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Symposium: ART & COLLABORATION

Posted on 28 September 2015

Sonia Boyce | Joy Gregory | Jacob Jari Samson Kambalu | Peterson Kamwathi | Atta Kwami Sunday 11th October 2015 11am – 6.30pm Djam lecture Theatre, SOAS, University of London Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG Free This one-day symposium brings together six leading artists in conversation about the role of collaboration in their […]

Tags: African Art, Atta Kwami, Collaboration, Contemporary African Art, Jacob Jari, Joy Gregory, Making Art in Africa, Other, Peterson Kamwathi, Polly Savage, Samson Kambalu, Sonia Boyce,

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In Memory of Andrew Causey (1940-2014)

Posted on 04 July 2014

We are sad to report the death last week-end of Andrew Causey, author of three Lund Humphries books and a highly regarded historian of modern British art. Andrew was one of our most meticulous, professional, courteous and unassuming authors. His writing on art was poised, precise, often challenging and always hugely enlightening. His book on […]

Tags: Andrew Causey, British art, Lund Humphries, Other, Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer, The Drawings of Henry Moore,

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Emerging Art Writers Competition Launched

Posted on 06 June 2014

We are very excited to announce the launch of our Emerging Art Writers Competition, in association with Apollo, the International Art Magazine. It is a fantastic opportunity for aspiring art writers to showcase their work to movers and shakers from the British art world. To enter, write an essay of between 1,500 and 2,500 words which answers the question: What, if anything, […]

Tags: Apollo, Apollo Magazine, Art, art book, art writer, art writers, British art, British Modernism, competition, contemporary, essay, ICA, magazine, modern, Other, Pallant House, writer, writers,

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The Outsider as Witness: Displaced Visions by Nissan Perez and Grim Glory by Ernestine Carter

Posted on 14 March 2014

In his Lund Humphries Landmark post on Ernestine Carter’s Grim Glory (1941), Antony Penrose describes the efforts of his mother, Lee Miller, and a number of other prominent photographers to raise US consciousness about the hardships and the horrors of the London Blitz. Miller, he explains, had come to the UK from New York in 1939, having begun […]

Tags: Antony Penrose, Bill Brandt, Displaced Visions, Emigre Photographers of the 20th Century, Ernestine Carter, Grim Glory, Immigration, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Lee Miller, London Blitz, migration, Modernism, Nissan Perez, Other, Outsider, Photography, Roland Penrose, Second World War, Witness,

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Celebrating the ICA’s History of Innovation

Posted on 10 February 2014

Tomorrow sees the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) publish a new book documenting its fascinating early history. Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1946-1968, written by art historian Anne Massey and with a foreword by ICA Executive Director Gregor Muir, is the first in-depth examination of the extraordinary period of artistic activity which followed the Institute’s foundation. The early ICA […]

Tags: Anne Massey, Dover Street, Eduardo Paolozzi, Gregory Muir, Herbert Read, history, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Other, Peter Gregory, Pop Art, post-war British art, Richard Hamilton, The Independent Group,

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Art of the Holocaust: Creativity in Extremis

Posted on 27 January 2014

27 January marks both Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK and International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date was chosen because it was on 27 January 1945 that Soviet Union troops liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. The slogan of the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust is ‘Learning lessons from the past to create a safer, better future’. In […]

Tags: Art and the Second World War, Art of the Holocaust, Holocaust Memorial Day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Other,

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New John Craxton Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Posted on 05 December 2013

We highly recommend a visit to A World of Private Mystery, the new John Craxton, RA (1922-2009) retrospective, which opened at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge yesterday and runs until 21 April 2014. The show is packed with atmospheric works from throughout Craxton’s life, including little-seen drawings. If you can’t make the trip this time, why […]

Tags: Cambridge, David Attenborough, Fitzwilliam Museum, Ian Collins, John Craxton, Other, World of Private Mystery,

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Landscape painter Jeremy Gardiner awarded top prize in the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013

Posted on 19 November 2013

Leading British landscape painter Jeremy Gardiner (b.1957) has been awarded the £5000 ING Prize for his work Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall at the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013. The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition is a show of small works independently selected by six prominent figures from the art world: two artists, two collectors and two critics. […]

Tags: 2013, British painters, contemporary landscape painting, ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Jeremy Gardiner, Kimmeridge Folly, Lund Humphries, Mall Galleries, Other, Pendeen Lighthouse, The Art of Jeremy Gardiner,

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Sneak Preview of the Stunning New Bill Woodrow Exhibition at the Royal Academy

