News Archive
Balouchi Brides Exclusive
Candlestar is delighted to exclusively present two photographs by Iranian artist Fataneh Dadkhah. The two digital prints on canvas are part of Dadkhah's beautiful Balouchi Bride series, and can be commissioned solely from Candlestar as a limited edition print MORE >
Banksy loves Judah
Candlestar associate artist Gerry Judah’s new show, Babylon, at Flowers East Gallery has drawn the admiration of famous street artist Banksy. MORE >
Iran Unbowed at the Hyatt Regency London - exhibition extended
The latest exhibition in Candlestar's Iranian Series includes pieces by the contemporary masters and two artists – Hossein Cheraghchi and Rasool Soltani – whose work has not previously been shown in London. MORE >
Gerry Judah at Flowers East
London’s Flower East Gallery on Kingsland Road will feature Candlestar artist Gerry Judah’s remarkable paintings from his series, Babylon, from 20th November 2009 to 2nd January 2010. MORE >
Turquoise Letters
Kourosh Salehi's, Turquoise Letters, will be at the Idea Generation Gallery, London, from 10 to 16 December 2009. C* is the Secretariat for the Prix Pictet, the world’s first Prize dedicated to photography and sustainability. Prix Pictet world tour. MORE >
Iranian Artists in Paris
Three Iranian artists prepare for international exhibitions in Paris. Paris Photo features Candlestar artists Sadegh Tirafkan and Abbas Kiarostami, while Prix Pictet photographer, Abbas Kowsari, will be on view at Photoquai of musée du quai Branly in Paris. MORE >
Benoit Aquin at Paris Photo
To celebrate the launch of Prix Pictet 2008 winner Benoit Aquin's new book, 'Far East, Far West', Pictet & Cie, in association with Paris Photo and Galerie Pangée, will host a reception at the Passage de Retz on Thursday 19 November. MORE >
Nadav Kander wins the Prix Pictet 2009
Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, has announced that Nadav Kander has won the Prix Pictet 2009. Congratulations also go to Ed Kashi, who was awarded the 2009 Prix Pictet Commission MORE >
Prix Pictet Earth Book Launch
The book launch and exhibition opening was attended by nearly 400 people including artists, judges, nominators, critics and advisers and meet with considerable critical acclaim. MORE >
Kofi Annan to announce the Prix Pictet 2009 Winner today
On 22 October at the Passage de Retz gallery in Paris Kofi Annan, Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, will announce the winner of this year’s award. MORE >
Iranian Art in London, October 2009
To coincide with Frieze Art Fair and in response to the current popularity of contemporary Iranian art, Candlestar has organised a week of exhibitions and events to celebrate and promote the work of the best emerging talent in the Iranian art world along with some of its more established figures. MORE >
Candlestar strengthens its education team
Candlestar has strengthened its education team by appointing Matt Rodda as Senior Associate. MORE >
Earth Preview Exhibition, Purdy Hicks Gallery, 5-10 October 2009
An exhibition marking the launch of the Prix Pictet book 'Earth' London from 5 to 10 October MORE >
All about earth - Prix Pictet featured in Canvas magazine
Director of Candlestar, Michael Benson's piece 'All about earth', has been published in the current edition of Canvas magazine MORE >
Iran Unbowed
Candlestar announces the latest in our Iran 2009 series of exhibitions MORE >
Prix Pictet Shortlist 2009 Announced at Rencontres d'Arles
The Prix Pictet shortlist for 2009 was announced on 9 July before 2000 people as part of the opening events at Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival. The Jury has selected 12 artists from 9 different countries from what the Chairman, Francis Hodgson, has described as an ‘exceptional’ submission of over 300 international candidates. MORE >
Magic of Persia Contemporary Art Prize Finalists
Young Iranian Artists prepare for London show MORE >
Artist in residence programme development
Candlestar has been appointed by The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (SSEE) at the University of Oxford to develop its first Climate Change Artist in Residence Programme. MORE >
Sculpting Our History – artists and Nobel laureates confront climate change
Candlestar worked with the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership (CPSL) to support Sculpting Our History - a unique event held at the Science Museum in London on 27 May 2009. MORE >
Sotheby's Arab and Iranian Art Auction
Candlestar are working with Sotheby’s in an advisory capacity to ensure that their forthcoming sale of Arab and Iranian art includes work from the very best contemporary Iranian artists working inside Iran. MORE >
Prix Pictet 2008 Commission in Geneva
Munem Wasif's commissioned photographs 'Salt Water Tears: Lives Left Behind in Satkhira, Bangladesh' are exhibited in Geneva MORE >
A Personal Statement by Abbas Kiarostami explaining his effective exclusion from Britain
The distinguished Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami has released a statement concerning the difficulties he has experienced in acquiring a visa to travel to Britain for the opening of his exhibition at Purdy Hicks and the inauguration of his production of Cosi fan Tutte at ENO. MORE >
Masques of Shahrazad
Candlestar will be presenting The Masques of Shahrazad, its latest show of Iranian Artists in London, from 9 to 14 March 2009, at the Mall Galleries, London. In collaboration with the Day Gallery, Tehran, The Masques of Shahrazad brings together 28 prominent Iranian women artists whose works span three critical generations in the history of Iran. Candlestar will be presenting a selection of works that trace the development of Iranian art and artists over the past four decades, when the national identity of Iran has been dramatically re-forged. MORE >
