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Glasgow gets in to the groove

The annual United Kingdom art prize Beck's Futures has been described by Vogue as ‘the groovy alternative to the Turner Prize' and this summer it is set to take up residence in Glasgow this summer at the Centre for Contemporary Arts.

Organised in collaboration with Beck's Bier and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Beck's Futures identifies, supports and promotes the work of the UK's most promising contemporary artists.

Now in its sixth year, it has established itself as the most generous of all UK art prizes, with the winner receiving a whopping £65,000 ($121,600). Dutch-born Sakia Olde-Wolbers won the coveted prize in 2004. Her video installation Interloper follows the voice of a comatose man as he travels the interior of a hospital.

This year's nominees include the instigator of a high-camp cabaret night; an artist who has featured Jabba the Hutt in a performance; and another who has used crushed Styrofoam cups in an artwork. This winner will be announced in late April.

Beck's Futures 2005
3rd June – 4th August
Centre for Contemporary Arts, 350 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, G2 3JD
Tel: +44 (0)141 332 7521
Admission: free


Embossed pictures attract buyers

A large collection of paintings by Irishman Samuel Dixon have been sold for £117,000 at Lyon and Turnbull in Edinburgh.

It has been nearly 250 years since Dixon invented a method of producing embossed pictures of flowers and birds that became known as Basso Relievo. The paintings...

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• By : Sally Toms
• In : Art and Antiques
• Issue : 19
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