The Icelandic Art Center, commissioners of Christoph Büchel’s The Mosque, has abandoned its legal appeal against the Venetian authorities’ closure in May of the Icelandic Pavilion.
Alex Farquharson, founding director of Nottingham Contemporary, appointed director of Tate Britain.
As part of The Grand Tour, a Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire initiative connecting historic collections with contemporary art, the artist Pablo Bronstein has brought some Chatsworth House bling to the white cube gallery spaces of Nottingham Contemporary. Wayne Burrows finds out why.
Two new senior curators, Miguel Amado and Elinor Morgan, join the team at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.
At the beginning of August I headed down to the Tate Britain in London to see the British Folk Art exhibition. Although my work is not particularly influenced by the folk art style, I was interested to see examples of […]
For me the most exciting exhibition venues at the Venice Biennale were the ancient palaces, particularly those located on the Grand Canal. The juxtaposition of sumptuous architecture can collide wonderfully with contemporary art. The well considered combinations, such as The […]
Some reflections on how drawing asserts its role to map out all the world’s future.
When is the last time you were ‘seized with enthusiasm’? It was dodging the heat on San Giorgio that I stumbled into The Giorgio Cini Foundation and discovered four small books by Bruno Munari. They instantly catapulted my mind from […]
Venice is without doubt one of the biggest and most important Contemporary art events in the calendar. Every year the Biennnale seems to get bigger as more and more countries join together with the curated projects and larger gallery exhibitions. […]
Countering Venice Biennale’s narcissistic tone this humble show, set in a deconsecrated Italianate chapel (Dilston Grove), works on you like a transcendental Indian raag; quietly seeping into your whole being. Between Thought and Space is a live interdisciplinary site-research project spanning […]
Jane Lawson reviews Crossing the Tide, the Tuvalu Pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale
A personal reflection on the Venice Biennale 2015.
Video and words from Venice Biennale 2015
Artist and curator Gaynor O’Flynn’s Artists for Nepal campaign is raising funds to help victims of the recent earthquakes in Himalayan region.
The preview days of the biennale from a personal perspective
Member of group researching working conditions at site of new Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi refused entry to country to UAE.
Collateral Event at Venice Biennale.
Venice: a series of observations noted on a mobile phone….
Initial observations from a 4 day trip to the Venice Biennale 2015
F is for Patrick Flores, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports This post is less about Patrick Flores, than it is around the curatorial decisions made in representing the Philippines at Venice Biennale in 2015. Although Flores is the official curator of […]
C is for Manuel Conde, A-Z of Filipino Cultural Exports Patrick Flores, Curator of the Filipino Pavilion at ‘The 56th Venice Biennial’ presents ‘Tie A String Around the World’, a group exhibition featuring 4 Filipino artists including, Manuel Conde, Carlos Francisco, […]
An opportunity to exhibit artwork at the National Assembly for Wales has provoked a strong response from artists in the country, who argue it undermines the profession and makes a mockery of the Welsh Government’s ambitions for Wales’ creative sector.
2015 will see the Philippines showcase at The Venice Biennale, after a hiatus of 5 decades. A soul searching discovery with artist, Vanessa Scully.
The third round of a-n’s Re:view bursary scheme has made nine funding awards to a total of 11 artists to develop their practice through self-determined professional development.
Edward Humphrey, a graduate of The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, has won the Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Bursary at the RSA New Contemporaries in Edinburgh.
