Sculpture for Norwich project shelved

We have covered earlier the troubled journey of Mariele Neudecker's wonderful projected public sculpture to celebrate the Norwich School of Painters. Sadly, and with huge disappointment, Sculpture for Norwich (SfN), the charity originally set up with funds from NCAS and the Norwich Society, has announced that it has been forced to shelve the project. Good coverage in the local paper can be found to download here

That does not mean the end of SfN, however, and they will be moving forward with other ideas for public sculpture in Norwich. See sculpturefornorwich.co.uk for more details.

ncas Auction: Great success

ncas Charity Auction at City Hall raises record £11,500.

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Every two years, ncas stages a charity auction in City Hall to boost its funds for commissioning new art, and that time came around again on 27 November.  This year Selwyn Taylor, Joseph Wang and their team organised a terrific event, which was packed with punters. One of the highlights of the sale was an oil painting by Maggi Hambling, and by the end of the evening we had raised just over £11,500, a record for our auctions. This means we are in good shape to do even more promoting contemporary art in the region over the next two years, which includes our 60th anniversary in 2016,