A battle to persuade HM Revenue & Customs that video installations and light sculptures are works of art has been won, reducing the amount of VAT and customs duties payable on them when they enter the UK. The dispute began when works by the American artists Bill Viola and Dan Flavin were imported by the Haunch of Venison gallery in London last September. HMRC classified them as “electrical devices” that would be subject to both customs duty and the full rate {...}

Haunch of Venison Berlin will this winter present of a series of works from the internationally renowned US artist Bill Viola, in his first solo exhibition in Berlin in six years. The exhibition includes the large-scale video/sound installation ‘The Messenger’ (1996) originally commissioned for Durham Cathedral by the Chaplaincy to the Arts and Recreation, North East England. It depicts the continual rising and sinking of a male figure as he slowly journeys between a blue-black underwater realm and the bright daylight of {...}

To mark the first of his two-part exhibition at Haunch of Venison, British artist Keith Coventry has produced a limited edition silkscreen print derived from his acclaimed “crack series”. (more…)

25 November 2008 - 9 January 2009 Haunch of Venison New York will present ‘Take Me There (Show Me the Way)’, a group exhibition of contemporary sculpture and installation featuring works by seventeen international artists including Haluk Akakce, Daniel Arsham, Nathan Coley, Mat Collishaw, Wim Delvoye, Jeppe Hein, Jochem Hendricks, Anton Henning, Alexej Koschkarow, Alicja Kwade, Won Ju Lim, Nathan Mabry, Ian Monroe, Liz Magor, Paul Morrison, Tia Pulitzer, and Ruth Root.

Ian Monroe The Instantaneous Everything Private View October 31st more details www.haunchofvenison.com

Haunch of Venison is delighted to present ‘blank out’, the second solo show by Pascal Danz at Haunch of Venison Zürich. 24 Oct - 22 Nov 2008. More info:www.haunchofvenison.com