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Scandal!!
Hillingdon Museums and Heritage’s ‘Scandal!!’ exhibition is now up and running at Northwood Hills Library and includes my ‘Christine and the Poisoned Apple’ painting, which is part of their collection, alongside the catalogue for ‘Dear Christine’. The exhibition also includes an online talk with Seymour Platt (Christine’s son) and Collections Officer Paul Davidson, which I’ve…
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Online talk with Art UK and Robert Priseman
One of the paintings being discussed in an online talk (Wed, 21 Jun 2023, 17:30 – 18:00) with the founder of Contemporary British Painting and the Priseman Seabrook Collections, Robert Priseman, will be one of my portraits of Christine Keeler: ‘Christine Keeler and her cat’ (2017). “Art Unlocked is an online event series from Art…
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10 paintings for Lucas House
I had said recently that I was giving up on projects in order to concentrate on my own art practice. Well… just one more! I’m really thrilled to learn today that I’ve secured a grant from the The Responsa Foundation (which supports art with strong social impact) to commission 10 paintings for Lucas House, a…
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Scandal ’63 Revisited: Symposium
The symposium for ‘Dear Christine’ that didn’t happen in 2020 due to lockdown is now finally happening three years later, with additional speakers, as part of ‘Scandal ’63 Revisited’ at Leicester Gallery. It’s free (but please remember to book your seats) and it’s going to be fantastic. The lineup includes feminist artist Caroline Coon, art…
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‘Scandal ’63 Revisited’ selected as ‘Exhibition of the week’
I’m delighted that ‘Scandal ’63 Revisited’ has been selected by art critic Jonathan Jones as ‘Exhibition of the Week’ in The Guardian (Friday 3 March). The exhibition has also enjoyed extensive national and regional coverage, thanks to an interview with Christine Keeler’s son, Seymour, who opened the show at the Private View at Leicester Gallery…
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Art UK listing
I now have over 20 paintings in public art collections. This is important to me – it means my works will be looked after for years to come and that I’m contributing (in a small way) to the cultural landscape. Seven of these works are listed at Art UK, the public database of paintings in…
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More on ‘Scandal ’63 Revisited’ plus the campaign to clear Christine Keeler’s name
REFRAMING THE PROFUMO AFFAIR VIA ART AND ARTEFACT I wrote some text around the timing of the exhibition, which coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Profumo Affair. Although there are obvious parallels to be drawn with the scandal of 1963 and today, I think it’s also important to see the Profumo Affair in a…
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‘Scandal ‘63 Revisited: reframing the Profumo Affair via art and artefact’
This exhibition, curated by myself and Professor of British Film, Steve Chibnall, opens to the public at Leicester Gallery (De Montfort University) on March 3. If you’d like to come to the Private View (March 2, 6-8pm), please contact the gallery at the email address given below. #christinekeeler #profumoaffair #scandal #painting #exhibition #leicester #leicestergallery #demontfortuniversity
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Hillingdon Museum and Archives
On Friday (2nd December) I delivered Christine and the Poisioned Apple (2017) to archivist and collection officer Paul Davidson at Hillingdon Museum and Archives to become part of their art collection. Christine was born at Hillingdon Hospital in 1942. For context, I also gave Paul a ‘Dear Christine’ catalogue and told him more about the…
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Christine Keeler and DMU Leicester art collection
I’m thrilled that Christine and Stephen (2023) by myself, Welcome to the Sixties (2017) by Cathy Lomax, and L’Irresistible (2022) by Sal Jones (depicting an exuberant Mandy Rice-Davies in the Sixties) are to become part of the De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) art collection. Cathy’s beautiful painting was commissioned by myself and exhibited in the…
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