Art is Rubbish: Recycling materials and ideas Last week there was an exhibition in Leeds entitled Art is Rubbish http://www.artisrubbish.co.uk at Flannels which is a department store and cafe-restaurant. On the top floor is an odd little exhibition space run […]
I’ve been working on a number of things, as outlined in my blog: http://helend-blackbird.blogspot.com/2012/02/my-final-animation-has-been-uploaded.html Please “like” my Apparatjik animation here: http://vimeo.com/36575379 I was invited to take part in this auction http://www.afterdarkgallery.co.uk/ I asked from the outset what benefits this would […]
Exhibiting artists announced for The London Open at the Whitechapel Gallery, 4 July – 14 September 2012.
One of my paintings is to be auctioned tomorrow in aid of the Pakistani Floods Appeal at Deda in Derby . My modest contribution, Run Rabbit Run will be auctioned alongside artwork by celebrated artists such as Julian Opie and […]
South London Gallery, Peckham
29 January – 14 March 2010
08/02/08 Making slow progress homeward. As planned I broke my journey in London by going to see Artfutures at the Bloomberg space. I met up with Lawrence and Anna without whom I would have been nervous entering the forbidding corporate […]
Cumbrian-based Phil Morsman’s white fibreglass sculpture for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary marks the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of DNA. Made in twelve sections and back-lit with four neon colours, it is activated as darkness falls so that the intense, […]
A new commission from Julian Opie has launched redevelopment of the West Wing at Barts as a national Breast Care Centre of Excellence. Architects Greenhill Jenner’s proposal will create a contemporary, state-of-the-art medical facility with strong ‘patient appeal’ whilst celebrating […]
BALTIC, heralded as a “new breed of public space, an art factory where artists from all over the world will come and work”, finally opens to the public on 13 July. The former flourmill has been converted into a multi-purpose […]
Angharad Pearce Jones reports on the relationship between Welsh artists and musicians, and the creation of Capsule, a new visual arts venture that celebrates this creative crossover.
With a long history of working with artists, Habitat’s art programme provides the opportunity of prime viewing space that acts as a springboard for young artists.
Gemma de Cruz gives the rundown on what’s what at the 14th London Art Fair.
Gordon Dalton visits ‘Highlife’, an exhibition of artist-designed bird boxes commissioned by Bristol City Council, working with lead artists FAT, as part of Bristol Legible City.