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Meet Hugo Barclay, Jackson’s Art Prize 2025 Guest Judge - Jackson's Art BlogJackson's Art Blog
Curator, art advisor, and Director of Affordable Art Fair UK, Hugo Barclay is a Guest Judge for Jackson’s Art Prize 2025. With an acute understanding of the gallery ecosystem, he is particularly passionate about nurturing living artists and the galleries supporting them. In this interview, he discusses his creative background, what made him choose his Judge’s Choice Award winner last year, and leaning into his instincts when looking through the entries. Guest Judges Anita Klein: Printmaker and painter, fellow and past president of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers Anne Rothenstein: Artist represented by Stephen Friedman Gallery, RWA Academician Péjú Oshin: Curator, writer, and lecturer whose work sits at the intersection of art, style, and culture Hugo Barclay: Director of Affordable Art Fair UK, Curator, and Art Advisor Joshua Donkor: Artist, member of the Contemporary British Portrait Painters Andrew Torr: Artist, winner of Jackson’s Art Prize 2024 with his painting ‘Estate’ Interview with Hugo Barclay Josephine: Welcome back to the judging panel for the third year! Can you tell us a little bit about your journey in the art world and how it led to your current role as director of the art firm UK? Hugo: My ...
Transplant Links Community Deck of Cards Auction - Jackson's Art Blog
The Transplant Links Community Deck of Cards is a collaboration between 54 artists who have come together to create a totally unique deck of cards to raise funds for life saving charity Transplant Links Community (TLC). Each of the 54 artists, including Grayson Perry, Lizzie Riches, George Underwood, Sarah Jarret, and many others, has chosen a card from a standard deck and created an original artwork based on their card. Each artwork will be sold in a public online auction on Thursday 24th October 7:00 pm via the Ewbank’s Auctions website. Here, you can see some of the artworks that will be available and read interviews with contributing artists. Above image: Collection of selected contributions to the TLC Deck of Cards Art Auction Transplant Links Community Deck of Cards Auction Members of the public are invited to register online via Ewbank’s website to bid for these fantastic one-off pieces. Maximum ‘absentee bids’ can be left on the website prior to the auction for those who are unable to bid on the night. The artworks will then come together to form a full deck of cards, which will soon be available to purchase via Jackson’s website. This will be ...