Established in 1949, the annual Bloomberg New Contemporaries show has been dedicated to profiling the work of emerging artists at the start of their professional careers. The selectors for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 are Caroline Achaintre, Elizabeth Price and George Shaw.
Selected artists for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017 are: Raen Barnsley, Calum Bowden, Eleanor Breeze, Christy Burdock, Robbie Campbell, Neil Carroll, Sofia Caselli, Adam Castle and Ed Twaddle, Tereza Cervenová, Sarah Cockings and Harriet Fleuriot, Declan Colquitt, José Rafael Cordeiro, Jake Elwes, Darek Fortas, Rufus Roma Genn, Matthew Gough, Thomas Greig, Tom Hatton, Caitlin Hazell, Gabriella Hirst, Jack Howell Evans, Hettie James, Jack Killick, Carla Lavin, James Laycock, Gal Leshem, Melissa Magnuson, Lucy Mayes, Amanda Moström, Rhona Mühlebach, Nathan Roy Newton, Robbie O'Keeffe, Irvin Pascal, Katarzyna Perlak, Seth Pimlott, Tom Platt, Glen Pudvine, Maïa Régis, Harriet Rickard, Martin Sekera, Devlin Shea, Felix Treadwell, David Walker Kennedy, Max K Weaver and Michaela Yearwood-Dan.
The catalogue is fully illustated and includes Artists' Biographies and individual texts by each of the artists; Q&A with Selectors of Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2017; Newly commissioned text around Education & the Visual Arts by Dr. Henry Ward; Forewords by Bloomberg Philantropies, New Contemporaries Director and New Contemporaries Chair.
