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Blood Spring Events Programme

© Lisa Oppenheim, Killed Negatives: After Walker Evans (Boy and Babe), 2007 (image courtesy the artist and STORE Gallery)	Next event: Hoxton Gallery Tour, Thursday 15 May 2008, 6.30- 8.30pm

Past Blood Events (archive):

Lu Chunsheng at The Red Mansion Foundation, 3rd April 2008

Blood members were invited to a very special viewing of the first solo retrospective of Lu Chunsheng See full details

Blood @ ARTfutures 2008 Artists Party, Bloomberg SPACE, 10th March 2008

Blood members were invited to the ARTfutures 2008 Artist's Party. See full details

Blood @ COLLECT private view, V&A, 25th January 2008

Members were invited to a very special private viewing of COLLECT, the only international art fair exclusively for contemporary objects in Europe. See full details

Blood @ Deutsche Bank Collection Tour, 31st January 2008

Members were invited to an exclusive tour of the Deutsche Bank Collection led by Alistair Hicks, Art Advisor at Deutsche Bank. See full details

Blood @ Artissima 14, Friday 9th - Sunday 11th November

Blood members had the opportunity to spend a weekend in this wonderful Italian city and see the art it has to offer. See full details

Blood @ The West Collection at SEI, Friday 12th October

SEI Investments and the West Collection hosted a champagne reception at which Blood members had the chance to view artworks from the West Collection currently on loan to SEI, the firm Al West started over 35 years ago. See full details

Blood @ The Crawford Collective, W1, Thursday 20th September, 7pm-late

Contemporary art in the domestic setting...Are you interested in finding new ways of collecting? Would you like to start an art collection with friends? The Collective might be able to offer some inspiration. See full details

Blood @ Royal College of Art: Thursday 21st June, 7pm -late

The Contemporary Art Society invites Blood members to an evening curator- led tour of this year's Summer Show at the Royal College of Art. See full details

Blood at Redchurch Street: Friday 8th June, 6.30pm-late

The Contemporary Art Society invited Blood members to a Friday evening visit to three exhibition spaces in the East End's Redchurch Street. The evening included challenging art, curator-led tours of all three shows, and ended with drinks in the VIP area of Loungelover.  See full details

Drawing 2007: Drawing 2007 at the Drawing Room, Tuesday 8th May, 7-9pm

Drawing 2007 - one of the London art world's best kept secrets. This is a unique exhibition of A4 drawings by more than 200 artists - this year's selection includes work given by Julian Opie, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Grayson Perry, Mark Titchner and Ian Davenport. See full details »

You Mistake My Horror For Love: James Ireland talks about his work and his installation at the Economist Plaza, Thursday 26th April, 6.00-7.30pm

The Contemporary Art Society and the Economist invite Blood members to a special evening talk by the artist James Ireland at the Economist Plaza.
You Mistake My Horror for Love is one of the most ambitious installations to date at the Economist Plaza, by the talented young artist James Ireland. See full details »

The Odd Couple at Gallery Yujiro: Saturday 21st April, 11am - 1pm

Gallery Yujiro, reviewed as one of London’s most exciting new galleries, will host an exclusive event to compliment the last days of it’s current exhibition, ‘The Odd Couple ’ featuring works by John Hughes and Seunghee Kang. See full details »

Blood at ARTfutures 2007: ARTfutures 2007 Preview Studio Visits. Thursday 22 February, 7.00 - 9.00pm

This was an opportunity for a select group to meet three of the artists who exhibited at ARTfutures 2007. Blood visited Caroline McCarthy and Marion Coutts's studios in E2. We were then invited to the private view of Doubleuse, a group show in which ARTfutures artist John Wilkins was participating at The Nunnery Gallery. See full details »

Blood at The Whitechapel: Margaret Salmon exhibition and Whitechapel Library. Thursday 1 February 2007, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Whitechapel will be hosting an evening exclusively for Blood members. The event will include a visit to the exhibition by the American filmmaker Margaret Salmon (winner of the MaxMara Art Prize for Women) and a talk by Andrea Tarsia (Head of Exhibitions). See full details »

Blood at The Photographers' Gallery: A talk on collecting photography. Thursday 30 November, 6.30 - 8.30pm

Print Sales at The Photographers' Gallery will be hosting an evening exclusively for Blood Members, focusing on Collecting Photography.  See full details »

Blood at Zoo Art Fair: Private guided tour. Saturday 14 October, 11.45am - 1.30pm

Zoo Art Fair returns to London Zoo for its third year as one of the most significant international platforms for emerging contemporary art talent. See full details »

Blood at Gasworks: Studio visits. Wednesday 20 September, 7pm-9pm

Blood members are invited to an exclusive evening to visit some of the studios at Gasworks. See full details »

