The Top 5 Art Stories of 2018
30 December 2018 • Mark Westall
Our Top 5 news stories feature: Stuart Semple x 2, Olafur Eliasson, Punk and Adrien Brody
Tag: Stuart Semple
Stuart Semple is a multidisciplinary British artist working across painting, sculpture, happenings, technology and activism. He is well known for his sociologically engaged works that often discuss youth politics, accessibility and democracy.
DAZZLE : Five plant-based, 100% compostable ultra-sparkly glitters for artists to use.
23 October 2018 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple has emerged with a series of five plant-based, 100% compostable ultra-sparkly glitters for the artistic community to use. He has named the super-glitters ‘DAZZLE’ and is deploying them via his Culture Hustle website and social media is already going crazy for them.
Stuart Semple backs ‘1000 hrs for 1000 people’ Campaign offers an hour of therapy free to 1000 people
9 October 2018 • Mark Westall
Artist Stuart Semple is backing a radical new campaign from Timewith, an organisation on a mission to deliver the life-changing potential of good therapy to every human being on the planet.
Artist Stuart Semple takes on the world’s greediest paint manufacturers with ‘PALETTE’
3 September 2018 • Mark Westall
Artists all around the world will be in for a shock AND a treat later this month when pioneering artist Stuart Semple releases a brand-new set of pro watercolours
Gavin Turk, Jeremy Deller, Jake & Dinos Chapman Turntables up for Auction
23 August 2018 • Mark Westall
In news that is sure to thrill art collectors and vinyl enthusiasts the world over, the one-off works of art will be available to buy via an auction on Artsy. All proceeds will go towards mental health charity Mind. Bidding closes on 12th September at 21.00 GMT.
Artist accidentally discovers new colour-
13 July 2018 • Mark Westall
Today British artist Stuart Semple has discovered a brand-new pigment, a beautiful blue that he “discovered by mistake” whilst messing about in the studio with his assistant, in the ongoing quest to create an even blacker black than his current leading product, Black 2.0. “At first we were really disappointed, but then we added water to it, and something reacted with the hydrogen, it made the most gorgeous blue I’ve ever seen,” he said.
Mother Launches Tee Shirt Made With Blood From Gay Employees in collaboration with Artist Stuart Semple
14 June 2018 • Mark Westall
Today, Mother in New York is proud to celebrate LGBTQ Pride Month through the launch of the “Blood Is Blood” tee shirt. “Blood Is Blood” addresses the inconsistent support shown toward the LGBTQ community through the discrimination of blood donation based on sexual orientation.
Stuart Semple to install ‘Emotional Baggage Drop’ in Denver’s Union Station during Mental Health Awareness Week
15 May 2018 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple to install ‘Emotional Baggage Drop’ in Denver’s Union Station during Mental Health Awareness Week to launch ‘Happy City’ citywide takeover.
Become part of a public art piece and get a hug as well this March
9 March 2018 • Mark Westall
HUG HUDDLE is a public art piece in which anyone is welcome to join in a hug and share a moment of connection from Stuart Semple.
Stuart Semple launches campaign to fight “design crimes against humanity…”
2 February 2018 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple has launched HostileDesign.org, a site that allows members of the public around the world to name and shame councils and city planners who commission pieces of ‘hostile design’ to engender inhuman degrees of exclusion and discrimination.
Artist Stuart Semple to launch Happy City across the whole of Denver
20 December 2017 • Mark Westall
British artist Stuart Semple’s Happy City will serve one sole purpose – to incite widespread happiness by breaking down social barriers, increasing connection among strangers and fostering wellbeing.
Art On A Postcard returns for a second year with Julian Opie, David Shrigley & Sir Peter Blake
28 October 2015 • Mark Westall
This year the artworks will be available to view online from 15th October, at The Auction Room, an online auction site specialising in collectible works of art.
BUY: Stuart Semple’s My Happy Colouring Flip Book, in aid of the mental health charity Mind.
14 July 2015 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple today launches My Happy Colouring Flip Book through Amazon.co.uk. The series of over 250 drawings from one of the UKs most prominent post-YBA artists, blend in a fun, pocket-sized flip book that encourages adults and kids to experience the proven therapeutic benefits of creativity. Sales of the book in aid of the mental Health charity Mind, will go to the organisation’s Creative Therapies Fund, providing grants for therapeutic arts projects across the country.
12 of the biggest names in art have transformed the Rolls Royce Ghost for Breast Cancer Care
20 May 2015 • Mark Westall
Twelve leading artists have created unique artworks, each featuring a 1:18 scale replica of the iconic Rolls-Royce Ghost, for a one-of-a-kind collection.
SIX contemporary artists examine the urban fabric of our cities in “Ghosts” @FAS_London
2 March 2015 • Staff
Group show: GHOSTS “How we live in the future” opening this Tuesday
PREVIEW: @StuartSemple : #AnxietyGeneration
28 October 2014 • Mark Westall
12th November – 7th December 2014 Delahunty 21 Bruton Street London W1J 6QD www.delahuntyfineart.com “I see all this potential, and… Read More
PREVIEW: ?Macmillan De’Longhi Arts Programme Present a Contemporary Charity Arts Exhibition @DBakerGallery
18 September 2014 • Mark Westall
Idris Khan, Harland Miller & Polly Morgan donate artworks to Macmillan De’Longhi Arts Programme
Contemporary Charity Arts Exhibition at Darren Baker Gallery
Auction: ARTiculate in aid of children’s art charity Dramatic Need get bidding Now
20 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Featuring artists including Kapoor, Gormley,Stuart Semple, Whiteread & the Chapmans….
ARTICULATE: Live auction on behalf of Dramatic Need
15 November 2013 • Mark Westall
ARTICULATE: Live auction on behalf of Dramatic Need
Stuart Semple , Suspend Disbelief Grosses over $1 Million
24 October 2013 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple , Suspend Disbelief Grosses over $1 Million
Preview: Stuart Semple Solo Exhibition Suspend Disbelief
4 October 2013 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple returns to London with a ground-breaking exhibition, Suspend Disbelief, featuring a new body of work including paintings, sculptures and installations to coincide with Frieze week in October 2013.
Preview: Stuart Semple ‘Suspend Disbelief’
2 August 2013 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple returns to London with a ground-breaking exhibition, Suspend Disbelief, featuring a new body of work including paintings, sculptures and installations to coincide with Frieze week in October 2013.
Stuart Semple for Mind creative therapies fund @Art13London
28 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Stuart Semple has created art work for a booth in aid of the Mind creative therapies fund with 100% of… Read More
Preview: Stuart Semple, Roni Stretch & Antoinette Wysocki Group show
21 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Roberta Moore Contemporary is to present this group show, unifying three distinctive styles of painting and print technique; merging cultural influences from the UK and US.