The Visual Arts section of the Critics’ Circle held their annual awards ceremony last night, 29th September. Our CEO, Dr Nicholas Eastaugh, was hugely honoured to receive the Denise Sylvester-Carr Unsung Hero Award in recognition of his contributions to the field of art science. As he said in his acceptance speech, unsung no more! There […]
The Visual Arts section of the Critics’ Circle held their annual awards ceremony last night, 29th September. Our CEO, Dr Nicholas Eastaugh, was hugely honoured to receive the Denise Sylvester-Carr Unsung Hero Award in recognition of his contributions to the field of art science. As he said in his acceptance speech, unsung no more!
There was an illustrious roster of recipients, with Dr Eastaugh sharing the podium with Philip Mould, for his gallery’s show ‘Without Hands. The Art of Sarah Biffin’, Joost Joustra from The National Gallery accepting for their show ‘Saint Francis of Assisi’, and Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, taking the main award for their transformational building project.
The awards themselves were specially created by the exciting young ceramicist Adi Avidani, who has recently graduated from the RCA with an MA in Ceramics and Glass. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and institutions around the world including Milan Design Week (2023), Royal Academy London (2022), Wells Art Contemporary (2021, 2023), XII Florence Art Biennale (2021), Sapling Gallery Mayfair, and more. She also won the Tracey Grace award, Nicky Ginsberg Creative Residency award and was featured in CREATE! Magazine, and the renowned IFDM issue of Milan Design Week. 2023.