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Sarah Lucas hasn't changed. Well, she has, but since she always wears ill-fitting jeans, with baggy, unremarkable tops, you could be forgiven for not noticing whether the ensemble she's wearing today is any different from anything you'd ever seen her wearing before. Lucas's art has really changed though. Of late, it has taken a new direction.

Many of you will have seen Newsnight Review last Friday, broadcast from Novas CUC in Liverpool.
I was quite disappointed with it - another lost opportunity to show what's happening / been happening in the European Capital of Culture this year. Hardly a mention of the Biennial.

I've no idea why but they have this 10 minute uncut thing on the web where they continue the debate - its more interesting than Friday's 30 minutes.
Those are Emma Tooth's paintings in the background by the way, they'll be in with the rest of the International Artists exhibition in Novas until 15th November

The title of the inaugural show at the new Saatchi Gallery, in the former Duke of York's Headquarters building in Chelsea, is The Revolution Continues. That title refers to the dramatic transformation in the content and the fortunes of Chinese art since the repressive Mao era.

When Charles Saatchi closed his last art gallery after a row with the landlord, he famously sold off his prestigious collection of works by the YBAs, leaving the world wondering what he would "discover" next.

The title of the inaugural show at the new Saatchi Gallery, in the former Duke of York's Headquarters building in Chelsea, is The Revolution Continues. That title refers to the dramatic transformation in the content and the fortunes of Chinese art since the repressive Mao era.

Now in its third year, the BBC Electric Proms will be taking place in London and Liverpool from Wednesday 22nd to Sunday 26th October 2008. More than 60 artists will appear at the BBC Electric Proms 2008 and each performance will aim to create a new music experience.

Various events in Liverpool, some are invite only, at FACT, Radio Merseyside, the Phil etc.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/

1st CHAPTER & VERSE LITERATURE FESTIVAL at the Bluecoat

October has begun and we are counting down to the very first Chapter & Verse Literature Festival 9-19 October 2008 at the beautifully refurbished Bluecoat, the oldest building in Liverpool city centre.

The full festival programme is on www.chapterverse.org.uk and features an exciting range of authors and events, including Lemn Sissay on the Mersey Beat poets (9 Oct);
Tariq Ali on Pakistan’s place in geopolitics (10 Oct);
Jim Crace on his forthcoming novel, Heroes;
Jan Morris on her life’s work (11 Oct);
Linda Grant on her Booker shortlisted novel (11 Oct);
Colin Grant on his acclaimed biography of Marcus Garvey (11 Oct);
Erwin James, guest speaker at the inaugural Pauline Campbell Memorial Lecture, on Titan prisons (12 Oct);
John Healy, on life in The Grass Arena (13 Oct);
Raymond Tallis on his Kingdom of Infinite Space: A Journey Around Your Head;
Patrick Maguire on his memoir of wrongful imprisonment, My Father’s Watch;
Bernadine Evaristo and Laura Fish, novelists who have reimagined slavery (19 Oct);
events to celebrate National Poetry Day (9 Oct), the Liverpool Irish Festival (18 Oct), the Big Draw (18 & 19 Oct) and much, much more.

www.thebluecoat.org.uk

Very sad that the Kitchen Gallery at Norton Priory is closing down but pleased there are plans to continue as a 'roving' project.

Closing Down & Moving On Sale at the Kitchen Gallery

Sat & Sun 18th & 19th October 2008, 13.30 - 16.30 and by appointment.

The Kitchen Gallery and Studios at Norton Priory is closing down and we need to downsize our stock and equipment.

Amazing savings to be had on original artwork by Sarah Nicholson & Stas Krakiewicz for collectors of every pocket as well as equipment and materials for artists and studio groups. Come along and make us an offer!

