Evening discussion with Sir Michael Craig-Martin and Tim Marlow

Love Art at The Peninsula Presents “Bright Idea”: Evening discussion with Sir Michael Craig-Martin and Tim Marlow

Date: 20 March 2017 (Monday)
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Venue: Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus

The Department partners with The Peninsula Hong Kong for what promises to be a fascinating conversation with one of the leading figures of British conceptual art. Both as a hugely influential artist in his own right and as an esteemed teacher, Sir Michael Craig-Martin is celebrated for his time as a tutor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, between 1974 and 1988, and then again from 1994 to 2000. He is credited with having taught an emerging generation of artists who went on to become known as the Young British Artists or “YBAs”. This group included some of the biggest names in contemporary art today – Damien Hirst, Julien Opie, Sarah Lucas and Gary Hume – creating a legacy that earned Craig-Martin the nickname “The Godfather of Brit Art”.

In conversation with Tim Marlow, Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts, Sir Craig-Martin will look back on his ground-breaking career at the forefront of British contemporary art.