A record of three artists from Latvia, have been shortlisted for the 2009-10 Sovereign European Art Prize. Evelina Deicmane, who has previosly exhibited at both The Venice and Moscow Biennales,Liga Purmale whose painting was sold in internacional aucton house Sotheby`s sale in London (2009) and leading conceptual art representative - Kristaps Gelzis

 
The exhibition opened with great success and has had a record number of visitors since its been open to the public.

DAVID BIRKIN  was announced the winner of this year’s €25,000 prize and was absolutely delighted!

The remaining 29 finalist art works will be auctioned, with the proceeds split between the artists and the Barbican Centre Trust, a charity whose recent project activity includes working in neighbouring  boroughs in East London to make the arts more accessible to schools, families and communities.

Awarded annually, the Sovereign European Art Prize is the only European – wide prize for contemporary art. It offers the chance to purchase works by some of the rising starts of the European contemporary art world.                                                                               

These works are available for bids until this Sunday 20th June. This is a wonderful opportunity to support these artists, put forward by yourselves, and also this charitable project.

The pieces can be viewed in advance of the event at the exhibition at the Barbican Centre from the 9 - 20th June (Monday to Sunday.10am-8pm)