Born in Kabul in 1973, Lida Abdul has returned to live there. Kim Dhillon looks at her practice, working accross various media, that fuses Western formalist traditions with numerous aesthetic influences.
Kate Walters, I can’t hear you (detail), watercolour, gouache, oil and graphite on shellac, 2006.
This one is going to be a long one as I try and catch up… Arrived to Zagreb, Croatia on Thursday afternoon, after an amusing flight where I sat next to two! Pilots who usually fly for Pakistan Airways, this […]
The British Council plans to redeploy a third of the currently money spent in Europe to Muslim countries in the Middle East and Central Asia.
American artist Margaret Salmon was announced winner of the first MaxMara Art Prize for Women in January.
In December, Scottish Arts Council awarded major bursaries to four leading contemporary artists for the development of future work, and as an investment in their creative talent.
The next ARTfutures will be held at Bloomberg SPACE, London, 8-14 March.
Various locations, Whitstable, Kent
3-18 June
Hannah Firth will be the Curator for Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art 2007, joining the team headed by Michael Nixon.
At a recent symposium on the British Art Show1 the discussion took a somewhat unexpected turn.
International glass artists from as far afield as the USA, Australia, Prague, Venice and Denmark will converge on Stourbridge – Britain’s historical centre of the glass industry – in August for the second International Festival of Glass.
David Briers examines The British Art Show 4.
Room, Bristol
2 February – 5 March
Declan Long on two new Dublin-based galleries, and the relationship between artist-led spaces in Ireland and the UK.
Catherine Bertola and Emilia Telese explain the thinking behind the event.
Biographies of Import/Export speakers.
Isabella Streffen on her own research and its relationship to the Import/Export event
Gordon Dalton discusses the career progress of Bedwyr Williams, including Venice Biennale, his Paul Hamlyn Award and having a base in North Wales.
Chris Brown introduces his selection for Beyond the UK which considers the international aspect of artists’ practices. Fourth in the series of a-n Collections.
John Beagles on The Vacuum’s case against Belfast City Council.
ArtSway, the contemporary visual arts centre in the New Forest, has announced that it has completed on the freehold purchase of its gallery and grounds, securing the future of the organisation and offering increased resources for contemporary visual arts in […]
Applying for funding? Ever wondered how the experts do it? Rosemary Shirley asked a range of experienced artists, curators and arts professionals to share their top tips for successful funding applications.
Sally O’Reilly’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
Sacha Craddock’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
Rob Wilson’s contribution to ten two zero zero five, a-n Collections.
