Founding member got notice to leave studio days after coronavirus lockdown started
A founding father of one of Europe’s largest artist studio complexes has expressed grief, anger and a sense of betrayal after being told he must leave the community he helped create almost half a century ago.
The contemporary artist Howard Silverman, 73, said his part in the development of Spike Island in Bristol had been his life’s work, and being given notice to vacate the studio he considered his spiritual home had devastated him.