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Exhibition dates

The sixth Northern Art Prize exhibition runs from 28 March until 16 June 2013 at Leeds Art Gallery, including new and reconfigured work by shortlisted artists Margaret Harrison, Rosalind Nashashibi, Emily Speed and Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan. Commenting on the exhibition, curator Sarah Brown said: “The artists have made a number of new pieces [...]

It’s almost time…

Please join us on Thursday evening, 6-8pm at Leeds Art Gallery to be the first to hear who has won the Northern Art Prize 2013. Doors open at: 6pm, The speeches start at: 6.45pm. RSVP here The winner will be chosen from this years’ shortlist: Margaret Harrison, Rosalind Nashashibi, Emily Speed, Joanne Tatham & Tom [...]

Margaret Harrison at Payne Shurvell

If you have enjoyed Margaret Harrison’s work in the Northern Art Prize exhibition, there is a chance to see much more from her, currently on exhibition at Payne Shurvell gallery in London. The exhibition ‘On Reflection‘ develops many of the concerns that can be seen in the new work Margaret produced for the prize. Margaret [...]

Artist talks – the low down

We’ve had some brilliant ‘In conversation’ events this year at Leeds Art Gallery with artists and their nominators, including an artist’s talk as a series of questions by Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan with Gavin Wade. If you weren’t able to come to them all – or just want reminding – then check out Darren [...]

Exhibition launch photos

Thank you to everyone who braved the snow to join us at the exhibition launch last night. When we moved the Northern Art Prize to a spring exhibition slot, we thought bad weather would be a thing of the past! Still, there was a great turn out for the first chance to view this years’ [...]

Not long to go!

With the exhibition launching on Wednesday 27 March, there’s not long left until all of the artworks are revealed. Here are a few more images from last week’s install to whet your appetite.

Joanne & Tom install

Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan are at the gallery all this week. Their work involves a rather large structure and a lot of painting, so they are putting the time in to get it finished ready for the exhibition opening on 27 March. On this blog we’ve decided not to give too much away by [...]

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