10 Years Ago

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2000

Our World in the Year 2000

During 2000, Sheeran Lock organised Our World in the Year 2000: The United Nations Millennium Art Exhibition, which was shown in London, Stockholm and New York. It was praised by senior officials at the United Nations as one of the finest art exhibitions ever shown at the UN. The exhibition originated from The Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition, an ambitious global art competition which was entered by 22,500 amateur and professional artists from 51 countries, making it the largest art project of its kind ever held.


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'What I see here tonight goes beyond my expectations. Some of the paintings depict the plight of children living in extreme poverty. Others remind us of the damage we are doing to our common home, the earth. Others again are more cheerful: they celebrate the wonderful diversity of the human race and its many cultures. But all of them, I think, express a common desire to make the world a better place. And that, of course, is what the United Nations is all about.'
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations

'I want to thank Sheeran Lock for making the exhibition of Our World in the Year 2000 something that peoples from around the world will have the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy.'
Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF

'Anne and I much enjoyed being part of such a successful exhibition. Congratulations on your own strong contribution to the arrangements at this end. We have had good words about the evening from all sorts of people.'
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, The Permanent Representative, United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations, New York

'Thank you for your dedication and hard work on the millennium project. You set a standard for Winsor & Newton and yourselves that will be hard to equal in the future. You accomplished your complete vision for what could be done with it.'
Steve Pleune, Managing Director, Winsor & Newton