Blog Post
Circle
Circle — Tuesday 7th November 2017 Little Venice – Grand Union Canal – chalk marker pen on glass
You searched for Venice - Page 18 of 44 - a-n The Artists Information Company
News
News story
Artist Hito Steyerl takes top spot in Art Power 100
The German filmmaker and writer is the first female artist to be named by the ArtReview Power 100 as the most influential person in the art world, although men still outweigh women on the list.
Event
Exhibition
The Binary Graffiti Club
-
Archive
-
Venue:
arebyte 117 gallery -
From:
November 12, 2017 -
To:
November 25, 2017 -
Location:
London
Blog Post
‘Drawing is a Language’
‘During October 2017 artist Nicole Mollett will be in residence in the Kaleidoscope Gallery, using the space as her studio during the week. Situated above a library, the gallery is well suited for the artist who regularly uses books and […]
News
News story
In Brief: Henry Moore’s sculpture ‘Old Flo’ returns to east London; Documenta sued by Germany’s right-wing AfD party
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Pussy Riot stages protest at Trump Tower and Artforum issues statement on publisher Knight Landesman’s resignation following sexual misconduct lawsuit.
News
News feature
Blogger Q&A: Hannah Rose Thomas, painter exploring refugee stories
Following a project this year working with Yezidi women who escaped ISIS captivity, Hannah Rose Thomas continues her MA studies in London. Richard Taylor finds out how her interest in the diversity of people and cultures, as well as her commitment to relief work, drives a unique approach to portraiture.
News
News story
Alias – the Artist-Led Initiative Advisory Service announces closure
The advisory service for artists in the south west of England announces it will be ceasing all activities after a second application to Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts scheme was unsuccessful.
News
News story
Bold Tendencies to stay in Peckham multi-storey car park as redevelopment plans scrapped
The site of the not-for-profit arts organisation had been highlighted in the council’s New Southwark Plan as an area to be redeveloped for a new mixed use development.
News
News comment
500 words artists shouldn’t use this week…
Commissioned to write a 500-word comment piece, artists Kerri Jefferis, Sophie Chapman and Rosalie Schweiker started thinking about the words we use in the visual arts and the need for new ones. This is what they wrote.
News
News feature
Art and architecture: the Smithsons – their legacy and ideas explored
Culminating in a day-long symposium on the ‘ideas, impact and architecture’ of Robin Hood Gardens’ architects Alison and Peter Smithson, the group show ‘Parallel (of Life and) Architecture’ includes a collaboration between Assemble and London-based artist Simon Terrill. Chris Sharratt finds out more.
News
News story
NOW SHOWING #219: The week’s top exhibitions
A selection of exhibition highlights for the week ahead including: Paula Rego at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov’s installations at Tate Modern, London, and Turner Prize-winner Susan Philipsz at Baltic, Gateshead.
News
News story
In Brief: Auction to help survivors of Grenfell Tower fire raises £1.9m; National Portrait Gallery launches competition for £35.5m expansion
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Explicit sculpture finds new home at Pompidou Centre, and Hayward Gallery appoints Vincent Honoré and Cliff Lauson as senior curators.
News
News story
Events: Projected echoes, archaeological digs, philosophy and the artwork
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions in Bath, Eastbourne, Nottingham, Salford and Warrington.
Blog Post
Francois – a good friend
I was shocked and saddened to learn of the death of a friend this morning. Francois and I met in Venice at little café where we the only patrons. He simply asked if he could join me. It was summer […]
News
News comment
Claudia Rankine’s The White Card: life-affirming response to ‘Black Death Spectacle’
To coincide with Soul of a Nation at Tate Modern, US writer Claudia Rankine presented a reading from her new play, which explores racism in the art world and beyond. Sonya Dyer found it a powerful vehicle for exploring the intersections of capitalism, race, empathy and resistance – particularly in light of the Dana Schutz Whitney Biennial controversy and a renewed focus on depictions of the Black body.
News
News story
Arts Professional survey highlights impact of local funding cuts on grassroots arts
The online survey of arts workers reveals the strain local authority cuts are putting on the sector, with community arts groups facing the biggest threat.
News
News feature
A Q&A with… Bedwyr Williams, multimedia artist and Dylan Thomas fan
For the inaugural visual arts commission at Storyhouse in Chester, Bedwyr Williams has transposed stories collected from a local newspaper archive onto a digitally animated recreation of the town’s former Roman Fortress Bathhouse. Speaking to Fisun Güner, he laments the loss of British awkwardness, and describes how this new work will take the viewer on a journey to “a space that’s out of time”.
News
News story
Glasgow International: lineup announced for 2018 programme
The first edition under the new direction of Richard Parry will include new works, site-specific commissions, and exhibitions and events across over 70 venues and spaces.
News
News feature
Artists’ Books #24: Making Books in Bristol
Sarah Bodman previews Angie Butler’s new artist’s book which she has created as part of a research residency exploring the diverse creative practice of artists making books in Bristol and the physical production of books in the city.
News
News story
In Brief: Alistair Hudson to become new director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Arts cuts coming says Creative Scotland letter; Arts Council England consults on the future of the visual arts in Bristol.
News
News story
Spectres of Modernism: banner installation opposes new development in London’s financial centre
An exhibition of banners by artists including Turner Prize winners Jeremy Deller and Elizabeth Price is protesting against the building of a new luxury apartment complex close to local homes, a school, church and park.
News
News story
Coventry Biennial 2017 review: a springboard for new responses
The inaugural Coventry Biennial takes as its theme ‘the future’ and has as its main venue a relic of the city’s past – the former offices of the Coventry Evening Telegraph. Selina Oakes reports.
News
News feature
A Q&A with… Aidan Moesby, artist exploring weather and wellbeing
Aidan Moesby has just finished a tour of festivals in the north of England, using his new weather-based installations to test responses, locations and situations for visual arts in festival contexts. Trish Wheatley talks to the artist about this work and how it sits with his practice.
News
News comment
‘Artwashing’ gentrification is a problem – but vilifying the artists involved is not the answer
The debate around gentrification and the role that artists play in this contested area is increasingly being discussed and debated by artists themselves. But, asks Anna Francis in a piece originally published by The Conversation, is it right to accuse artists who work with regeneration projects of being part of the problem?
News
News feature
A Q&A with… Laura Ford, sculptor
Sculptor Laura Ford’s new commission for Brighton’s House Biennial draws on the history of town’s Royal Pavilion and in particular that of its early 19th century commissioner King George IV, who lived there as Prince Regent prior to taking the throne. Dany Louise talks to the artist about her work and finds out why Donald Trump has a starring role in her installation, A King’s Appetite.