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Nancy Fouts show extended until end of July. A must see. 52 Oakley Square, NW1
Archives: Posted: Dec 2008
Happy Christmas
It's been a tumultuous second half of the year for most of us. As the World's economy collapsed in the Autumn initial signs that the art market may remain protected soon evaporated as the recession inevitably took it's toll and sales for high-end contemporary art fell from their lofty......

Posted: Dec 22 2008 | More...

Three By Three
Three By Three is an exhibition held in Yinka Shonibare's new space at Sunbury House, 1 Andrews Road, London. Utillsing an old office space just off Broadway Market as a temporary gallery until it is redeveloped, presumably sometime in the near future, the show managed to embrace the freedom......

Posted: Dec 19 2008 | More...

Hunter S Thompson Documentary
Another good documentary to see over Christmas, when for galleries all is calm, all is closed: 'Gonzo: The life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson' has been well hyped, almost as well as the journalistic style itself, but is well worth a look. Director Alex Gibney has a......

Posted: Dec 17 2008 | More...

"My main advice is to support those that you feel are geniuses"
Raconteur has produced a great section in the Times today entitled Investing in Art. Its well worth a read, not just because we are in it, but for the level of writers and interviewees they have assembled. More than anything it offers perspective positive guidance in an investment market......

Posted: Dec 16 2008 | More...

Wilkinson lights up The Economist Plaza
'The Economist' and 'contemporary art' may seem worlds apart, but the magazine's plaza provides a great venue for just that. The space has been given over to The Contemporary Art Society for over a decade now, creating the only outdoor public exhibition space in Central London with a continuous......

Posted: Dec 12 2008 | More...

Keith Tyson Art Giveaway
Were you one of the lucky ones to get hold of a Keith Tyson print at midday today? Turner Prize winning artist Keith Tyson today gave away a free downloadable print of his work to the first 5,000 people to log onto his website after 12.00pm. An interesting idea from......

Posted: Dec 10 2008 | More...

Martina Lindqvist
Jerwood Photography Prize winner Martina Lindqvist has just joined mururART and will be up on the site as the new 'artist of the week' this coming Friday. We are hugely excited about this recent graduate from the University of Westminster. She received First Class Honours from her degree and......

Posted: Dec 08 2008 | More...

Waltz with Bashir
I went to see this brilliant animated documentary last night - a striking exploration of testimony, memory and trauma. Critical acclaim has rocketed it into the mainstream press, so you may have read a thing or two about it already... The film opens with a pack of mad dogs tearing......

Posted: Dec 05 2008 | More...

One Ton Art Show
murmurART is on it's way to the One Ton Art Show this evening in the fantastic venue that is the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall. The East End Arts Club is a collective based in East London who, amongst other things, put on alternative art shows outside the gallery space.......

Posted: Dec 04 2008 | More...

Lara Viana at Lost and Found
This morning I met up wit the artist Lara Viana and went to see the group show she is currently in at the Blyth Gallery in South Kensington. The other two artists exhibiting are Dominic Kennedy and Rachel Thorlby. I am unable to recall the first time that I saw......

Posted: Dec 03 2008 | More...

Mark Leckey takes the Turner
Critically, 2008 has not been a great year for the Turner Prize. Amongst other things, it has been described as exhausted, mediocre and tedious in its search to be cutting edge. One critic declared 2008 as "the worst on record" and likened the experience to "an afternoon spent in......

Posted: Dec 02 2008 | More...

Mark McGowan re-enacts the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes
At 2pm on Saturday at Stockwell Tube Station, Mark McGowan performed a shoddy and insensitive re-enactment of the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes in front of perhaps 30 spectators, of which at least 10 were part of the act and at least 6 were police officers. The performance......

Posted: Dec 01 2008 | More...