Posted on 06 November 2013

The new exhibition Bill Woodrow RA opens tomorrow at the Royal Academy’s Burlington Gardens site and runs until 16 February 2014. Long overdue, this full survey show features 50 works spanning the sculptor’s entire career. It explores the many themes evident in Woodrow’s oeuvre , from the early 1970s to the present day, highlighting his humour […]

Tags: Bill Woodrow, Jon Wood, Julia Kelly, Lund Humphries, Other, Royal Academy, sculpture,

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Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War

Posted on 05 November 2013

British artist Stanley Spencer’s (1891-1959) cycle of 19 paintings from Sandham Memorial Chapel in Burghclere have gone on display at Somerset House in London (until 26 January 2014). It is only the second time in 80 years that the canvasses, painted to commemorate the First World War and based on Spencer’s own wartime experiences (as an orderly […]

Tags: Andrew Causey, Burghclere, First World War, Lund Humphries, Murals, National Trust, Other, Pallant House, Sandham Memorial Chapel, Somerset House, Stanley Spencer,

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Private View for Uproar! The First 50 Years of The London Group, 1913-63

Posted on 01 November 2013

Ben Uri’s small exhibition space in St John’s Wood was so packed for the private view of Uproar: The First 50 Years of the London Group last night that gallery staff needed to direct people-traffic in and out of each room of the gallery. It was an extraordinary showing of great British paintings from half […]

Tags: Ben Uri, Ivon Hitchens. Modern British art, Kenneth Martin, Lynn Chadwick, Mary Martin, Matthew Smith, Other, The London Group, Uproar,

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In Memory of Sir Anthony Caro, 1924-2013

Posted on 30 October 2013

Anthony Caro, who has died aged 89, was such a fixture in the British art landscape that it’s hard to imagine him no longer there. As testified by the international range of tributes to him which quickly appeared in the press following the announcement of his death last week, he was the grand old man […]

Tags: Annely Juda Fine Art, art book, art book publisher, catalogue raisonne, H.F. Westley Smith, Henry Moore, Julius Bryant, Karen Wilkin, Lund Humphries, Mary Reid, Modern British Art, Other, Paul Moorhouse, sculpture, Sir Anthony Caro,

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Art Everywhere: ‘A Very, Very Big Art Show’

Posted on 15 August 2013

We’re four days into a fortnight-long initiative being touted as the world’s largest art show. Called Art Everywhere and supported by Innocent Drinks’ Richard Reed, the Art Fund, Tate and the poster industry, the project has seen 57 works by British artists appear on billboards, bus stops and black cabs around the UK. Until 25 […]

Tags: Art Everywhere, Art Fund, billboards, Edward Burra, John Singer Sargent, Other, poster, Prunella Clough, Richard Reed, Sarah Lucas, Tate, Tom Hammick,

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Authentication, an Elephant and Buying Work Online: Why Art Law Matters

Posted on 09 August 2013

Wednesday this week saw the opening of a new play, Banksy: The Room in the Elephant, at the Edinburgh Festival, and the annoucement of the launch of the latest string to mega-merchant Amazon’s bow: Amazon Art. The play, written by Tom Wainwright and directed by Emma Callander, is a reworking of the real-life story of a […]

Tags: Amazon Art, art law, banksy, elephant, judith prowda, legal controversy, online art dealing, Other, Spotlight on Collections, visual arts and the law, water tank,

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An Author on Tour: Untold Tales Uncovered by Christopher Andreae

Posted on 11 June 2013

My book on Joan Eardley has generated a remarkable number of talks and book signings. People come up after the talks saying their great aunt bought two Eardley paintings when they could still be afforded or that they have inherited a small pastel that they would never part with. One Glaswegian told me how as […]

Tags: Aberdeen, Catterline, Christopher Andreae, Glasgow, Joan Eardley, Other, painting, Townhead,

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Commissioning Editor’s Dispatch: Publishing Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped

Posted on 30 May 2013

Earlier this week, Frances Spalding gave a talk at The Hepworth Wakefield entitled A Realist Vision: streets, walls, and cranes in British Art from the 1950s. While I wasn’t able to attend, I’d wager that her lecture featured the work of Prunella Clough – an artist who was attracted to things seen out of the […]

Tags: Art, Art Book Publishers, Art Book Publishing, Frances Spalding, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Other, Prunella Clough, The Hepworth Wakefield,

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Prunella Clough on the beach

Posted on 16 May 2013

Originally posted on The New English Landscape:
Boats in Winter and War Defences, 1941-2 Oil on canvas (30.5 x 41cm) Private collection, courtesy of Annely Juda Fine Art The publication of Frances Spalding’s generously illustrated biography, Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped (Lund Humphries) is welcome. Clough (1919 – 1999) was a key artist in the post-war move…

