I prefer to spend $1200 for an original canvas from an artist with a history like Thierry Noir rather than being fooled paying $1200 for a giclee/printer print from a nobody like Hebru Brantley or a plastic crap statue from Kaws. But this is just my opinion.

Details below of what looks to be a fantastic event later this month - all enquiries to studio@thierrynoir.com



THE THIERRY NOIR ACADEMY OF ART

Fundraising London exhibition in support of The Kids Network children's charity

22nd to 25th August 2019
at Protein Studios, 31 New Inn Yard, Hackney, London, EC2A 3EY

Opening night: 7PM 22 August
Free drinks, all invited

rsvp@thierrynoir.com

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Thierry Noir is joining forces with London based children’s charity The Kids Network throughout August to raise awareness and funds for vulnerable children in Hackney through collaborative murals and a fundraising exhibition at Protein Studios.

For the whole of August Noir will paint murals around the street art hotspots of Shoreditch, Dalston and Hackney Wick with assistance from The Kids Network and local Hackney 8-11 year olds. The children will be mentored by Noir and for a month will become real life street artists painting alongside the legendary Berlin artist in the streets of East London. The project will culminate on the 22nd of August with The Thierry Noir Academy of Art Summer Exhibition in collaboration with Protein Studios. This will be in the form of a survey of Noir’s 40 year painting career with over 1,000 original Thierry Noir works of art (brought from Berlin by Flight Logistics) with proceeds in support of The Kids Network.

Having illegally painted over 5 miles of the Berlin Wall during the Cold War, in the process becoming one of the pioneers of the international street art movement, Noir knows a thing or two about street art. Since the 1980s Noir’s colourful motifs, bold lines and timeless visual language have become a symbol of youth culture globally making him a perfect mentor. The Thierry Noir Academy of Art will inspire a new generation in Hackney by providing new experiences and opportunities, the core mission of The Kids Network.

Hackney is becoming an increasingly hard place for children to grow up in. The colourful street art has heralded gentrification and influx of new wealth to the district which has resulted in rising social inequality and the erosion of previously established communities. The Kids Network exists to supports children at a crucial time in their lives, in the lead up to and often during the transition from primary into secondary school. Through mentoring, The Kids Network brings together people who would not usually cross paths for social change.

Sarah Woodcock, Founder of The Kids Network, says, “the support of Thierry Noir and Protein will have a huge impact on the lives of local Hackney children. In the rapidly changing city, children's voices can often be forgotten. We are massively grateful for an artist like Noir to be giving them this amazing opportunity and helping us expand into Hackney”.

Thierry Noir original paintings and screen prints are available on thierrynoir.com

Alternatively please email sales@thierrynoir.com to preview the artworks available at the exhibition

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Whats not to like about a bloody great lump of painted concrete swinging in the wind! 

In fairness, he has said on Instagram that these are the last in the series. So once these last few are sold I assume he won’t be going back to making this style/size?

Yeah that was the show I also managed to knock a canvas off the wall Ha! Oops

I have always thought his prices were very reasonable maybe not now, fantastic man though one of the good ones

At future exhibitions they'll be "Large Single Head Canvas are available as pre-sales out of these shows in the size of 120cm by 150cm.

The pricing on these is currently £10k although this is currently under review and slated to increase."

An average collector like myself is certainly pushed out at that price. I guess that's the art game. 

Is it interesting? Or is it intensely annoying that half the posts on this forum currently relate to the pricing of works by Thierry Noir. 

He was affordable 2 months ago, you just missed out, as did I.

I am a fan of his work and own a beautiful piece which I got last year. I also think his work is undervalued given his history but honestly, I do not like how he is being managed recently.

His team offered me a work last week for £3600. The very same piece was offered to me 4 months ago at £950. I politely declined the offer given the huge price jump and his team’s response was “your loss”, which I think was totally unnecessary. Lost a bit of respect to his team.

That is inappropriate. Out of interest, who were you talking to?