Richard Ansett returns with a remarkable single portrait illuminating the chapel and celebrating naturalist and environmental campaigner Chris Packham. Elevating him to the status of living saint in this homage to St Francis, patron saint of animals, Packham kneels in prayer surrounded by some of the most endangered species in the UK. 14 to 21...
Richard Ansett returns with a remarkable single portrait illuminating the chapel and celebrating naturalist and environmental campaigner Chris Packham. Elevating him to the status of living saint in this homage to St Francis, patron saint of animals, Packham kneels in prayer surrounded by some of the most endangered species in the UK. 14 to 21...
A portrait of the artist Grayson Perry which was exhibited at the chapel earlier this year has just been awarded a top photography award. Birth by Richard Ansett has been given the Sony Word Photography Award in the portrait category. The image will now go forward to the final and an exhibition at Somerset House...
Artist Grayson Perry will unveil an ‘iconic and iconoclastic’ portrait of himself at the Fitzrovia Chapel, part of an exhibition running at the end of January. Presented as a dramatic lightbox illuminating the secular, baroque chapel from its ‘impious’ placement on the altar, the portrait reworks the motif of mother and child. Conceived by renowned...
