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December 13, 2013
The Smile Britannia: House of Commons opens doors to charity street art auction
A first for UK politics, The House of Commons opens its doors to host the Smile Britannia Auction in association with Last Night a DJ Saved My Life, and Temwa; boasting an impressive assemblage of leading Urban Artists including Banksy, David Walker, Paul McGowan and Inkie.
The Cult Joins Forces With Paul McGowan And War Child!
August 8, 2013
Critically-acclaimed artist, Paul McGowan has appointed The Cult ahead of his ongoing War Child collaboration and Trigger Finger collection for the charity, which has been three years in the making and will raise money and awareness for the cause.
The Cult will be working closely with McGowan and War Child to publicise the initial launch of the collaboration with three gallery shows…
December 22, 2010
Soundcheck ® – In Studio: Gary Lucas
Avant garde guitarist Gary Lucas toured with Captain Beefheart in the eighties and has been making music ever since. He plays live in the Soundcheck studio.
Evening Standard
Police swoop on gallery after passer-by spots a bomb.. but it’s really artwork
BBC News
Police in riot gear were sent to raid a central London gallery after it put a fake bomb in the window.
Allarme Bomba a Londra? No, opera d’arte ( Alarm over bomb in London. Not, art work?)
La polizia di Londra fa irruzione nella Mauger Modern Art Gallery in Pimlico dopo che un passante aveva denunciato al 999 un oggetto ticchettante che in tutto e per tutto assomigliava “ad una bomba armata e pronta ad esplodere”.
Police sent to London gallery over bomb artwork
BBC News, June 11, 2010
Police in riot gear were sent to raid a central London gallery after it put a fake bomb in the window…. The gallery said the “comedy bomb” was strapped to a step ladder and featured “Western-style bunches of dynamite” and an alarm.
Spectrum charity auction success
Charity art auction, held in late October in Newquay raises thousands of pounds for local organisation Spectrum.
Art Across the Spectrum
This year’s SpectrumArt auction, which has the theme of communication, will take place on October 31 at the Headland Hotel in Newquay.
Art beat: Paul McGowan’s sinister triptych to Dartmoor
‘A potent symbol of a culture that’s losing its self-respect’: Paul McGowan and his triptych The Divinity of Monsters
Press coverage
27th August 2009
Stellar line-up of artists for auction
Headland Hotel is setting for Spectrum’s annual all-star fund-raising event
Read full West Briton article (PDF)
14th August 2009
Art beat: Paul McGowan’s sinister triptych to Dartmoor
‘A potent symbol of a culture that’s losing its self-respect’: Paul McGowan and his triptych The Divinity of Monsters
Read full Guardian.co.uk article
Click on any of the links below to view scan images from publication articles
The Eden Project
‘Paul McGowan – Artist in residence at Eden 2008/2009’
Eden Friends magazine
‘Artist Paul hangs high over Eden’
West Briton
‘On the edge of creation’
Western Morning News
‘High art makes debut at Eden’
St Austell Voice
Paul McGowan at home in the dome
Inspired by the Eden Project’s luxuriant natural-world environment, the acclaimed British artist will be staged Living On The Edge in the venue’s vast Mediterranean Biome. (Check back in Spring 2010 to find out details about Paul McGowan’s follow-up work)
Charity
‘Autism charity attracts titans of the art world’
The Independent
Inaugural Fundraising Event for the Rebuilding of Mutaro School, Kenya.
The Rainbow Collection’s Children’s Foundation
Paul McGowan 