Vézelay – including paintings, sculpture and works on paper – is part of the Courtauld Institute of Art’s 75th anniversary celebrations, and marks the Paule Vézelay Essay Prize and the donation of items from the artist’s library to the Courtauld Institute. The display, curated by Jane England, is installed in the exhibition space outside the main library in the East Wing of the Institute in Somerset House, Strand, London WC2.
Paule Vézelay in Poetry and Dream at Tate Modern
From October 2008
Paule Vézelay’s painting Curves & Circles (1930) is currently included in the new display Poetry and Dream: Surrealism and Beyond at Tate Modern. The large room at the heart of the display is devoted to Surrealism, while the surrounding displays look at other artists who, in different ways, have responded to or diverged from Surrealism, or explored related themes.
Eric Clapton opens Philippe Mora’s exhibition
18 September 2008
The Gallery’s new exhibition, Philippe Mora: Then and Now – Works from 1960s London to Los Angeles Today, was opened by the artist’s old friend Eric Clapton.
Clapton reminisced about their sharing a flat in the 1960s at The Pheasantry, a bohemian mansion in the King’s Road, Chelsea, saying that the movie Trouble in Molopolis, which starred many protagonists of the period, including Germaine Greer, was “the document of our time”.
It was a period when Australians seemed to be everywhere: “in fine arts, music and theatre, in conventional, avant garde and counter culture … a combined outburst of Australian creativity hitting foreign shores.” This Australian exodus included Barry Humphries, Germaine Greer, Clive James, Richard Neville, Robert Hughes, Marsha Rowe and Bruce Beresford. Press: The Age
Georgia Russell in Holland Paper Biennial 2008
Until 14 September 2008
Gallery artist Georgia Russell is currently included in the Holland Paper Biennial 2008 at the CODA Museum in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.
Albert Herbert 1925–2008
10 May 2008
England & Co is sad to announce the death of Albert Herbert. He has been associated with the Gallery since 1988—a great friend and inspiring artist who will be very much missed.
Press: The Independent and The Guardian.