Art Not Oil Diary

Art Not Oil has included two pieces of ours in their diary for 2010, and with 33% of the profits going towards the Art Not Oil campaign, and 67% going to communities resisting oil and gas extraction in the global south, we are proud to support the project.

Arnolfini Exhibition: C Words

The well-travelled Carbon Map, commissioned by Platform, has been included in another show at Arnolfini running from 3 October to 29 November. The image of the map (below) was used to promote the 50 day investigation of the C Words: carbon, climate, capital and culture by 60 artists, activists, campaigners and educators.

Joe Richardson in the Observer

Ultimate Holding Company artist Joe Richardson gets a mention in Sunday's Observer from comedian Mark Thomas, for an artwork featuring Princess Diana. The work, shown above in the bottom right-hand corner, is cited by Thomas as one of his most treasured possessions in a tour of his study for the 'My Space' column of the lifestyle magazine:

"Diana Spencer print: I'm friends with a Manchester-based art collective called UHC. A few years ago they were showing me round their studio when I saw this and thought it was brilliant. I've forgotten how much they sold it to me for, £40 or something"

Click here for the full article.

NB. The work is not a print, but a unique mixed media art work.