The Scottish Artists’ Union annual conference held in June was the launched for the SAU’s new Rates of Pay document. Far and away the most radical proposal of the day, this is intended as the first in series of such […]
A unique national online guide to accessible art galleries has now been launched. The Good Gallery Guide showcases venues that are leading the way in making art welcoming and accessible to exhibitors and audiences, whatever their needs. Set up by […]
Tim Birch samples some of the websites selling art online.
Every summer the spotlight falls on Norwich and ‘East international’. Arguably the most prestigious open submission exhibition in the UK, curators, dealers and others visit from far and wide and many of today’s well-known artists launched their careers as a result of participation in ‘East’. But what of the artists for whom the city is home? Paul Stone visited Norwich to find out more.
Hannah Wingrave gives an overview of a conference that brought together a range of artists, academics and critics and formed part of North Devon Ceramic Events 2002.
Unless your work fits into the saleable object bracket, St Ives can be a difficult place to succeed as an artist. Artist/curator Andy Whall explains how Art Surgery could help.
Curator Michael Stanley looks back over a career forged from close collaboration with artists Langlands and Bell.
Every June Basel becomes the Mecca of the international art world. The vast ‘Art 33 Basel’ and the young art fair ‘Liste’ display the mechanisms of the international art market on a scale of no other event. Exhibiting at these events is a competitive affair, and brings exposure to some of the world’s most important collectors and curators. Beverley Hood reports.
Su Grierson and Diane Maclean report on their activities as co-organisers of Looklook.
Paulette Terry Brien reports from Ex-Teresa Arte Actual in Mexico City.
Joshua Sofaer is a live artist, writer, educator and co-director of Spread the Word, Literature Development Agency in London. He makes work in a variety of contexts which include traditional art spaces, alternative galleries and nightclubs. Sofaer received a One-to-One […]
Susan Sloan took up the post of artist-in-residence at the National Centre for Computer Animation (NCCA) at Bournemouth University in January 2002 after completing an MPhil in 3D Motion Graphics and Virtual Prototyping at Glasgow School of Art. Her background […]
The first York Open Studios was held over one weekend last March and included the work of nineteen different artists over nine separate sites in York. The work featured was largely a mix of painting, printmaking and ceramics with many […]
The ‘Discerning eye’ exhibition is unique in two ways. Firstly, with a size limitation of 20″x20″, it is the largest contemporary exhibition of small works in the UK. Secondly, all the works in the exhibition are chosen according to the […]
Artists’ story: Michael Dan Archer
My watercolours came about when I realised how traditional perceptions of art can be.
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds 1 June – 1 September
Site Gallery, Sheffield 8 June – 20 July
Contemporary Applied Arts, London 14 June – 27 July
The Land and the Samling programme reached a climax in July when sixty young people from schools and colleges in north east England worked alongside professional artists at Kielder Forest, Northumberland. The result of a creative partnership between the Samling […]
A book celebrating the extraordinary work of Welfare State International, written by founder John Fox, was launched in July. Established in 1968, Welfare State made their name with groundbreaking events such as ‘The Raising of the Titanic’ in a London […]
Following a successful pilot last year, the Yorkshire Open Biennale will be a regular fixture from 2003. Organised by Wakefield Art Gallery and Wakefield Artsmill this biannual event will offer a two-stage exhibiting opportunity for artists in the region. The […]
The APT Gallery reopened recently after substantial refurbishment and has now embarked on a dynamic programme of exhibitions. First off was a group show curated by Leila Galloway and Roxy Walsh entitled ‘Ten days in Deptford’. This coincided with the […]
Benedict Carpenter’s sculpture for this year’s Jerwood Sculpture Prize was unveiled in June at the Jerwood Sculpture Park, Worcestershire. The bronze sculpture entitled Universal Object, is an ambiguous figurative form derived from the famous ink blot Rorschach tests which triggered […]
The competition amongst the twelve cities bidding to host Capital of Culture for 2008 heightens, as Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton & Hove, Bristol, Canterbury & East Kent, Cardiff, Inverness & the Highlands, Liverpool, Newcastle-Gateshead, Norwich and Oxford jostle for media […]
