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UNCOVERED: Ron gittins - Caught on Camera

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After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected

Ron Gittins' apartment is the first example of outsider art being given protective status. The post After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Artists of the future, Ghanaian kings’ robes and a tiny moth – the week in art

Amateur artists join the pros in Gateshead, Old Master pastiches go on show in London, and a bursary for young photographers is launched in memory of the Guardian’s Eamonn McCabe – all in your weekly dispatch

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Rented Wirral flat transformed into 'fantasy world' by artistic tenant gets Grade II-listed status

Ron Gittins created fireplaces in the shape of a lion and a minotaur, and crafted a Roman altar in his kitchen

Evening Standard

Inside the rental secretly transformed with mythical beasts and murals saved from landlords by Jarvis Cocker

Outsider artist Ron Gittins incredible home makeover was kept a secret until his death. Now it’s been preserved for posterity by fans including Jarvis Cocker

Evening Standard

Ron’s Place: Birkenhead flat of outsider art granted Grade II listing

Victory for campaigners and conservators as elaborately decorated property is honoured with protected status

The Guardian - UK

Mystery bidder hands over £335k to save eccentric artist's life work

Ron Gittins' spectacular artistic creations will be preserved thanks to a huge last-minute bid

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Ron’s Place: cash loan saves palace of outsider art at last minute

Benefactor’s offer allays fears sale of building could strip Birkenhead flat of works built up over 30 years

The Guardian - UK

‘Losing it would be sacrilege’: last-minute push to save ‘Ron’s Place’

Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institution

The Guardian - UK

Last chance to save Ron's Place as 'palace of art' goes under hammer

The cave of wonders inside the ordinary Oxton home was not discovered until after artist Ron Gittins' death in 2019

Liverpool Echo

Priceless artwork could be 'smashed apart' as house is put up for sale

The amazing grotto was only discovered after Ron Gittins' death in 2019

Liverpool Echo

Desperate bid to save 'incredible' secret world hidden inside rented flat

Ron Gittins spent decades transforming his Wirral home into a unique work of art, without anyone knowing

Daily Mirror

‘Ron’s Place’: drive to save Birkenhead palace of outsider art

Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks

The Guardian - UK

Battle to save quirky house that nobody knew about until owner's death

Ron Gittins' imaginative creations transformed his otherwise normal looking house

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