October 15, 2018 by Carla Rapoport
Hello Fungus
Artists use all kinds of materials to make their art but slime mould, it’s fair to say, isn’t normally among them. What about a slime-based artwork that tweets from its own twitter account? The answer has to be ditto. One of the real pleasures of the Lumen Prize is…
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October 6, 2018 by Carla Rapoport
In Defence of Women
In the beginning, there was the Founder’s Award, which I launched in 2013 to celebrate art that I felt the Jury Panel had…
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September 20, 2018 by Carla Rapoport
A.I. Portrait Scoops Gold
Lumen isn’t all about winning. Longlisted artists and finalists become part of the Lumen family and are eligible for opportunities to show their…
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September 3, 2018 by Carla Rapoport
Please Touch the Art
When Ruth Saxton, Arts & Projects Manager, of Eureka, the UK’s National Children’s Museum, first rang me to ask if I’d be…
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September 3, 2018 by Carla Rapoport
Meural Student Prize: Tough Choices
Since the launch of the Lumen Prize, we were keen to have an award that was free to enter for any student…
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