From the a-n archive: Rachel Maclean Q&A, May 2017
Rachel Maclean discusses her Venice Biennale work Spite Your Face in this Q&A from May 2017.
Rachel Maclean discusses her Venice Biennale work Spite Your Face in this Q&A from May 2017.
Rachel Maclean considers national identity and how “artists can help establish a more critical vantage point on how we read and consume images”.
The £10,000 prize celebrates the pioneering work of the UK’s foremost artist filmmakers.
Bedwyr Williams considers the role of art and the main changes he’s experienced as an artist over the last 20 years.
Recipients of this year’s Birthday Honours also include writer and ceramicist Edmund de Waal and photographer Martin Parr.
Taiwan Pavilion, London Design Bienniale open daily until June 27th
Read the third set of conversations in our 40 Years 40 Artists series of interviews with artists who feature in a-n’s archive.
David Hill Gallery, London
30 April – 30 July 2021
Dorothy Cross remembers the freedom and energy of the 1990s, travelling, meeting other artists and making ambitious site-specific work.
Gary Hume reflects on his successes during the 1990s and on being “prepared to risk my career for being an artist.”
Sotiris Kyriacou on a showcase of new British talent at the Venice Biennale including the work of Jane and Louise Wilson.
Jane and Louise Wilson discuss the start of their artistic collaboration in the 1990s, and how a-n is “an essential resource.”
Antony Gormley recalls the “exciting rollercoaster” of making work in the 1980s and his admiration for a-n’s “modesty and pragmatism”.
Richard Wilson considers his major sound and sculptural installation inside the Tyne Bridge and performing with Bow Gamelan Ensemble during the 1980s.
Production Director of Alchemy Film & Arts explains how the organisation responded to the Covid-19 crisis by moving its festival online to make the best of a challenging situation.
Want to support artists and visual arts organisations this Christmas? We select our pick of original artworks and handcrafted gifts by independent artists and makers to get you started.
Angela Kingston She uses a lateral process in curating 3am: Wonder, Paranoia and the restless night (2013), making the exhibition poetic as well as factual. There’s a chapter in the catalogue on how she went about curating the exhibition – […]
What I’m going to do initially is looking at catalogues of previous exhibitions from various places in England. I know that I can’t see how the curators organise the physical works in the space through the catalogues, but I […]
This week’s selection features exhibitions, talks and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms, plus newly reopened physical spaces, including: Phyllida Barlow leads the reopening of Firstsite gallery, a-n member Kerry Baldry curates an online moving image exhibition of work made within the duration of one minute by artists at varying stages of their careers, plus The Crafts Council’s bi-monthly lunchtime talks designed to support makers in their business development.
Artists Make Change has commissioned a series of artist-to-artist conversations that explore different perspectives of whether, how and why Artists Make Change.
Cardiff-based a-n member Sean Edwards amongst recipients of £10,000 bursaries, which have been distributed after Tate Britain announced it would not be possible to stage a Turner Prize exhibition this year.
Artist and founder of the contemporary arts programme Hogchester Arts discusses her involvement with Isolation Art School, selling and buying work through Artist Support Pledge, plus the impact of her recent a-n Artist Bursary.