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AUDIOBLOG – Please click here So, it shouldn’t surprise me every time, but it does. You put work up in a different environment and it changes it. I’ve just hung up seven of the nine bras from Nine Women in […]
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here So, it shouldn’t surprise me every time, but it does. You put work up in a different environment and it changes it. I’ve just hung up seven of the nine bras from Nine Women in […]
This year I was awarded a professional development bursary from Artists Network to undertake a short residency in Cornwall with some visual artists from Shallal (an inclusive arts charity). This blog post shares my experiences of the residency and what I gained from taking part.
There are times when there is so much going on that it is tricky to maintain any kind of distance – this is one of those time. It is great that so many things are happening but I am aware […]
The UK’s oldest arts centre announces 300th anniversary programme for 2017, with artists including John Akomfrah, Sonia Boyce and Larissa Sansour.
The Baltic Artists’ Award will provide a platform for the work of four emerging artists and celebrate the role of the artist-mentor.
Seems like ages ago now, but on the last weekend of October, two of us (myself and Jackie Kerr) from the Liverpool section of our group headed over to Nottingham to see the Harrington Mill Open Studio event, including an exhibition […]
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: one year on, artist Fred Dewilde recounts Bataclan attack from a first-person perspective; Mexican architects reveal designs for tongue-in-cheek border wall; and details of rebuild of Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh unveiled.
Five visual artists and three composers each receive £50,000 ‘no strings attached’ awards to ‘develop their creative ideas’.
An open letter signed by artists including Tracey Emin, Douglas Gordon and Ed Ruscha, as well as the actors Val Kilmer and Ewan McGregor, has called on the board of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to reopen the recently closed Inverleith House as a gallery for contemporary art.
As the news of Donald Trump’s US election victory sinks in, artists and those working in the visual arts have been sharing their thoughts on his surprise win.
One of six artists shortlisted for this year’s Artes Mundi prize, John Akomfrah is known for his beautifully-shot film installations that tackle big themes such as race, cultural identity, migration and post-colonialism. Fisun Güner talks to him.
As part of Dangerous Conversations, a process of exploring my practice as an artist through the themes of risk, fear, and change, I attended a series of workshops with Florence Peake the brilliant dancer, choreographer, visual artist and teacher, at […]
This morning was my first opportunity since arriving of getting to the National Museum of Korea. This is the place to see traditional Korean ceramics. I was not disappointed. The place is vast. A monument to modern Korea, modern architecture, […]
In the last blog I described the development of jewellery-like supports for a ‘primary, sculptural object’ that would take the form of a body plan of a human, but be made up of “elements of objects that support the management of the […]
During last week I met some students at an opening and workshop event at the university. I had been contributing to the Pop My Mind project devised by Oliver Squirrel and organised also with Laurel and Karis. They are artists […]
Trip to Uherske Hradiste: Day 1 Sunday – After arriving in Brno late on Saturday evening on Sunday we went to visit a number of modern art galleries around Brno. The first gallery included work of local upcoming artists […]
Saturday 22nd October: My last day in Montreal. Time to firm up plans with Catherine, and take a much-needed ramble around Montreal to get a wider sense of the city. It’s been a whirlwind of meetings and visits to galleries, […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Cost-effective studios for London artists, winner of Doug Moran prize announced, and new museums opening in France despite state budget cuts.
I’m lucky to have gained a new studio space for the final year of my MA at Suffolk University. Went in today on a non-contact day and bumped into two friends who were with me on the BA course and […]
So day two arrives and progress made. I have started my residency sketchbook bringing may research references together and gathering material for reflecting on the ideas. Tests have been done for some of the techniques, working with screen printing last […]