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Back in 1994, a year in which the end of the world was confident ly predicted by Jehova’s Witnesses and the first women priests were ordained by the Church of England, a year which also saw the launch of the National Lottery, Anthony Reynolds Gallery organised a large group exhibition in a very small space and called it The Curator’s Egg. Around 120 stalwarts of the London art world were invited to choose one work of art without restriction for exhibition in the gallery, and given 4 days to do it. The only condition being that it had to be by a living artist and that it would fit through the door. As we enter 2012, a year in which the end of the world is also conveniently predicted by the calendars of the Maya, and in which the good scientists of CERN threaten to discover the particle
at the centre of it all, it seems as good a moment as any to repeat our earlier exercise and see what
will be thrown up by individuals working in the vastly changed UK art world of today. So, we
have now recklessly sent out a virtual facsimile of the proposal we sent 18 years ago.
Almost all the selectors last time round are still very active in the art world but we decided that
none of them would be invited again. This year’s list (available on request) contains 138 names.