Exhibition blues

I never realised, before taking up art seriously, just how stressful exhibiting can be. The situation is probably different if you are fairly well up the “tree” of prestige and success, when a great deal of the strain of getting work before the public is carried by the gallery which represents you. If you are … Read more

There is “open”, and then there is “open”

I’m back in Bradford after my participation in the Great Sheffield Art Show. Events of this kind always leave me reflecting, and this has been no exception. As we drove back this evening I was thinking about the differences between the several exhibitions in which I have participated over the years that all described themselves … Read more