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Wallpaper* Selects Private View

Curated by Eyestorm’s creative team Angie Davey and Hannah Shilland with photography editor James Reid of Wallpaper* magazine, the Wallpaper* Selects exhibition at London’s stylish St Martins Lane Hotel opened it’s doors on Tuesday for a preview evening of champagne, courtesy of Tattinger who sponsored the show.

Collectors and friends of Eyestorm and Wallpaper crowded the space, a separate room just to the left of the main entrance to the hotel on St. Martin’s Lane, to catch a glimpse of the limited edition photography on show. By the time the preview was set to open at 6.30pm there was a large crowd, and by 7pm it was packed and it continued to stay busy for the rest of the evening. The ten works that graced the walls in elegant white frames received great feedback from guests, which included staff from the BBC, The Times and Art Review as well as Eyestorm artist and celebrity comedian Vic Reeves.

A great night was had by all and Eyestorm would like to thank Wallpaper and Tattinger for their help in making this exhibition a successful one.

Wallpaper Selects - The Exhibition is open to the public from Wednesday 10th December until Friday 19th December 2008 between 11am and 6pm.

Wallpaper Selects - The Exhibition
St. Martins Lane Hotel
45 St. Martin’s Lane
London WC2N 4HX

THE BIG FRIEZE

Last week was arguably the most important week of the year in the art world, with a number of major art fairs taking place in London.

’Frieze Art Fair’, the biggest art event of the year, opened it’s doors last Thursday at London’s Regent’s Park where artwork by some of the most collected artists have been brought together under one roof by major galleries from all over the world.

Eyestorm artists with work at Frieze include

Damien Hirst

Jeff Koons

Marc Quinn

Peter Blake

James Welling

Hamish Fulton

We have available signed, limited edition works by all of these artists at a fraction of the price of the originals you would have seen at the fair, so bearing the current financial climate in mind, what are you waiting for?

Two other art fairs on in the capital last weekend were Zoo and Scope London, which are both geared towards more emerging contemporary art. Zoo, held at the Royal Academy and now in its fifth year, showcases arts organisations that are under six years old, and Scope London, being held at Lords Cricket Ground, is part of a group of Scope Art Fairs which also take place in Miami, New York, Basel, and East Hampton, NY.

Eyestorm artists who appeared at Scope London included

Andrew McAttee

Robert Davies

Rob Carter

Rob and Nick Carter

FRIEZE ART FAIR

This month saw the return of the London Frieze Festival, bringing together the art world in one place - Regents Park. The venue was packed with people, art and investors joined together to celebrate artists and their work.

Strong sales have been reported by the Frieze Art Fair 2007.
Gallerists reported that sales had been stronger than ever and the number of visits to the fair increased to 68,000 in 2007 from 63,000 in 2006.

151 of the world’s leading galleries from 28 countries exhibited at the fair which has established a reputation as the best place to see new developments in international contemporary art.

The Frieze Art Fair will be back in late 2008. 

Guitar Town at Tower Bridge

The Southbank at Tower Bridge, London, is currently playing host to ‘Guitartown’ a selection of ‘Gibson Guitars’. The Gibson Project is a collaboration of 30 well known artists and musicians, raising money for three chosen charities; The Princes Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and Teenage Cancer Trust.

Music legends such as Paul Weller, Slash, Ronnie Wood, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Noel Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, Roxy Music, New Order, Bruce Dickinson, Brian May, Gary Moore, Gorillaz, Dirty Pretty Things, The Lost Prophets, James Dean Bradfield, Ocean Colour Scene, Graham Coxon, The Kooks, The Magic Numbers, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul Rodgers, Suggs, KT Tunstall, Razorlight, Hard-Fi, Corinne Bailey Rae, Depeche Mode, James Morrision, Motorhead, Sir Cliff Richard and James Blunt are lending their support.

Each guitar is constructed by a 10 foot piece of fibreglass and then designed and hand painted by some of the Uk’s leading artists. Sir Peter Blake and Mauricio Ortiz from Eyestorm have been taking part and lending their support. Each guitar will be signed by the artist and an auction for the guitars will be held in November.

’Guitartown’ London finishes at the beginning of September so make sure you get down there over the August bank holiday weekend to be sure not to miss it.

Why Blog?
Eyestorm has been the market leader for limited edition prints since the web was in its infancy, so over time we've become pretty opinionated on a bunch of art-related issues. So while we're here to provide you with the best art you can buy, we also wanted a flexible space through which to share our experience of working in the frenetic, ever-accelerating market for contemporary art. So this is it. The Eyestorm blog. Ups, downs, news, views and reviews.