Press coverage

Critics' Choice (Time Out, Oct 2009). Koestler exhibition is recommended in Time Out's Around Town listings.  More

Prison poems at the Chelsea Flower Show (The Guardian, 19 May 2009) Silver Medal for Koestler Award Winner Dean Stalham. More

Art thief turned artist (Surrey Herald, 14 May 2009)
Profile of Koestler Award winning artist Dean Stalham. More

Statement by the Koestler Trust (The Times letters page, 11 April 2009)
Our response to the disclosure of a Koestler-Award-winning artist. More

Removal of Koestler sculpture from Royal Festival Hall (The Independent, 11 April 2009)
Deborah Orr comments on the issues. More

Offender art at the Chelsea Flower Show (Evening Standard, 9 April 2009)
Koestler Award winner's work for the Eden Project garden. More

Free thought (BBC Radio 3, 22 Sept 2008)
Talk by Koestler Chief Executive Tim Roberton.
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Offenders turned curators. (The Times, 1 Oct 2008)
Inside report on Koestler's young curators project. More.

Art from behind closed doors.  (The Guardian, 26 Sept 2008)
The Koestler Trust and ex-offender artist Dean Stalham. More.

There's real for you.(Time Out, 11 June 2008)
Review of Koestler Award-winning plays at the Union Theatre. More

The secret of redemption? Art.(The Guardian, 2 April 2008)
Jeremy Havardi finds thatthe Koestler Awards rehabilitate criminals. More

Gutsy, poetic writing by an ex-con. (What's On Stage, 17 Feb 2008.)
Michael Coveney reviews the new play by Koestler Award winner Dean Stalham. More

Views from the inside (Camden New Journal, 20 Sept 2007)
The Koestler Art Sale is "a remarkable exhibition".  More

Challenging the criteria for judging visual art (Time Out, 6 Aug 2007)
Helen Sumpter reviews the Koestler Exhibition at the ICA. More

Arts in prison can bring hope to broken lives (Guardian Unlimited, 19 July 2007)
David Lammy has made a wise decision regarding Koestler Trust funding says Erwin James.
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Inspiring look at life behind bars (Evening Standard, 12 July 2007)
Five stars for Koestler Exhibition from critic Sue Steward. More

I'm stunned by the freedom of prison artists (The Times, 11 July 2007)
Grayson Parry on curating the Koestler Exhibition at the ICA. More

'Odd is good' (The Guardian, 11 July 2007)
The Koestler Awards, a 'Turner prize for prisoners', are finally making it into the mainstream, reports Iain Aitch. More

I could easily have been a serial killer (Guardian Unlimited, 11 July 2007)
Maev Kennedy talks to Grayson Perry at the Koestler Exhibition Opening.
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The Transvestite Potter from Essex (The Spectator, 7 July 2007)
Ariane Bankes meets Grayson Perry as he curates the Koestler Exhibition. More

Unlocking the creative side of the artists behind bars (Camden New Journal, 5 July 2007)
Can art be redemptive? asks Sunita Rappai.
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Art 'helps inmates go straight' (Manchester Evening News, 6/3/2007)
Art projects make prisoners less likely to re-offend, a new report has revealed. More

The fine art of starting over (Observer Review, 17/09/2006)
The Koestler award scheme, which has inspired prisoners for 45 years, is a testament to the redemptive power of creativity. More

Treasure in the hearts of those behind bars (West End Extra, 1/10/2006) Prison is a place for punishment, writes Jonathan Allen, but it is has spawned an impressive array of artwork by inmates. More

Young offenders find an escape route (Daily Telegraph, 22/09/2004)
The Arts Column, Rupert Christiansen. More

Art behind bars (The Spectator, 18/09/2004)
Ariane Bankes on how Arthur Koestler's prison experiences led him to start an annual award. More

Will's praise for Con artisits (Camden New Journal 02/10/2003)
The writer Will Self opened this year's Koestler Exhibition of prisoner art and had nothing but praise. By Claie Davies. More

Creative Freedom (New Statesman 15/09/2003)
William cook finds there are no bars to the imagination in a prisoners' art show. More

Guilty Pleasures (Observer Review 06/10/2002)
What makes one person choose painting and another robbery? More


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