Sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld Awarded an Honorary OBE

LONDON.- Internationally acclaimed sculptor Helaine Blumenfeld has been presented an honorary OBE for her outstanding contribution to art. She was presented her OBE by Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport at a private ceremony. Blumenfeld is one of the few non-British artists ever to have been honoured in this way. Honorary OBE’s are awarded to non-British subjects, and over the decades, only a relatively small number have been presented. Luminaries such as Pierce [...]

Robert Bowman Modern Shows Willie Bester’s Trojan Horse III

LONDON.- Trojan Horse III by Willie Bester is on show at Robert Bowman Modern from 1st July 2010. The title of the work refers to the Trojan Horse Massacre. In October 1985, heightened tensions between anti-apartheid demonstrators and police came to a head in the Cape Town suburb of Athlone. Eleven days after the Government declared a state of emergency in other parts of the country, police hidden in the back of a South African Railways truck fired directly into [...]