Wednesday, 17 September 2008

New BBC Arts Page

Hendrik Kerstens - Bag (2008)The BBC has resurrected its arts page, which it abandoned two or three years ago. I'd like to think Coxsoft Art had persuaded it to show some renewed interest in art, but no; the move seems to be a spin-off from the recent media scrum over Moneybags Hirst's auction. That's the lead story and main picture. Yawn. Further down the page you'll find this striking photo of a young woman wearing a plastic bag. It's by Hendrik Kerstens, one of the finalists in this year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, worth £12,000. The winner will be announced on 4 November. I'm not too sure about that title, Hendrik. Bag might not be conveying in English what you intended to convey!

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