Orwell Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 10 (2003) Winner
Brian Sewell
ブライアン・スーウェル
Buraian Sūweru
Aliases:
Brian Alfred Christopher Bushell Perkins
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-07-15 （Hammersmith, London）
- Died
- 2015-09-19 （London） age 84
- Nationality
- English, British
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Kensington, London → Chiswick → London
Career
- Occupations
- Art critic, Journalist, Art dealer
- Active Years
- 1957-2015
- Affiliations
- Evening Standard, Tatler, Christie's
- Influenced By
- Anthony Blunt
- Influenced
- Contemporary art critics
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London | — | History of Art | — | — | United Kingdom |
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
Country:
United Kingdom
Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
History of Art
Year of Graduation:
1957
Country:
United Kingdom
Anthony Bluntが指導教官
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Critic of the Year | — | — | — | winner |
| 1994 | Arts Journalist of the Year | — | — | — | winner |
| 1995 | Hawthornden Prize for Art Criticism | — | — | Hawthornden Committee | winner |
| 2000 | Foreign Press Award (Arts) | — | — | — | winner |
| 2003 | Orwell Prize | Evening Standard column | — | — | winner |
Critic of the Year
1988
Result:
winner
Arts Journalist of the Year
1994
Result:
winner
Hawthornden Prize for Art Criticism
1995
Organization:
Hawthornden Committee
Result:
winner
Foreign Press Award (Arts)
2000
Result:
winner
Orwell Prize
2003
Work:
Evening Standard column
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Naked Emperors: Criticisms of English Contemporary Art
2012 Art criticismCriticisms of English contemporary art.
Critique of modern artReturn to tradition
Outsider: Always Almost: Never Quite
2011 AutobiographyFirst volume of his autobiography.
Personal strugglesArt world
Outsider II: Always Almost: Never Quite
2012 AutobiographySecond volume of autobiography.
Personal strugglesArt world
Bibliography
- South from Ephesus: Travels Through Aegean Turkey
- A Life with Food (with Peter Langan)
- The Reviews That Caused The Rumpus: And Other Pieces
- An Alphabet of Villains
- Nothing Wasted: The Paintings of Richard Harrison (with Richard Harrison)
- Outsider: Always Almost: Never Quite
- Outsider II: Always Almost: Never Quite
- Sleeping with Dogs: A Peripheral Autobiography
- The White Umbrella
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Acerbic and wittyTraditionalistFormal RP diction
- Recurring Motifs
- Opposition to modern artCritique of conceptual artCritique of Turner Prize
Health
-
Cancer2015年Cause of death.
Legacy
Known as Britain's most famous and controversial art critic, acerbic critic of conceptual art and the Turner Prize.
Archives
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
In Popular Culture
- AI-generated review in his style (2024)
- Parodied as Brian Badonde in Facejacker
Quotes
-
The art market is not sexist. The likes of Bridget Riley and Louise Bourgeois are of the second and third rank. There has never been a first-rank woman artist.
Source: The Independent (2008) -
Banksy should have been put down at birth.
Source: The Guardian (2009)
Trivia
- Biological father was composer Peter Warlock (Philip Heseltine).
- Took LSD as a young man.
- Liked to drive his Mercedes barefoot.
- Claimed to have slept with over 1,000 men.