LAST MINUTE REPRIEVE FOR DISPOSSESSED ARTISTS - In an unexpected eleventh hour turnaround, artists from Great Western Studios no longer face artistic homelessness after expulsion from their long established home in West London. New studios have been found for the collective - with a copper-bottomed 45-year lease - and they are conveniently located nearby the much-loved GWS headquarters which has for many years been a thriving, dynamic and supportive artistic community. A GWS group organised by painter Sheena Barnes is set to exhibit in Notting Hill's fashionable Gallery 118 from 9 December. What might have been a sad swan song on the opening night is now likely to be a resounding celebration for the artists, who will quit the old GWS and move to their new home in June 2009.
