"Going, going, going…"

In its place will be a brand new Art Life launching on Saturday May 1st, with a new crew of writers and a refreshed and reinvigorated mission to clean up the art scene, right some wrongs and do some good in the world.

We’ll update you later in the week about our new five year plan, but for now here are some important things to know:

• The Art Life at this Blogger address will only continue until May 15th, 2010, after which we’ll be redirecting you our new home.
• We’ve migrated all our old posts, but they will all be at new URLs so if you have linked to reviews or other pieces in the past, those links won’t work after May 15th. Most of the old posts will be kept, but a lot of the free ads, pr material and other stuff will be deleted – if you want to keep copies for yourself, feel free to copy them direct from the blog.
• Comments left on old posts have been archived but once the re-direct is in place, you won’t be able to see them. If for some twisted reason you want to save your comments, or comment strings left in the days when people didn’t know how to behave online, you’ll need to find the old posts and cut and paste the comments.
• Links from the Art Life to artist web sites, blogs, art media and galleries are being updated -but if you’re not currently listed but you want a presence at our new home – email us at the usual address.
• If you’re one of the 2,000 + people who receive Art Life updates via email, we’re doing our best to migrate the mailing list – but there may be a few hiccups. We’ll keep you updated.

We want to say a big thank you to our readers, friends in the blogosphere, allies in old media and all the artists and galleries who’ve supported this blog since its launch back in 2004.

See you after the jump.