‘EMPRESS’ BY JACKY HUTSON ‘To other women the choice of clothes was a form of ingenious exhibition, a shameless seduction. To me, dresses were like a breastplate that I put on to set off to war against this life.’ SHAN SA

‘NOT READY’ BY MICHAEL HOWARD ‘Be to her, Persephone, All the things I might not be: Take her head upon your knee. She that was so proud and wild, Flippant, arrogant and free, She that had no need of me, Is a little lonely child Lost in Hell,—Persephone, Take her head upon your knee: Say […]

I am a portuguese artist living in London, expressing myself through drawing, believing it allows different understandings of my surroundings. Using a continuous flowing line, I draw my own shadow, projections of films, a friend or a stranger on the bus.. Letting curiosity lead the way, the work is a reflection of the way I […]

James Matthew O’Connell is an exciting graduate artist. We came across his work at his BA show this year (2015) at Wimbledon College of Art. He’s made a remarkable emergence into the art world – being invited to show in a group show of just 14 artists (whose work addresses themes of repetition and variation) […]

‘MONSIEUR LE RENARD’ BY MICHAELA HOLLYFIELD ‘In the hole lived Mr. Fox and Mrs. Fox and their four small Foxes.’ ‘I think I have this thing where everybody has to think I’m the greatest. And if they aren’t completely knocked out and dazzled and slightly intimidated by me, I don’t feel good about myself.’ ROAHL […]

Manchester School of Art, MA Show 2015 Is currently running – 1st – 9th October  

My process is mainly a diary of decisive moments I capture with my camera which sometimes ends up in a series of symbolic paintings that reflect socio-political connotations of current affairs and some others explores everyday scenes in general. The fact that I perceive myself as a flaneur (from French flâneur, from flâner “to stroll, […]

‘CLIMBERS SERIES NO.5’ BY EMILY HILLIER ‘The moun­tain seems no more a soul­less thing, But rather as a shape of ancient fear, In dark­ness and the winds of Chaos born Amid the lord­less heav­ens’ thun­der­ing– A Pres­ence crouched, enor­mous and aus­tere, Before whose feet the mighty waters mourn.’ GEORGE STERLING

The Rosebery at Mandarin Oriental Wins Design Award GA Design International won Best Design for Cafe Bar/All Day Dining in The European Hotel Design Awards and here’s part of the write up which mentions the artwork by Orlanda Broom: ‘The art is a combination of the beautifully sublime and joyfully vibrant… Pride of place goes […]

In his Reith lectures Grayson Perry called artists “Pilgrims on the Road to Meaning”. At New Blood Art we wanted to gain insight into our artists personal roads to meaning so we asked them 3 questions. – Stephen Todd The moment when you are at a party (for example) and someone asks: ‘What do you do?’ […]