Stuart Sutcliffe sells a painting to John Moores Sunday 17 January 1960 The Summer Painting, 1959 The second Biennial John Moores Exhibition opened at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery on 17 November 1959. Among the exhibits was Summer Painting by Stuart Sutcliffe, an art school student and friend to John Lennon. The...
Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool, UK BY MICHAEL BRACEWELL IN REVIEWS | 01 JAN 08 Stuart Sutcliffe, Untitled (1961-2) Frozen into myth by an early death in 1962, the artist and musician Stuart Sutcliffe is best known for his brief membership, between January and December 1960, of an early line-up of The Beatles....
Sutcliffe Hints at What Might Have Been A close confidant to John Lennon, the art student/bohemian/reluctant musician seemed destined for greatness in the realm of visual art. Aug. 20, 2013 By Christopher Walsh Stuart Sutcliffe was at once a bit player and an integral component in the crucial...
On August 17, 1960, five young Britons were approaching the stage of a small night club in Hamburg, about to play music in that city for the first time. To reach the stage, they had come an almost unimaginable distance. From their home, in Liverpool, they had driven in...
The purpose of the first in this series of Limited Edition illustrated books,”Memoir I,” is to provide a brief snapshot of Stuart Sutcliffe’s international exhibition history over the last six decades. It includes a small sampling of artifacts, artworks, and a short list of essays from noteworthy art critics,...
This presentation investigates the uncannily coherent formal qualities of the Guggenheim’s international holdings of abstract painting and sculpture from the 1940s and ’50s, questioning, ultimately, how taste is formed. Featured works include those by Martin Barré, Conrad Marca-Relli, Georges Mathieu, Kenzo Okada, and Judit Reigl, among others. Prince is...
Yea Yea Yea, We Met We frequently use the word serendipity even when things are just vaguely golden, but this story of meeting Richard Prince and what he went on to do with Harper Levine on behalf of Stuart and his art definitely involved an element of serendipity. I’ll...
Stuart at The Feis Liverpool Music Festival Stuart is no stranger to Liverpudlians. Neither is the group he named – The Beatles. The Stuart Sutcliffe Estate premiered a video clip at FEIS 2018 where tens of thousands of attendees were able to view the clip that was featured between...
WHERE ART MEETS FASHION Our friends at Turnbull & Asser and Worth & Worth are teaming up to host a pop-up to present the Townhouse Collection in the Hamptons! Event will take place on July 12-17 and August 22-27 at The Agora @Calissa! “British shirtmaker and Royal Warrant holder,...
The Stuart Sutcliffe Estate recently received such a kind message from Justin Kreutzmann. “Justin Kreutzmann was born to the world of art, music, and the highly creative if unconventional world of the Grateful Dead. In 1978, when Justin was eight, his dad gave him a Super-8 camera, and his...