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3 New Jeremy Gardiner Shows to Open Around the UK

Posted on 14 May 2013

Following the success of his two London survey shows and the recent publication of the first monograph on the artist, three further Jeremy Gardiner exhibitions are due to open in the UK this month and next. The first is the latest installation of Gardiner’s mid-career retrospective, Unfolding Landscape, at the University Gallery, Northumbia University, Newcastle upon Tyne […]

Tags: Blandford, Contemporary British Art, Dorset, Exhibitions, Jeremy Gardiner, June 2013, Kelly Ross Fine Art, Kings Place Gallery, Landers Quarries, Langton Matravers, Lund Humphries, May 2013, northumbria university, Other, Purbeck Art Weeks, The Art Stable, unfolding landscape,

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Richard Woods Installs His Latest Site-Specific Exhibition

Posted on 01 May 2013

Check out this fantastic video of Richard Woods installing his latest site-specific exhibition, D.I.Y., at Alan Cristea Gallery in London. Richard Woods’ innovative practice is explored in depth in

Tags: Alan Cristea Gallery, Other, richard woods, Richard Woods D.I.Y., The Art and Craft of Richard Woods,

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For One Week Only! Modern Brits Exhibition at Sims Reed

Posted on 30 April 2013

For this week only, Sims Reed bookshop is showing a series of limited-edition prints by great British artists including Albert Irvin, Terry Frost, Peter Blake and Barbara Rae – many of which have not been exhibited before. These original prints are signed by the artists and come packaged in beautiful slipcases, each with a Lund Humphries monograph. […]

Tags: Abigail McLellan, Albert Irvin, Art Book Publishers, Art Book Publishing, Barbara Rae, Contemporary British Art, Exhibitions, Jeremy Gardiner, London Original Print Fair, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Modern British Prints, Other, Peter Blake, printmaking, Sims Reed, Terry Frost,

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‘Darkness, Light, Dreaming, Waking’: Launch Report

Posted on 19 April 2013

Last night saw the launch of Philip Trevelyan’s new monograph on his father, celebrated British painter and printmaker Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988). The event took place in the Fine Rooms at the Royal Academy of Arts on London’s Picadilly. The fabulous surroundings and the opportunity to see various works by Trevelyan, courtesy of Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames, […]

Tags: Bohun Gallery, Durham Wharf, Julian Trevelyan, Launch, Lund Humphries, Mary Fedden, Mel Gooding, Modern British Art, Other, Philip Trevelyan, Picture Language, Royal Academy,

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In Memory of Alan Bartram, 1932-2013: Writer, Book Designer and Artist

Posted on 12 April 2013

Alan Bartram, who has died at the age of 80, was associated with Lund Humphries for many years, initially as author and designer of a series of books on typography and lettering, and from the late 1980s as graphic designer of many of our exhibition catalogues, artist monographs and catalogues raisonnés. At his funeral, I […]

Tags: Alan Bartram, An Atlas of Typeforms, Art Book Publishing, artist monographs, Barbican Art Gallery, BAS Printers, book design, catalogues raisonnes, exhibition catalogues, Fascia Lettering, Henry Moore drawings, Herbert Spencer, John Taylor, Lettering in Architecture, letterpress printing, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Nicolete Gray, offset lithography, Other, Street Name Lettering, The Henry Moore Foundation, Tombstone Lettering in the British Isles, typography,

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Commissioning Editor’s Dispatch: Posters Conference at the V&A

Posted on 07 March 2013

One of the perks of commissioning for the Lund Humphries list is that it requires intermittent escape from the office to engage with like-minded individuals who, like me, are keen to stoke their imaginations and seek out new ideas and make fresh connections. Last week I swapped my laptop for a fascinating conference at the […]

Tags: British Aviation Posters, London Transport Posters, Other, Posters Conference, V&A,

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‘Wheeler Really Counts’: Launch Report

Posted on 20 February 2013

Last night saw the launch of The Sculpture of Charles Wheeler by Sarah Crellin, the latest book in the Lund Humphries/Henry Moore Foundation British Sculptors and Sculpture series. The Fine Art Society on New Bond Street provided an appropriate backdrop for an evening celebrating Crellin’s efforts to redress the historic lack of attention paid to Charles Wheeler’s […]

Tags: Anthony Caro, British Sculptors and Sculpture, British Sculpture, Charles Wheeler, Fine Art Society, Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Institute, Modernist Sculpture, Other, Penelope Curtis, Sarah Crellin,

