Celeste Art Prize

I went down to London on Friday to catch the Celeste Art Prize Show. One of my paintings had been selected to go into the catalogue. The prize is in its first year and is run by the curatorial MA at Goldsmith's University. Its aim is to explore the possibilities of painting. It also has prize money for the work selected by the other artists in the exhibition. The show was held at the Old Truman Brewery in Brick Lane - a very trendy area at the moment. I also went to Gagosian Gallery to see Cecily Brown's exhibition of paintings. Fabulous gallery near Kings Cross Station. The work was sumptuous, celebratory and fairly orgiastic in both its subject matter and use of paint.