Archive for 2009

Matt Stokes up a ladder by director Pippa Hale (note the lovely grey of the Lecture Theatre)

Rachel Goodyear by Pippa Hale

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson installing ‘Two Eternal Flames’

Rachel in pensive mode, as she contemplates the forthcoming exhibition. This picture was taken minutes before a very precious cargo from a private collector in Essen arrived bearing the rest of her exhibition (a very small crate, causing some alarm that it may not have all arrived!) A decade or so ago Rachel studied at [...]

This last week we have been sneaking around Leeds Art Gallery with our cameras – taking care not to infringe any copyright of course (you’ll have to excuse the blurry nature of our undercover snaps). The gallery technicians and curators are working around the clock to install the four shortlisted artist’s work. They have very [...]

Pictured above are Lidia and Tracey, Gallery assistants. As invigilators they often are asked about the exhibition, and sometimes are posed questions that give them pause for thought. What questions do you have about the Northern Art Prize? We can’t promise to answer them all, but why not either find us on Facebook and start [...]