Channel 4’s BIG 4, a 50-foot high metal ‘4’ outside the Channel 4 Head Office, has become something of a London landmark since it was erected in 2007 for the Channel’s 25th anniversary.

Since its construction it has been customised by the Photographer Nick Knight, Turner prize winner Mark Titchner, the Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui, and most recently by Stephanie Imbeau, an Art Graduate, whose Shelter design constructed with used umbrellas was the winner of a competition run last year for Art Students and recent Graduates.  read more »

 1. Please, Please, Please, Jeppe Hein, January 30 – March 29th 2009, The Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada

3. Protect Protect, Jenny Holzer, March 12 – May 31, 2009, the Whitney, New York, New York, USA  read more »

artselector is currently seeking submissions of written content such as: articles, exhibition dates, reviews and critiques: in fact all forms of contemporary art discourse.  read more »

As another predictable and uninspiring artwork wins a major prize, I am forced to question what role the voting public should really play in deciding the outcomes of creative ventures. On September 15th, I received an e-mail announcing the winner of the Threadneedle Prize. At the opening at the beginning of September I was pleasently surprised to find a show with some strong intentions and a hearty attempt to explore the huge variety of approaches to making figurative work.  I was not entirely in agreement with the shortlist, but it certainly contained some interesting work and reflected to some degree the broad spectrum of the show.  read more »