This year saw Frances Morris become director of Tate Modern and in June the gallery’s £260m extension, The Switch House, opened to positive reviews. She reflects on what has personally been an “amazing year” while lamenting a period in which “respect for difference and individuality” has been vigorously attacked.
The 2017 a-n bursaries are now open for applications from a-n Artist members, and alongside our regular Professional development, Travel awards and Venice Biennale bursaries, for the first time we’re offering members the chance to attend the preview of Documenta 14 in Kassel.
Nowadays there are more than twice as many female students than males on fine art courses, according to data obtained from the HE Statistics Agency. However, many contemporary galleries and exhibitions still need to realise the value of women’s art. […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Martin Creed’s alternative Christmas carol, most people don’t think Turner Prize entries are art and fire at California artists’ collective claims 33 lives.
This week’s selection includes painting in London, multidisciplinary art in Gateshead and a group show exploring what it means to be independent in Liverpool.
UK-based artists Phoebe Boswell, Rebecca Moss and Andy Holden are among the 21 artists shortlisted for fourth edition of the Future Generation Art Prize.
The London-based artist, who is shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize, wins the £30,000 biennial award.
New festival artistic director John McGrath announces a snapshot of the 2017 programme, which includes new commissions by prominent visual artists.
This week’s selection includes a group show of 24 female artists’ work in Penzance, Turner watercolours in Margate, and a sculptural exploration of everyday materials in Edinburgh.
Five visual artists and three composers each receive £50,000 ‘no strings attached’ awards to ‘develop their creative ideas’.
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.
The Cardiff Contemporary festival, with its broad theme of ‘communication’, continues throughout Wales’ capital city until 19 November. Pippa Koszerek picks out some works for a closer look.
Three adjacent shows on a shifting trajectory from representation to abstraction
OK, so this is a bit of a last minute offering but I thought I’d throw my pennies worth into the ring. See also a-n’s review of this years Turner Prize. Whilst in London I went to see the curators tour […]
For a three months residency, the Something Useful Project supports me at the Fine Arts department of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University in the city of Surat, found in the North western state of Gujarat in India.
The American artist’s new permanent large-scale video installation, Mary, joins his 2014 piece, Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), inside St Paul’s Cathedral.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Birmingham, London and St Leonards.
Having developed a practice based around working with people in a participatory manner, in 2015 Anthony Schrag completed a practice-based PhD exploring the relationship between artists, institutions and the public within participatory public artworks. He discusses his reasons for undertaking a PhD, and gives advice to artists considering this option. Based on an interview by artist Steve Pool.
15 shortlisted artists aged between 18 and 35 will take part in a group exhibition at the Antarctic Pavilion at Venice Biennale in the summer of 2017, with overall winner exhibiting in Antarctica.
In its Arts Strategy 2016-17, published to coincide with Edinburgh’s festival season, Creative Scotland has made fair pay for artists a core aim as part of its commitment to supporting and promoting artists’ work.
Following the result of the EU referendum in June, a-n’s member survey was a chance to get a sense of how Brexit might affect visual artists. Dany Louise highlights some of the survey findings including examples of how the decision to leave the EU is already affecting members who regularly work, exhibit or apply for opportunities in Europe.
Arts Council England has announced the 40 organisations across the country that will benefit from its new Elevate fund, which aims to enhance diversity in the arts and culture sector.
Thanks for the memories! l-r Sara Lerota, Rebecca Ilett and Robert Good in Mostar Our travel grant trip is over and although only we have only been back a few weeks it already seems a lifetime ago as we plunge […]
Changsha, Zhangjiajie, Fenghaung, Guilin, Yangshou and Kunming What the hell am I doing? This is absolutely mental! I’m alone and getting lost the whole time. I didn’t think I really believed in God but every time I get lost, pray […]