Munem Wasif at Mall Galleries
Photographs by Munem Wasif revealing the daily impact of the scarcity of clean, safe water on the people of south-west Bangladesh go on display for the first time from 9 March at the Mall Galleries, London. Wasif was one of eighteen leading international photographers shortlisted for the 2008 Prix Pictet. MORE >
Prix Pictet 2009
On 11 March there will be a reception at the Mall Galleries to launch the Prix Pictet 2009 with the announcement of this year’s judges. This is the second year of the world’s only annual photography award to focus on sustainability, supported by Pictet & Cie. MORE >
Volta NY
Iranian born artist Tahereh Samadi Tari will hold her first solo show at Volta NY Art Fair, from 5 to 8 March 2009. This year's show, entitled Age of Anxiety, focuses on areas currently underexposed by the art world (Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Latin America), while also identifying trends that point towards newly critical aspects of emerging art. The show’s title—taken from W.H. Auden’s 1948 poem of the same name—suggests reexamination as well as imaginative departures that herald new beginnings. MORE >
Abbas Kiarostami: Roads, Rain and Cossi fan Tutti
Candlestar will team up with leading London gallery PurdyHicks to present a short exhibition of photography and film by acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami. MORE >
Magic of Persia - Dubai and London
For the second year, a spectacular fundraising Gala and Iranian Contemporary Art Auction, will be held in Dubai, hosted with the continued support of Christie’s Middle East and Europe, and the generous donation of works by renowned Iranian artists. MORE >
Personnel, Partnership and Rankings
Candlestar has been commissioned to assist the Universities Personnel Association as it changes its name to Universities HR. The UPA, the professional group for human resources staff in the universities, is adopting the new name from its conference in May to reflect changing terminology. MORE >
Kofi Annan awards CHF 100,000 Prix Pictet to Canadian Photographer Benoit Aquin
In a splendid ceremony at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Kofi Annan, Nobel Laureate and Honorary President of the Prix Pictet, awarded on 30 October 2008 Benoit Aquin with a specially commissioned trophy, designed by London based jeweller Vicky Ambery-Smith. MORE >
Water – The Book
This powerful volume chronicles the unique and important mission of the Prix Pictet: to use photography to inform worldwide audiences about environmental issues. MORE >
Media Brokers
The Candlestar education team has been instrumental in the development of two significant media partnerships. The team secured a special supplement in The Independent and have participated in developping a Commonwealth Universities page on the acclaimed GuardianUnlimited web site. MORE >
Candlestar Artists Break new Ground
Two Candlestar artists have been in the spotlight in April. MORE >
Global Photography for a Sustainable Future
The Prix Pictet will be judged by an independent judging panel and the winning photographer will receive 100,000 Swiss francs plus the opportunity to complete a commission related to a project supported by Pictet in the field of environmental sustainability. The shortlist for the inaugural Prix Pictet will be announced in June 2008. MORE >
Candlestar Wound
Candlestar Director, Michael Benson has just been appointed arts editor of the fast growing international art, architecture, fashion magazine Wound whose first edition publishes 1 November 2007. MORE >
Memories of Iran
The Candlestar arts team’s growing portfolio of international clients has been enhanced with their appointment as co-producers of a major new exhibition of work by emerging artists from Iran. MORE >
Global Publishing
The Candlestar education team has just completed the production of the definitive reference work on global higher education - the 82nd edition of the Association of Commonwealth Universities Yearbook. MORE >
Artists Programme lights up Gulf Art Fair
The programme of artists' projects devised by Candlestar for the inaugural DIFC Gulf Art Fair was widely regarded as one of the highlights of the event which ran from 6 – 10. MORE >
Candlestar Teams Building
Candlestar has recently enhanced its arts and education teams with two significant new appointments. MORE >
French Artist Damien Cadio Wins Sovereign European Art Prize
At a gala dinner held at Bonham's auction rooms in London on 15 March, Howard Bilton, Founder and Chairman of the Sovereign Art Foundation, revealed that the winner of the 2007 European Art Prize was Damien Cadio's painting ‘Esercito'. MORE >
London Flocks to European Art Prize show
The opening of the exhibition of paintings shortlisted for the 2nd annual Sovereign European Art Prize, at the A Foundation's Rochelle School in Club Row, attracted over 300 people and they were joined by fourteen of the thirty four shortlisted artists together with painters Patrick Hughes and Sir Peter Blake who chairs the Prize jury. MORE >
Art and Education
The twin strands of Candlestar were brought together at the European Art Prize exhibition through the development of a series of short education sessions. MORE >
Sovereign Shortlist delights judge
The Sovereign Art Foundation has just announced the 34 artists short-listed for the 2006/07 Sovereign European Art Prize MORE >
Angel of the Lower East Side
Candlestar have been appointed by the Angel Orensanz Foundation for the Arts (New York) to develop a series of exhibitions in the UK by the sculptor Angel Orensanz. MORE >