As well as great bargains there will be all the usual refreshments, a raffle and general bon amie, as we say goodbye to this great location and beautiful environment and look forward to – well, who knows what? Watch the website for breaking news…

Don’t forget that as well as welcoming cash and cheques we can also take payment by credit & debit cards and are still able to offer the Own Art Scheme on purchases over £100 (0% subject to application).

The Kitchen Gallery
Norton Priory Museum & Gardens
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 1SX

www.kitchengallery.uk.com
info@kitchengallery.uk.com
Tel: 0151 733 5986/ 0772 987 3001

Visit our website for further details and directions to the Gallery.
For FREE Entrance to the Private View please RSVP to the contact details and get your name on the guest list (normal Norton Priory entrance fees will apply otherwise).

Thank you to Norton Priory, Halton Borough Council & all our lovely visitors over the last five years for your support (both financial & moral!); and of course a huge thanks to all the wonderful artists who have made this possible.

Don’t forget that the Kitchen Gallery will continue as a roving project with both Sarah & Stas available for curating, design, project management and anything else (including as exhibiting artists!); we can be contacted via our website where you will also find our new postal address.

The NOISEfestival.com website launched on 1st October 2008 as a virtual showcase for the next generation of creative talent, having received a whopping 9,000 submissions for the 2008 Festival.

NOISEfestival.com is a registered charity established to help talented young people break into the Creative Industries. Launched in 2006, NOISEfestival.com is the UK’s first independent online arts showcase, spotlighting the best under-25s in any artistic discipline that can be presented digitally including fashion, music, film, design, architecture, written word, graphic design, new media, fine art and illustration.

The best work submitted before 1st September 2008 was judged by specially selected NOISEfestival.com Curators – a panel of acclaimed industry professionals including Zaha Hadid (Architecture), Badly Drawn Boy (Music), Tom Dixon (Product Design), Norman Rosenthal (Fine Art), James Sommerville of Attik (Graphics & New Media) Richard Billingham (Photography), Warp Films (Moving Image) and Big Active (Illustration).

From 1st October 2008, the NOISEfestival.com website will act as a virtual exhibition of the best work as selected by our Curators – projecting the next generation of creativity to a mass audience and giving them a much needed boost to help them break into the creative industries.

Beyond that, NOISEfestival.com top talent will also hijack the nation’s press via our unique media partnerships, including MTV, BBC and MSN, with exclusive events online and profiles of NOISEfestival.com artists across television, radio and print - including a dedicated NOISEfestival.com TV channel.

And because the Festival is biennial, in Year Two the NOISEfestival.com website will act as a professional network for young artists, connecting musicians with filmmakers, fashion designers with photographers and writers with illustrators – plugging in young talent to a vibrant network of creativity, originality and innovation.

Go to www.NOISEfestival.com to see exclusive interactive galleries and Curator interviews, and for your chance to vote, collaborate and network with the UK’s best new creative talent.

Liverpool artwork of the week 38. 'Gleaming Lights of the Souls' by Yayoi Kasuma at 'Pilkingtons' (venue 12) for Liverpool Biennial 20 September - 30 November 2008

In Gleaming Lights of the Souls visitors are invited to enter a tardis-like chamber, whose small interior unfolds into a magical encounter with infinity. The small room is mirrored on all four sides, with a shallow pool of water on the floor. A changing constellation of small LED lights hung from the ceiling produce an infinite chain of endless reflections, transforming the small white cube into a distinctly otherworldly place.

This obsessive patterning began on the canvas with the infinity net paintings of the 1960’s, but quickly evolved into large scale installations where every available surface was colonised by the same pattern. Sometimes associated with the psychedelic art movement, Kusama herself traces her obsessive patterning back to the hallucinations which she began to experience as a young child in the 1930’s, and which continue to this day. Her work often incorporates mirrors to multiply the obsessively repeated patterns to infinity. In her infinity mirror rooms, at once joyful and terrifying, we the viewer, like the artist herself, experience the universe and ourselves obliterated in the endlessly recurring forms.

Text from biennial.com