Sunday in Bethnal Green: Modern Art, MOT and IBID Projects

Sunday 4 June 2006
On the first really hot day of this year, we went to deepest Bethnal Green. Starting with a fabulous brunch at Bistroteque, we saw Lisa Oppenheim's videos at Modern Art, got an introduction to respected art project MOT from its director Chris Hammond (hard to find in a backstreet studio high-rise, but definitely worth it when you get there), and finished off with a sculpture show by Anthea Hamilton at IBID Projects.
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Blood goes to Berlin: Biennial + tour of new Berlin galleries

Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 May 2006
Berlin is arguably Europe’s hippest city and a major art destination, attracting artists, bohemians and clubbers alike. 20 Blood members went on Blood’s second trip to Berlin in May, coinciding with the 4th Berlin Biennial for contemporary art.
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Blood tour: Culture Bound at the Courtauld Institute

Wednesday 26 April 7pm-8.30pm, followed by drinks at One Aldwych
The Courtauld Institute is well known for its art history education and its collections of late 19th and early 20th century European paintings and drawings. Its student-curated contemporary art programme is much less publicised, which we thought was a bit of a hidden gem…so April ’s Blood event took us on a tour of contemporary art throughout the corridors, lecture rooms and offices of the Courtauld.
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Sunday Breakfast and private tour of Tate Triennial

Sunday 12 March 2006
By popular demand, we made a departure from our mid-week evening events and invite you to a very civilized Sunday of breakfast followed by a private tour of the Tate Triennial.
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Evening reception for collectors at COLLECT art fair

Thursday February 9th 2006, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Organised by the British Crafts Council, COLLECT is the only art fair in Europe that showcases the very best of contemporary applied and decorative arts from around the world. This special evening reception hosted by Arts Council England brought together collectors from a broad spectrum of partnering organizations.
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Blood gallery tour in Hoxton: Kate MacGarry, Trolley and Bischoff/Weiss

Wednesday 25 January 2006 6:30pm
Kate MacGarry, one of the most influential contemporary art gallerists in London, met us to introduce new work by Matt Bryans. At Trolley, we saw an exhibition by David Fryer, Robert Montgomery and Sean Flynn, three close friends in the wake of Fryer's death in 2004. At Bischoff/Weiss we met artist Maya Hewitt, who covered the walls of the gallery with her startling collages and transform the space into a life-size version of a children’s pop-up book.
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ARTfutures2005 Artists' Party at Bloomberg SPACE

Friday, November 25th 2005, 7pm
ARTfutures is the exciting way to begin or extend a contemporary art collection. Organised annually by Contemporary Art Society, this year's exhibition featured over 1000 works by around 150 artists, each piece individually selected by a team of independent curators, including some of the most collectable contemporary art being made today. Prices ranged from £100 to £5,000. For a list of participating artists see: www.contempart.org.uk/artfutures2005 ARTfutures is open to the public and attracts many visitors. The Artists' Party is an exclusive invitation-only event where the majority of exhibiting artists are present, together with CAS staff on hand to answer any queries you might have: mixing an exciting opportunity to buy contemporary art with all the fun of an informal social event.

Pilot:2 Champagne Preview

Wednesday, October 21st 2005, 6.30pm
Pilot:2 showcased 100 artists in a not-for-profit independent forum for emerging artists who do not have commercial representation and independent curators. Pilot:2 is designed to be a platform, research tool and catalyst, where information is exchanged and contacts made between artists, curators, collectors and gallerists. It offers a unique model of viewing and researching new innovative and risk-taking work. Blood members were invited to this special champagne preview where the team of artists and curators led a tour of the exhibition and archive.

Blood gallery tour in Borough: Delfina + Laura Bartlett

Wednesday, September 21st 2005, 6.30pm
Housed in a former chocolate factory, Delfina provides 30 artist studios and residencies in Central London.

Blood gallery tour in Bethnal Green: FRED, David Risley Gallery, Cell Project Space

Wednesday, June 22nd 2005, 6.30pm
Blood delved into the East End for its end-of-season event, right into the heart of London's most dynamic gallery scene in Bethnal Green.

Blood gallery tour in Lisson Grove: Patrick Heide, Lisson, The Outside Institute

Wednesday, May 25th 2005, 6.30pm
Frankfurt and Berlin are fast gaining credibility as the two most thriving places in Germany for up and coming artists at the moment.

Blood gallery tour in SE1 on 21st April: Purdy Hicks, fa projects and UNION

Thursday, April 21st 2005, 6.30pm
See Irish artist Barrie Cooke's richly expressionist show with us.

Blood tour in W1: Percy Miller, Sadie Coles, Alison Jacques

Tuesday, March 22nd 2005, 6.30pm
Finnish video artist Heidi Kilpelainen's name HK119 refers to a product code, and to create this product she is the composer, lyricist, set designer, director and performer.

Special Blood evening at sketch: Discuss contemporary art with Rosie Millard and other artworld insiders

Wednesday, February 23rd 2005, 6.30pm
This Blood event was brought to you in conjunction with sketch and Artprojx. Supported by Arts Council England.