What I’m doing now (January 2024)
Affordable Art Fair | UK Fair Director
+ Curation and Development of Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring, Battersea Autumn, Hampstead
Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring 6 - 10 March 2024 Register for tickets
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead 8. - 12 May 2024 - Exhibitor Applications closed
Affordable Art Fair Battersea Autumn 16 - 20 October 2024 - Exhibitor Applications opening in Q2
Artthou.co.uk | Founder + Curator
+ ‘Studio Finds’ a dedicated safe space on the internet to discover not seen before original work under £1000 by emerging and mid-career artists
+ Advising private clients, interior designers and friends on sourcing and collecting ultra contemporary art
Jackson’s Painting Prize 2023 | Judge
Visual Arts Association, International Exhibition and Scholarship Prize | Judge
Press
+ Jackson’s Art Blog “Meet Hugo Barclay, Guest Judge for Jackson Art Prize 2024”
+ Country Life issue 11 “My Favourite painting”
+ Yahoo! News “My First Boss”
+ SPEARS Q2 Issue “End of the Fair”
+ BBC Radio London, Robert Elms Show c.2h39 “Highlights Affordable Art Fair Battersea Spring”
+ The Art Newspaper “Will the UK government support the art market“
+ Made in Bed Magazine “Camille Moreno in conversation with Hugo Barclay”
+ Financial Times “UK Fair Director calls for meaningful dialogue to reverse cumbersome barriers to the art trade”
+ AAF blog “Affordable Art Fair Battersea Autumn artist to watch”
+ AAF blog “Meet the new Fair director Hugo Barclay”
+ Featured in Arts Professionals “Affordable Art Fair Welcomes Barclay”
+ Podcast discussion about Art, tech and more “The Creative Bridge Podcast”
+ Featured in interview with Sundried Activewear “Hugo speaks about usual challenges, training and racing”
+ Feature interview in published book by Author Jamie Hamer “The Exceptional Sales Career”
+ Featured in 37 Scottish papers “No Borders to enjoying Art in aid of Maggie’s”
+ Art Magazine UK “Without Borders - Visual Arts agency launches online exhibition”
+ the Floc Magazine “Inside the charity art exhibit that’s breaking down borders”
+ Art Critique Magazine “Alternative Art Businesses Choosing the UK”
Current curiosities and areas of interest:
+ Data centric art collecting
+ Barriers to entry for galleries entering the UK
+ Sustainable art business models that aren’t the traditional gallery formats
If you have an opinion on the above, connect with me on LinkedIn.
For Press Enquires — I comment on the contemporary art scene in Scotland, new gallery business models, challenges to galleries with shipping art to and from the UK and trends on the UK art market, email here.