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Jeremy Deller confirms attendance at Hen Harrier Eve event

Mark July 8, 2015September 12, 2021 Comments Off

Jeremy Deller is a Turner Prize-winning artist, one of whose works is pictured above (and another below). I talked to him back in the autumn. Jeremy has just confirmed he can attend the Hen Harrier Eve event in the Palace Hotel in Buxton on the evening of 8 August (before a Hen Harrier Day rally…

Jeremy Deller – Turner Prize winner and Hen Harrier enthusiast

Mark November 11, 2014July 17, 2018 13 Comments

Last week I arranged to meet Jeremy Deller to talk about Hen Harriers. We met in London and had a coffee together. I’ve never met a Turner Prize (2004) winner before, nor someone who has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. But I wanted to talk to Jeremy…

It made me smile anyway…

Mark July 4, 2013July 17, 2018 4 Comments

I don’t know much about art but I know what I like – and I like giant hen harriers crushing rangerovers. Did you see this – it happened over a month ago while I was in upper New York state. Well, it made me smile anyway. Other coverage: more Guardian, BBC, dazeddigital, London Evening Standard….