Sir Anthony Caro dies aged 89
Sir Anthony Caro, the pre-eminent British sculptor, has died of a heart attack aged 89, his family have confirmed.
Sir Anthony Caro, the pre-eminent British sculptor, has died of a heart attack aged 89, his family have confirmed.
In November 2009 an Employment Tribunal in Reading ruled that workers engaged on an expenses-only basis are entitled to payment at least in line with the national minimum wage, in addition to payment for the holiday they accrue.
2nd part of today’s progresses. When I thought it was all going to crumble, I found light and hope on the form of 13 pretty pink Victorian lampshades in a kind of market thing on my way back to pick […]
Turners Warehouse, Newlyn, Cornwall
12 – 22 September 2013
Have I started the course in the right away? Am I wasting time by aiming to high? Should I just consider other options to create the same effects? I don’t really know, however, it feels right to have some time […]
Katerina Athanasopoulou has won the Lumen Prize 2013 for her digital fine art work that explores times of crisis through a return to Plato’s hypothesis of the human soul.
Statue of Liberty This is the first piece of work I have done since I graduated from my Fine Art Degree this time last year. I work full time and im determined not to let my art dream die. But […]
Well first post. It’s been a few weeks since I started this position but it’s only really felt like it has started in the last few days. I’m located in our sculpture studios, close to where I constructed my degree […]
Well I have secured the Sculpture Graduate Fellowship at Northumbria and I am now also the Co-ordinator of our student project and exhibition space. I have started a new blog here – www.a-n.co.uk/p/3888221 Hopefully it will document my transition into […]
Leeds’ new contemporary art space The Tetley launches in November with a programme that looks to ‘unpick the fabric, history and future use’ of its art deco home – the city’s former Tetley Brewery headquarters.
Venues across the town, Brightlingsea Essex
7 – 8 September 2013
Still not getting anywhere with son. Emotionally exhausting dealing with his teenage proclivities. So, the Apparatjik bike thing – I seem to have sourced a few spare bikes! I just need to get them to the space to tinker with. […]
This year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries features the work of 46 students and recent graduates from UK art schools. Ranging from minimalist purism to a giant ‘fish finger’, it provides a snapshot of current work that delights and bemuses.
Svetlana Fialova has been awarded the £8,000 First Prize at Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013.
Quite a few artists I know are still very resistant to social networking. I have tried to convince them that it is an excellent way to engage with other artists and to discover new ones. It is two years since […]
I would argue that a healthy range of different arts facilities are vital for a thriving city; as evidenced in Gateshead (Baltic and Sage), MIMA in Middlesborough, Walsall Contemporary Art Gallery and the multi million pound development currently underway in […]
London-based studio provider Acme celebrates its 40th anniversary with an archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at its first decade. Co-founder and Chief Executive, Jonathan Harvey, discusses how a group of recent graduates formed a charitable housing association, launched Acme Gallery and became the self-supporting organisation it is today.
So university finished about 2 months ago. What have I been up to? I packed my things and moved to London. Since then I have finally had a little free time to read, visit exhibitions, art events and open studio […]
A portrait of Glasgow gallerists Toby Webster and Andrew Hamilton, an ‘urban burka’ fashioned from a pair of training shoes, and a woodcut reflecting on the death of a grandparent are among works shortlisted for £30,000 prize.
Linda Pittwood – The Importance of Doing Something and Discussing Everything: critical writing in Liverpool Talking at Art Basel Hong Kong earlier this year, Jan Dalley, Arts Editor for the Financial Times, defined critical writing about art as being “aesthetic […]
For the second contribution to the Portfolio NW Artists talking blog, writer and artist Darren Murphy considers the attempt to create a critical framework around the exhibition: “An interest in dialogue is the main drive behind my work … the […]
POST #18: >>>> Edicaran <<<< DAY 4 in DUNBAR: Notes after visit to Cockburn Geological Museum. “Just got back to Dunbar after spending the morning with Gillian McCay at the Cockburn Geological Museum in Edinburgh. Gillian was brilliant! A phd […]