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News 29 Jun 2022 By CAS Team

Consultancy: Art on the Elizabeth Line

Prior to joining Contemporary Art Society, Head of Consultancy, Colin Ledwith, developed the Crossrail Art Programme Cultural Strategy. Colin went on to deliver commissions for the Elizabeth Line with artists…
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Friday Dispatch 23 Jun 2022 By Ilaria Puri Purini

Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Now in its 12th edition its title ‘Still Present!’ seems to stand also as a witness; this time to centuries of domination, subjection, exploitation and “legacies of colonialism, environmental destruction, sexism, social inequalities, racism and sexism”.
Credit Line: Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 2021/22 (for Untitled # 9). Photo credit: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Photographs: Polly Thomas
News 17 Jun 2022 By CAS Team

CAS Acquisition: Carlos Bunga’s Sculptures Gifted to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

This gift of two sculptures by Carlos Bunga to Glynn Vivian Art Gallery is an important addition to their collection.  It supports their ongoing work with local and international contemporary…
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Friday Dispatch By CAS Team

Anya Paintsil: We Are All Made of You

Ed Cross Fine Art, Garrett Street 26 May – 29 June 2022 Anya Paintsil is widely known for her rugs using wool, braiding hair and human hair. Rug hooking brings…
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CAS News 8 Jun 2022 By CAS Team

American Friends Launch

OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS GROUP IS LED BY CAS TRUSTEE, VALERIA NAPOLEONE, “I am delighted that the CAS is launching in America to gift the best contemporary art by international artists…
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CAS News 27 May 2022 By CAS Team

A Postcard from Venice

La Biennale di Venezia Biennale Arte 202223 April – 27 November This 59th edition of the oldest and grandest art biennale in the world was delayed a year by the…
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News 26 May 2022 By CAS Team

22 Bishopsgate Female Frontiers Team, 2022

Consultancy is proud to share news that Senior Art Producers Katharina Worf and Jordan Kaplan have been named as part of a shortlisted team for the 2022 World Architecture News…
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CAS Recommends 25 May 2022 By CAS Team

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Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit This exhibition demonstrates the more intimate exploration of Glyn Philpot’s artistic practice whilst showing how diverse he could be, referencing both the old masters and…
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News By CAS Team

CAS Acquisition: Claire Partington’s new commission is displayed at the Walker Art Gallery

This new commission has been inspired by the Walker Art Gallery’s collection, fairy tales and historic ceramics. Claire Partington’s distinctive figures often use symbolism and folklore to comment on society,…
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CAS Recommends 24 May 2022 By CAS Team

Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit

“The more personal has been my desire to create some expression of my own emotional or spiritual experience, the more readily have I accepted the aid of a theme drawn…
© Images courtesy of Tristan Hoare Gallery. Photo credit Eva Herzog.
Friday Dispatch 20 May 2022 By CAS Team

Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye: New Works

Tristan Hoare, Fitzroy Square 6 May – 1 June 2022 “I am obsessional – I do nothing but  pots. Large pots, very large pots, small pots and pots that range in between” states Alev Ebüzziya Siesbye in…
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Friday Dispatch 13 May 2022 By CAS Team

Where cloudy waters collide…

Merikokeb Berhanu · Nasim Hantehzadeh · Isaac Julien ·  Abdoulaye Konaté · Tamar Mason · José Vera Matos · Alyina Zaidi Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, Mayfair 6 May – 4 June 2022 Where cloudy waters collide… at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery explores humanity’s connection…

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