Press release: January 2011 - London Art Fair

eception.
3.30 - 4.30
The Artist Edition with Iwona Blazwick, Director of Whitechapel Gallery
In assocation with Whitechapel Gallery
From Marcel Duchamp’s moustached Mona Lisa to Joseph Beuys’s wooden postcards to
Bridget Riley’s Op Art silkscreens, great artists often make their work in editions. The print
and the multiple give artists a way of democratising their ideas. They also give us an
affordable way of collecting their work. Iwona Blazwick, director of the Whitechapel Gallery,
gives a potted guide to the art edition, outlines how they support arts institutions and why they
are the ideal way of starting a collection.
Friday 21st January
2.00 – 3.00
The Art Fund Talk
In association with The Art Fund
Simon Martin is Head of Curatorial Services at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, which
boasts one of the best collections of Modern British art in the world. In 2007 the gallery won
the Gulbenkian Prize (now the Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries) following the
opening of its contemporary wing. In addition to its permanent collection, the Gallery has a
strong contemporary programme with artists such as Andy Goldsworthy, Langlands & Bell
and Wendy Ramshaw. Simon will be drawing on his experiences at the Gallery to discuss the
challenges and possibilities of collecting and showing conceptual art versus collecting and
showing more traditional work.
3.00 – 4.00
The Scottish Colourists
In association with The Fleming Collection
Selina Skipwith, Keeper of Art for The Fleming Collection, will give a talk on The Scottish
Colourists.
The Fleming Collection is widely regarded as the finest collection of Scottish art in private
hands and the gallery is now recognized as An Embassy for Scottish Art in London. Selina
Skipwith writes and lectures extensively on Scottish art, is author of A History of Scottish Art
(Merrell, 2003) and has curated numerous exhibitions in the UK and abroad.
Saturday 22nd January
3.00 – 4.00
The Future of Modern British Art
In association with Apollo
The panel will discuss what the future holds for Modern British Art examining how and where
the market will grow. How will international critics, museums, and collectors treat this material
in the next decades and who are artists who remain undervalued or overlooked? Panel to
include: Oscar Humphries (Editor, Apollo Magazine), Robin Katz (Art Collector and Dealer in
Modern British Art), Marco Livingstone (Art Critic and Biographer).
Tours schedule:
Tuesday 18th January
6.30 – 7.15 and
7.30 – 8.15