Investable Artists

Blair McLaughlin is an award winning artist who I first came across in 2014 at his BA degree show in Dundee. Since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Blair has been long-listed for Saatchi New Sensations 2014, awarded the Dewar Arts Award, which supports talented young artists in Scotland and completed […]

A large untitled black canvas, layered with illegible script-like white lines sold for over £19 million in auction at Christie’s this year. The artist, Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011) emerged in New York in the mid fifties as a prominent figure among a significant group of artists that included Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly created […]

Emiko Aida is an award-winning artist, recipient of the 2nd prize at the National Open Art Competition in 2014, Winner of the International Print Prize – Guanlan Print Biennial in 2011 and widely exhibited both in the UK and Internationally. Emiko produces beautiful, limited edition aquatints – always creating immersive atmospheres: whether depicting the grey […]

Some MA Art shows we’ll be visiting this month – WIMBLEDON COLLEGE OF ARTS, Postgraduate Summer Show 2015 3rd – 10th September, Saturday 11.00 – 17.00, Sunday CLOSED, Monday – Friday 10.00- 20.00 •Digital Theatre • Drawing • Theatre Design Wimbledon College of Arts, Merton hall Road, London, SW19 3QA ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH – MA […]

Making studio visits to our artists and seeing how their practice is developing is a treat. From visiting Ed Saye’s studio recently, it was clear that his practice has reached a pivotal point, a stage where he has found a subject and established a way of working that he can momentously build upon. This follows […]

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Art Prizes and Awards are vital for helping an artist gain recognition and a collector base – so it’s important that artists apply regularly for prizes. Compiled below is a list of notable Art Prizes for emerging artists along with details of New Blood Artists who have been commended or awarded these prizes.

First published in MoneyWeek – 22/12/2014 – Interested in investing in art but not quite ready to splash out on a household name? Sarah Ryan of New Blood Art looks at two rising artists inspired by painter Anselm Kiefer. Anselm Kiefer’s retrospective has just ended at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The show spanned four […]

Congratulations to Julie-Ann Simpson who recently won a prize at the Royal Scottish Academy Open – The RSA Guthrie Award and Medal – for an outstanding painting by a Scottish artist under 35. It’s a great achievement! View her collection here.

MASTERS artist Bartosz Beda is currently exhibiting at the BCA in Bogota, Colombia and is his 3rd solo show this year. The exhibition is called ‘Blast of Absolute’ and is open from 26th November – 9th January. Below are some sneaky peaks of Bartosz setting up the exhibition.