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Exhibition notes

How to Own
a Hirst

Affordable Art Fair 'Inspiration' page

At auction this year alone, Damien Hirst's sculpture of a large glass and stainless steel cabinet containing coloured plasters and painted pills sold for nearly $6m; one spot painting went for some $876k and another for c$607k.  Would you like to own a work by Damien Hirst? Well, for a fraction of the price, you can. (Read more)

October 2017
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Loraine Rutt 'Landmarks' exhibition booklet

Over the raised areas, exaggerated to illustrate the natural topography, the beautiful porcelain globes are hand-painted and hand-scribed with the continents, major rivers and lines of longitude and latitude; encased in hand-turned oak their celestial interiors depict Northern and Southern Hemisphere constellations. (Read more)

March 2017
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DegreeArt 'Artists of the Future' exhibition panel and booklet

The digital age has had a profound effect on the contemporary art world.  For the artists, this includes being able to source information, imagery and inspiration from vast repositories; it allows them to work with different and new materials; it’s reflected in the way they produce their work and what the finished piece might look like; and it provides a platform for them to share their work on a global scale. (Read more)

February 2017
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