London Art and Artists Guide (Art Guide) [Paperback]

Heather Waddell (Author)

Book Description

Series: Art Guide | Publication Date: November 5, 2005

London Art and Artists Guide is an essential art world pocket guide now in its 10th edition.The guide has an introduction to the London art world talking about recent changes on the London art scene and has interviews with artists;Michael Ajerman,Celia Washington, François Pont printmaker,Peter Harrap and Natasha Kissell and two dealers ben Burdett photo dealer of Atlas gallery and James Colman art dealer. The rest of the guide is divided into art world information at the front and London information at the back.The art world details list museums,Old Master galleries,contemporray galleries and art project spaces, national centres, useful addresses,art material suppliers,art bookstores, art publishers,press contacts,studios,photo galleries,prizes and scholarships. London information covers restyaurants area by area, parks,markets, sport and health clubs and travel in and around London and overseas.There are two articles on multicultural London and Riverside London.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The art bible --tate press office 2004

Highly recommended (in Chinese) --Discovery, Cathay Pacific in-fl;ight magazine 2004

Get one you will use it continuously --Time Out magazine 1989

From the Publisher

This pocket art guide has been on sale for 20 years now and is now in its 8th edition.It is an unbeatable combination of art world facts, figures, information and oalso of London information, written by an insider in the London art world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: London Art and Artists Guide; 10th edition (November 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0952000466
• ISBN-13: 978-0952000464
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,721,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Heather Waddell was born in Scotland but has lived in London since the 1970s. She has written books, for newspapers (The Glasgow Herald London art critic 1980-4/London correspondent Vie des Arts 1979-89/Arts editor The European 1990/freelance The Independent/Independent on Sunday/The Times1996/2010/The Evening Standard) and international art magazines, as well as being interviewed on radio and TV ( BBC World Services/ITV news/US radio stations/Australian TV). She has written 10 editions of London Art and Artists Guide, The London Art World 1979-99, The Artist's Directory ( with Richard Layzell), Henri Goetz :50 years of painting and recently completed Art Snakes and London Ladders. She has contributed to The London Encyclopaedia ( 3 editions), Time Out's London and New York Guides( Art galleries), Blue Guide Spain, Australian Arts Guide, Glasgow Arts Guide, Londres (Editions Autrement Paris), L'Ecosse; lumiere granit et vent (Editions Autrement Paris).Between 1980 and 1990 she founded and ran the international Art Guide series to London/Paris/New York/Amsterdam/Berlin/Madrid/Glasgow/Australia, sold to A&C Black in 1987. She is also an artist/photographer and five of her art world portraits are in the 20th century photography collection at the National Portrait Gallery London.She studied at St Andrews University (MA) and at art school in London (University of the Arts-Byam Shaw/Central St Martins).Her website is www.hwlondonartandartistsguide.com