Sensation (art exhibition) was over "Myra", an image of the murderer Myra Hindley by Marcus Harvey. The Mothers Against Murder and Aggression protest group picketed the show, accompanied by Winnie Johnson, the mother of one of Hindley's victims. They asked for the portrait, which is made up of hundreds of copies of a child's handprint, to be excluded to protect Johnson's feelings. Along with supporters she picketed the show's first day. Myra Hindley sent a letter from jail suggesting that her portrait be removed from the exhibition, reasoning that such action was necessary because the work was "a sole disregard not only for
Alexander Talbot Rice of Edinburgh and Pope Benedict XVI. In 2007 he exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, USA. Talbot-Rice is currently painting a body of work from a studio at the Marrinsky Ballet in St Petersburg. Alexander Talbot Rice Alexander Thomas Talbot-Rice (born 4 August 1969 in London) is a British society portrait artist. Talbot-Rice is the son of David and Sylvia Talbot-Rice and was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire which he entered on a fine art scholarship. After Durham University, he gained a scholarship to The Charles Cecil School (1995-1997) followed by The Florence Academy of Art (1997-2000) where