John Moores Painting Prize 2016: open for entries
The UK’s longest-established painting prize is open for entries from now until 9 November 2015.
The UK’s longest-established painting prize is open for entries from now until 9 November 2015.
Artist wins award for apocalyptic film of building sites left empty and half built in austerity-hit Britain.
This past Wednesday, I visited Morecambe to see the interior of The Midland Hotel, and be guided around the hotel by the very knowledgeable concierge Brian, who has worked at the hotel since it reopened in 2008, and also stayed […]
Flying Object, winners of the IK Prize 2015, are set to launch their multi-sensory environment at Tate Britain later this month – an experiential experiment that will see how taste, touch, smell and sound impact on how audiences encounter four paintings from the Tate collection.
A bit of delay in the latest posting as it took me a while to work out my sub was due to Artists’ Network: the administration of modern life! I wanted to post a review of Afgang, 2015, the graduation […]
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Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s Events section includes shoe sculptures for a museum of shoes, an artists’ book fair and site-specific works for three quarries.
A Kickstarter campaign organised by Cumbria Printmakers hopes to fund a new open access printmaking space for local artists and the wider public at Ellers Mill in Dalston. Jack Hutchinson reports.
Since 2003, In Certain Places has been developing new and unusual art projects for the city of Preston. As the UCLan-backed organisation opens its doors for a short exhibition of work by four emerging artists, Bob Dickinson discovers more about its sociable approach to public art.
Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s lively Events section.
Tanks and Tablecloths is a long-standing research collaboration between artists Lizzie Ridout and Elizabeth Masterton. Their research examines the parallels between military and domestic spheres. In particular, the artists suggest that the regimentation and control so fundamental to life in the […]
This year’s UWE Bristol Fine Art and Art & Visual Culture degree show at Spike Island features work by 42 students. Rowan Lear reports on a provocative and irreverent exhibition.
The original exhibition ‘Magiciens de la Terre’ was staged in over two exhibition sites in Paris (the Centre Pompidou and the Great Hall of La Villette), and ran from 18th May to 14th August 1989. It was hailed as the […]
Manchester International Festival has announced John McGrath, currently head of National Theatre Wales, as its new CEO and artistic director.
Recipients of a-n’s Go and See Venice bursary pick some of their highlights from the 56th Venice Biennale.
Collaborate! is a compact and energised survey show that explores the range of collaborative practice in contemporary art. With its focus on the social relations of production across a broad spread of media and approaches, the exhibition is inevitably diverse […]
Vote Art has seen artists such as Jeremy Deller and Bob and Roberta Smith using art to encourage people to vote through a series of billboards across the country. On the eve of tomorrow’s general election, Laura Harris argues that the project demonstrates worrying tendencies in both contemporary art and parliamentary politics.
There are 89 official national pavilions at the 56th Venice Biennale, situated in the Giardini, Arsenale and venues across the city. On the eve of the Biennale’s three-day preview prior to it opening to the public on 9 May, Pippa Koszerek picks ten countries you really should visit.
Art in Bearpit, curated by Hand in Glove, launches the first three months of its participatory public programme in Bristol’s iconic sunken roundabout.
British Art Show 8 curators Anna Colin and Lydia Yee have selected the artists for this year’s exhibition, which opens in Leeds in October.
I guess if someone one did now know what I have been through. As they walked through the freshold, they would immediately discover my big, tall, and heavy Gallows, wish would shock them at first. I want to shock the audience. They […]
My week in the white space as part of the 10 project has started. So far I have found the process extremely pleasant. The space its self is a great size perfect for hanging my painting and because the walls […]
This week’s selection from a-n’s Events section – featuring exhibitions and events posted by members – ranges from an exhibition of online ‘election art’ to a project to grow edible bananas outdoors in Exeter.
My smaller project is a piece which is questioning the balance with nature and waste. These images show how destructive our simple throw away actions can be on the environment and on wildlife. The birds pictured show how they mistake […]