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Image Not Available for Little Sparta Rates 'Demanded by Law'
Little Sparta Rates 'Demanded by Law'
Image Not Available for Little Sparta Rates 'Demanded by Law'

Little Sparta Rates 'Demanded by Law'

Associated (Nassau, Bahamas, 1925 - 2006)
Publisher
Date1988
Object NameNewspaper Article
Mediumnewsprint
ClassificationsMemorabilia
DimensionsPaper Size: 24.8 x 10.4cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2010 by Joyce Laing OBE.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017359.140
About MeNewspaper article from The Scotsman dated Friday April 22 1988. The article is related to the ongoing debate over whether Ian Hamilton Finlay should pay business rates on the Garden Temple at Little Sparta.

This newspaper cutting is part of an archive that belonged to Joyce Laing, OBE. The artist, Ian Hamilton Finlay, was a personal friend.
Image Not Available for Culture's Last Stand in Little Sparta
Culture's Last Stand in Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Rates-Row Artist Calls off Projects Boycott
Rates-Row Artist Calls off Projects Boycott
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Bank funds of artist seized in rates row
Bank funds of artist seized in rates row
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Artist ready to discuss his rates
Artist ready to discuss his rates
Ian Hamilton Finlay
c.1988
Image Not Available for Lawyer may try to halt warrant sale / Sculpture raiders highlight rates row / Bizarre case of missing stones
Lawyer may try to halt warrant sale / Sculpture raiders highlight rates row / Bizarre case of missing stones
Scotsman
1983
Image Not Available for Copy of Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Mr. Baird
Copy of Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Mr. Baird
Joyce Laing
1983
Image Not Available for After the Battle of Little Sparta
After the Battle of Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Image Not Available for To the barricades in defence of art
To the barricades in defence of art
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for UN Troops May Parachute Into Little Sparta
UN Troops May Parachute Into Little Sparta
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1980s
Image Not Available for The Committee of Public Safety Little Sparta, Statement
The Committee of Public Safety Little Sparta, Statement
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1985
Image Not Available for Open Letter from the Friends of Stonypath
Open Letter from the Friends of Stonypath
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1993
Image Not Available for Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Strathclyde Regional Council
Letter from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Strathclyde Regional Council
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Image Not Available for Communique by the Saint-Just Vigilantes, following the raid on the SAC
Communique by the Saint-Just Vigilantes, following the raid on the SAC
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1983
Image Not Available for Letter from the Office of Arts and Libraries to Joyce Laing
Letter from the Office of Arts and Libraries to Joyce Laing
Joyce Laing
1985
Image Not Available for Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, and the Secularisation of Culture
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Public Statement from Little Sparta (Continued)
Public Statement from Little Sparta (Continued)
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Enough to Make Thomas Paine Weep
Enough to Make Thomas Paine Weep
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Little Sparta Still At War
Little Sparta Still At War
Poetry Nation Review
1983
Image Not Available for Artist in rates row stops RLS memorial project
Artist in rates row stops RLS memorial project
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for A seeker after truth
A seeker after truth
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1995
Image Not Available for Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, And the Secularisation of Culture
Public Symposium: The Garden Temple, Little Sparta, And the Secularisation of Culture
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1988
Image Not Available for Picture Tribute
Picture Tribute
Ian Hamilton Finlay
1989
Image Not Available for Warrant sale of art work delayed
Warrant sale of art work delayed
Scotsman
1982