Louisa Buck
Louisa Buck | |
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| Occupation | Artist |
| Parent(s) | Antony Buck Judy Grant |
Louisa Buck is a British art critic and contemporary art correspondent for The Art Newspaper. She is also an author or co-author of books on contemporary art market.
Early life and family background
Louisa Buck is the only daughter of the late Sir
Political activity
In August 2014, Buck was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[3]
Career
She writes on contemporary art for a number of different journals, as well as making television appearances. Her first book, Moving Targets 2, gives profiles of the artists, curators, collectors, critics and galleries who contribute to the "best and most challenging art that is being made in Britain". Profiles of artists include Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Chris Ofili and Cornelia Parker; critics include Adrian Searle, curators, Sir Nicholas Serota and dealers, Jay Jopling of the White Cube gallery.
In 2000, she criticised the Stuckists artists, "I saw the last Stuckists exhibition and some of the work was just plain cack ... There may be a lot of boring conceptual work but to have a grumpy reactionary movement against it is just daft."[4]
In 2004, she compiled a report for the Arts Council, Market Matters: The dynamics of the contemporary art market. She quoted Thomas Hoving, former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!", a description she elsewhere says has "never ... seemed more apt"[5]
In 2005, she was a member of the Turner Prize jury, which awarded the prize to Simon Starling, whose main exhibit Shedboatshed was a wooden shed he had converted into a boat, sailed down the River Rhine and then turned back into the original shed.[6]
Personal life
For two years during the 1980s she had a relationship with George Melly and in his will was left his collection of surrealist books and magazines.[7]
Bibliography
- Moving Targets 2: A User's Guide to British Art Now (London: Tate Gallery Publishing, 2000).
- Owning Art: The Contemporary Art Collector's Handbook (co-authored with Judith Greer, London: Cultureshock Media, 2006).
- Commissioning Contemporary Art. A Handbook for Curators, Collectors and Artists (co-authored with Daniel McClean, London: Thames & Hudson, 2012).
References
- ^ "Sir Antony Buck", The Guardian, 11 October 2003 Retrieved 21 March 2006
- ^ "Long Serving Essex MP Remembered", East Anglia Daily Times, 3 April 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2006
- ^ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". theguardian.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ Stuckism Press Cuttings Retrieved 21 March 2006
- ^ Evening Standard ES Magazine, p.15, 2 June 2000
- ^ "One Man and His Boat Shed Sail into a Storm over the Turner", The Times, 6 December 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2006
- ^ "Melly's bequest to his lovers", Daily Record 22 October 2007
External links
- Market Matters: The dynamics of the contemporary art market by Louisa Buck
- Louisa Buck on being a Turner Prize judge
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