NEWS

Paul Rooney Wins the Northern Art Prize
Congratulations to Liverpool artist Paul Rooney. He also has work in the Liverpool Tate and the Bluecoat at present. Rooney was presented with the £16,500 prize by artist Georgina Starr, Artist and Northern Art Prize judge. The remaining artists received £1500 each. The exhibition of all the artists’ work continues at Leeds Art Gallery until 1 February.
The shortlist for the Northern Art Prize also includes Imogen Stidworthy who won the Liverpool Art Prize in 2008

Phil Redmond has nominated Go Superlambananas by Wild In Art as the most important creative innovation of the past year, as part of c&binet’s creative business review of 2008.
C&binet is a network which links the international creative and commercial communities to inspire new ideas and opportunities, demonstrate the economic power of creativity and help shape the world’s creative economy.

PHIL KEY retires as Arts Editor of Daily Post
After 40 years at the Daily Post, Arts Editor, Phil Key is stepping down. He writes a very nice summary of his career in today’s paper. I hadn’t realised he started as industrial correspondent.

Round up of the week

Ian went to the private view at 3345, Parr Street to see Cesar Gonzales Serpa - 'The Essential It's Invisible'. Duration: 14 Jan - 8 Mar 2009
Cesar Gonzalez Serpa investigates painting, photography, exploring vision and composition from Maracay in Venezuela. He now works solely in experimental photography, where images can be created, not revealed

Private View at Ceri Hand Gallery - S Mark Gubb - 'My Empire of Dirt' 16 January - 28 February 2009
My Empire of Dirt is S Mark Gubb's first solo show at Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool. This exhibition extends his preoccupation with our passage through life, and the social, theological, political and economic systems and structures that affect our existence and behaviour. Go along and see the space that 3 coffins piled on top of each other would take up.

Bring your own Art at the Tate on Sunday - Ian was not keen on this amateur art in a respectable establishment like the Tate but I brought him round. 

This week

SALE at the Royal Standard 23 January – 28 February 2009
Viewing: Thursday, 22 January 2009, 16:00 - 21:00
SALE will transform the white walled galleries at the Royal Standard into an ‘Art Superstore’ stocked with hundreds of artworks including a vibrant array of paintings, sculpture, drawing, film, intervention and photography selected from the most exciting emerging and more established artists from across the UK and beyond. SALE

VIEW TWO Brothers in Arts. The Evans Brothers 24 January - 7 February 2009
Viewing Fri. 23rd. January from 18.30 onwards.
BROTHERS IN ARTS…An Exhibition of artwork by three brothers from Liverpool. Dave, Stan and Tony Evans.  The three Evans brothers, all born in Barnet Street in the Wavertree area of Liverpool are holding their first group exhibition in their home city.

All Together Now? SATURDAY 24 January 2009 at Novas CUC, 10.00 - 17.00.  - The North West TUC is holding this event on Saturday January 24 2009 at the Novas centre on Greenland Street, Liverpool. The aim is to debate the links between art and culture and collective campaigning and action and look beyond Capital of Culture '08.             Come down and say Hi as we will be there recording as much as possible.

Further Ahead

Chinese New Year 2009, Street Parade - 2009 is the Year of the Ox, the sign of prosperity through courage and hard work.  This powerful sign is a born leader, being quite dependable and possessing an innate ability to achieve great things. 
Sunday 25th Jan 09,
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. ,
Liverpool Chinatown.
Dragon, Unicorn & Lion Dances