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London Art Fair Report: Part II

Posted on 30 January 2013

The official message from London Art Fair, perhaps unsurprisingly, was one of strong sales and large numbers of collectors in attendance. Director Jonathan Burton emphasized that the Fair had fulfilled its remit, offering ‘a welcoming environment for buyers wanting to pick up the very finest in Modern British work as well as cutting-edge contemporary practice.’ […]

Tags: Art, Art Market, Beaux Arts, British Art Market, CHARLIE SMITH london, Contemporary British Art, London, London Art Fair, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Osborne Samuel, Other, Paisnel Gallery, Portland Gallery, Redfern Gallery,

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London Art Fair Report: Part I

Posted on 25 January 2013

Over 25,000 people braved the snow last week to visit London Art Fair at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Outside the Fair, Lucy Myers, Lund Humphries’ Managing Director, helped to brighten things up, the orange of her umbrella echoing that of James Capper’s Tread Pad. Indoors, meanwhile, our Richard-Woods-designed stand proved another attention-grabber. Passers-by were captivated […]

Tags: Art, Business Design Centre, Contemporary British Art, January 2013, London, London Art Fair, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Other,

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“Pimp My Booth”: Richard Woods/Lund Humphries Stand (M1) at London Art Fair

Posted on 15 January 2013

Time Out Magazine has selected our stand, designed by British artist Richard Woods, as one of their six London Art Fair highlights!

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Happy 150th Birthday London Underground!

Posted on 10 January 2013

To celebrate 150 years London Underground Lund Humphries will be giving away a copy of London Underground Maps, a beautiful, coffee-table book providing a chronological and fully illustrated account of mapping the London Underground since 1863. To enter the competition please email info@lundhumphries.com with “London Underground Competition” in the subject line. The winner will be […]

Tags: Art, Art Book Publishers, Art Book Publishing, London Underground, Lund Humphries, Maps, Other,

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London Art Fair, 16-20 January 2013

Posted on 09 January 2013

Certainly a highlight for Modern British art enthusiasts is the upcoming London Art Fair. The Fair takes place at the Business Design Centre, Islington, N1, from 16 to 20 January and features over 100 galleries presenting the great names of 20th-century British art as well as exceptional contemporary work. Artists on display include Keith Vaughan, […]

Tags: 2013, Art, Art Book Publishers, Art Book Publishing, Business Design Centre, Contemporary British Art, January 2013, London, London Art Fair, Lund Humphries, Modern British Art, Other,

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Welcome to Lund Humphries’ new blog!

Posted on 07 January 2013

A New Year brings a new venture for Lund Humphries, the leading publisher of books on Modern British Art. Modern British Artists gives us an opportunity to share information about our favourite artists, and the books, museums, exhibitions and auctions that feature their work. We hope you’ll join in, too, commenting on our posts and […]

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Symposium: ART & COLLABORATION

In Memory of Andrew Causey (1940-2014)

Emerging Art Writers Competition Launched

The Outsider as Witness: Displaced Visions by Nissan Perez and Grim Glory by Ernestine Carter

Celebrating the ICA’s History of Innovation

Art of the Holocaust: Creativity in Extremis

New John Craxton Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

Landscape painter Jeremy Gardiner awarded top prize in the ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2013

Sneak Preview of the Stunning New Bill Woodrow Exhibition at the Royal Academy

Stanley Spencer: Heaven in a Hell of War

Private View for Uproar! The First 50 Years of The London Group, 1913-63

In Memory of Sir Anthony Caro, 1924-2013

Art Everywhere: ‘A Very, Very Big Art Show’

Authentication, an Elephant and Buying Work Online: Why Art Law Matters

An Author on Tour: Untold Tales Uncovered by Christopher Andreae

Commissioning Editor’s Dispatch: Publishing Prunella Clough: Regions Unmapped

Prunella Clough on the beach

3 New Jeremy Gardiner Shows to Open Around the UK

Richard Woods Installs His Latest Site-Specific Exhibition

For One Week Only! Modern Brits Exhibition at Sims Reed

‘Darkness, Light, Dreaming, Waking’: Launch Report

In Memory of Alan Bartram, 1932-2013: Writer, Book Designer and Artist

Commissioning Editor’s Dispatch: Posters Conference at the V&A

‘Wheeler Really Counts’: Launch Report

London Art Fair Report: Part II

London Art Fair Report: Part I

“Pimp My Booth”: Richard Woods/Lund Humphries Stand (M1) at London Art Fair

Happy 150th Birthday London Underground!

London Art Fair, 16-20 January 2013

Welcome to Lund Humphries’ new blog!

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