Emin Tops Art Bill

The Guardian reports that more British artists than ever before are representing the UK at the art world's version of the Olympics Games, the Venice Biennale. The "official" British artist, who will compete against the rest of the world for the event's prestigious Golden Lion award, is Tracey Emin. Art experts are predicting a Kate Moss-at-Topshop-style scrum to witness the ever-controversial figure's exhibition when the Biennale opens to the public on June 10. However, the contents of her art show are being kept secret. Exhibition commissioner, the British Council's Andrea Rose, yesterday disclosed only that the show would contain some new, and some less new work. strength. She's a storyteller with an extraordinary ability to scratch away the surfaces to what lies below. This is a great moment to see her work in an international context and at a distance from the YBA generation with which she came to prominence." Emin's art show will be called Borrowed Light. She is the first woman to represent the UK in a decade, the last being Rachel Whiteread in 1997. In all, at least 64 nations will be officially represented in the art world's most highly anticipated event, which sees thousands of artists, curators, dealers, collectors and art lovers flock to Venice every other year to enjoy a heady diet of high art and serious partying. (For full source and article click the Headline). Irish Art