Miart Gallery Announce First UK Solo Exhibition of Michael Gregor Murn

Miart Gallery in Mayfair have announced the first UK solo exhibition of Slovenian multi-media artist Michael Gregor Murn (MGM). The MGM exhibition will open on 10th May and run until 6th June, 2024. Set to be a defining moment in MGM’s artistic journey, the exhibition is the first stop on an ambitious eight-year global tour for the artist, which will involve art fairs around the world and culminate in a retrospective exhibition in New York.

Hosted by Miart Gallery, a spectacular 560m2 contemporary and modern art centre located in the heart of Mayfair on St. James’s Street, London, the exhibition will showcase a curated selection of fifty artworks, emphasizing MGM's prowess in abstract paintings and digital graphics. The curation of the exhibition will provide an immersive insight into MGM’s creative evolution and thematic diversity, and will also involve a presentation of his monograph, offering an in-depth look into his artistic endeavours and narratives. Miart Gallery will present MGM’s first UK solo exhibition in its expansive Mayfair space, as part of an ongoing exhibition programme designed to support diverse artistic expressions through its multi-level layout and commitment to bridging Eastern and Western art forms.

Miart Gallery was recently awarded the title "Best Gallery or Museum in England 2024” and featured in The 20 Best Galleries or Museums in The World 2024", by the American Art Awards and World Art Awards, and was also named as one of the top 10 galleries in London 2022. Miart Gallery’s monthly exhibits feature internationally renowned and emerging global classical, modern and contemporary artists, photographers, multi-media artists and sculptors including Auguste Rodin, Banksy, Lorenzo Quinn and Beto Gatti.

https://www.mgm-art.com

PRETTYBIRD's Ben Cole directs BRIT-nominee Charlotte Plank Music Video

PRETTYBIRD UK have collaborated with director Ben Cole on ‘Rage’, the new music video for BRIT-nominee and UK breakthrough dance artist Charlotte Plank.

Starring Charlotte herself and her crew bringing the rave with them on a night out, the frenetic video matches the song’s fast-paced high energy - and features an unexpected narrative twist at its finale. ‘Rage’ was produced by Lottie Lindsay-Beavan out of PRETTYBIRD, with director Ben Cole shooting in some eclectic locations across London, and capturing an authentic sense of the city’s frenetic nightlife.

“This film is a little nod to the endless overlapping stories found on a London night out, and that communal hunt for the rave. There is spontaneity to it all. Thank you to my local kebab shop for letting 50 kids rave to drum and base!” Ben Cole

Watch the video at LBB: https://www.lbbonline.com/news/charlotte-plank-brings-the-rave-in-frenetic-music-video-rage/

The Brill Building and Photographer Ross O'Callaghan: The Paddy Irishman Project

Irish creative agency The Brill Building and photographer Ross O’Callaghan have teamed up to reclaim an outdated slur and represent the true diversity of Irish men. 

Titled The Paddy Irishman Project, the initiative involved the agency claiming worldwide rights to the phrase, which has long been used to impose the image of a drunk, straight, white men as the face of the country's male population. 

At the heart of the campaign are seven stunning Paddy Portraits by O’Callaghan, which reflect the true diversity of cultures, ethnicities, sexualities and careers of contemporary Irishmen.

To mark St. Patrick’s Day 2024, The Paddy Irishman Project has secured the worldwide rights to the phrase ‘Paddy Irishman’ with the copyright confirmed in Ireland’s primary diaspora territories, the UK, Australia, Europe and the United States of America. Securing worldwide copyright of the phrase ‘Paddy Irishman’.

Since the 1800's the word ‘Paddy’ has been a slur on Irish males, a shorthand for a drunk, or a punchline of a ‘Paddy Irishman’ joke. This image, which is exclusively straight and white, doesn’t reflect the multiculturalism of today’s Ireland. So, in order to retire the stereotype, The Brill Building and photographer Ross O’Callaghan secured the worldwide trademark for ‘Paddy Irishman’. The securing of the Worldwide copyright of ‘Paddy Irishman’ is part of an ongoing creative collaboration - ’The Paddy Irishman Project’ - featuring a series of portraits taken by Ross which reflect the diversity of cultures, ethnicities, sexualities and careers of contemporary Irishmen. 

In the latest step for photographer Ross O’Callaghan’s exploration of a new narrative of Ireland with Irish creative agency The Brill Building, seven new ‘Paddy Portraits’ have been revealed, and worldwide rights to the phrase ‘Paddy Irishman’ have been secured, in a major step on the road to retiring the tired trope of the phrase ‘Paddy’, an offensive terms for a person of Irish descent.

Read more at Shots: https://shots.net/news/view/the-brill-buildings-paddy-portraits