Open exhibitions
A collection of material relating to open exhibitions, including top tips on assessing and applying for open exhibitions and on setting one up.
A collection of material relating to open exhibitions, including top tips on assessing and applying for open exhibitions and on setting one up.
Went up to Liverpool to see the John Moores painting prize yesterday. I travelled up with my sister, who has been visiting from Australia and was doing her usual mad dash around the UK to see her many friends; one […]
The Walker Art Gallery is hosting a series of debates, talks and tours that will interrogate the role of painting in contemporary art.
CONTEXTUAL STUFF Back after 2 days in Liverpool. Guided tour of the Turner Monet Twombly show at the Tate, shed fascinating light on Twomblys life and art. The paintings resonated even more on this 2nd viewing. The John Moore prize […]
Everything must go at Liverpool’s Static gallery, but, as director Paul Sullivan explains, this is not a closing down sale.
Liverpool Biennial 2012: Hospitality: The Unexpected Guest I’ve only seen a fraction of the Biennial so far, and not much rubbish to note except Laura Keeble’s John Moores Painting Prize short-listed “I’d like to teach the world to sing!” which […]
Sarah Pickstone is announced First Prize winner of John Moores Painting Prize 2012.
Annabel Tilley talks to Gary Hume about twenty-five years of practice, prizes and paint.
At an event at Manchester Art Gallery last night to celebrate the purchase of his work A Sleek Dry Yell, Haroon Mirza talked to a-n about life as an international artist and his plans to host residencies in his Sheffield studio.
Corridor8, an annual journal showcasing contemporary art and writing in the North of England, launches Part 3 of its third Issue tonight at The Bluecoat, Liverpool.
I have successfully completed my degree show, officially graduated Oxford Brookes University with a 2:1 and thankfully managed to get the grade I needed in order to attend the MA in Art, Aesthetics and Cultural Institutions at The University of […]
Alice Bradshaw talks to Nick Fox about cuts in art education, the John Moores Painting Prize, balancing work between two cities, and being called a painter.
Frances Lord explores the practice of Chien-Wei Chang, his route into making and how his cultural background is reflected in his work.
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
17 February – 18 March 2012
Torsten Lauschmann, byt, projection, oak boards, various objects, dimensions variable, 3″ (loop), 2011. Photo: Ruth Clark. Courtesy: Mary Mary, Glasgow; Dundee Contemporary Arts.
Aid & Abet, Cambridge
30 September – 29 October 2011
Artists and designers embracing digital learning, production and distribution.
Highlighting just some of the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season.
This month sees the culmination of a two-year project at Siobhan Davies Dance, one of the country’s most distinctive dance companies. Choreographer Davies has paired dance artists with visual and applied artists to bring their creative practices together and create new works ranging from performance to film and installation. The commissioned dance artists are Henry Montes, Sarah Warsop, Gill Clarke and Deborah Saxon who are partnered respectively with Marcus Coates, Tracey Rowledge and Lucy Skaer. Henry Montes and Deborah Saxon have also made a piece together with Bruce Sharp. Here, three of the visual artists relate their experiences.
Mostyn, Llandudno
7 May – 26 June 2011
Richard: We have reached a point where actual physical exhibition is in fact to be reality. After popping down to meet Ross at Superclub in Edinburgh (and battling through the festival crowds on The Royal Mile), and after attempting to […]
I’ve taken leave this week from my job . I’d spend the last couple of weeks writing lists, so here I am – two days into my break, still catching up with the many things that I’d put aside. I […]
I wrote this in draft form a few days ago and forgot about it. Life takes over… or rather – work… proposals, fixing and painting broken fencing while the sun is out… you know how it is. Rather aptly though, […]
City of London: various locations, London
9 October 2010 – 2 January 2011
Loved watching the Turner Prize announcement on C4 last night while also keeping up with the plethora of tweets on the student protests at the Tate.This is how social media should be! News from those on the inside, and tweeting […]