The visual arts programme for this year’s Manchester International Festival has been announced, with new works by Gerhard Richter, Ed Atkins, Olafur Eliasson and Douglas Gordon among the highlights.
A new exhibition and collaboration between artists Emilia Telese and Binita Walia providing commentaries and insight on how the role of women is shaped and constrained by social, economic and political contexts.
Drifting into mid afternoon on my day off, with an untouched ‘opportunity’ printed off and ready to peruse. Can’t be bothered though. My enthusiasm for raising any sort of income from my own work is fast deteriorating. Still no outcome […]
The west of England sculpture trail has announced it will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2016 with a series of new temporary and permanent commissions.
This week’s selections include Cornelia Parker in Manchester, Fujiko Nakaya in Bristol and a wall drawing made from fingerprints in Nottingham.
It feels like all my time is being sucked up at the moment with job hunting, writing proposals for opportunities/commissions and funding applications. Pay and conditions in my part time job have become so dire I need to find another […]
Whilst the three main parties were keen to stress a need to redistribute arts funding more evenly around the UK, there was little in the way of concrete pledges at Wednesday evening’s Artists’ Union England Hustings debate in London, addressing issues that directly concern artists in the lead up to the general election. Stephen Palmer reports.
An overview of the current Age Discrimination law in Great Britain under the Equality Act 2010, followed by a set of action points for arts employers, and guidance for individuals who might want to challenge a decision or a practice.
Art in Bearpit is a new programme of temporary art works for a public realm, community-led regeneration scheme in Bristol city centre, produced by the artist-led group Hand in Glove. Pippa Koszerek reports.
This toolkit is an introduction to the contractual process, enabling artists to assess contracts and to build their own.
Our series looking at Digital R&D Fund visual arts initiatives continues with NetPark, a project instigated by Metal in Southend-on-Sea and produced by artist and curator Simon Poulter.
After hearing artist Dr Nicky Bird speak about her work Question for Seller at the Leeds Artist Book Fair in March, I thought it would be useful to meet her for a tutorial. Dr Bird was the first person to graduate […]
Producer and writer Carolyn Black has worked in the visual arts for over two decades. Having witnessed many ups and downs in the sector, she believes things have never been so bad for artists in the UK. It’s time, she says, for things to change…
The 56th Venice Biennale, British Art Show 8, Manchester International Festival – we take a month-by-month look at the year ahead to provide a selection of key events for your diary.
Sonia Boué, Arena y Mar, mixed media on canvas, 2014 For the first time next week I will exhibit alongside Jonathan Moss in a show entitled EXILE, which focuses on the internment camps of France in which Spanish exiles were […]
Here ends my Denmark-Brighton ceramics project of 2014. I have accomplished everything I set out to do and much more. I have just sent off my final report to the Arts Council of England, who generously funded the project, without […]
The director of Hospitalfield Arts in Arbroath, Scotland – which will be curating the Scottish pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, alongside its ongoing programme of artists’ residencies – reflects on a busy year of new partnerships and future possibilities.
A 10 metre high lightning bolt by artist S Mark Gubb has been unveiled as a new permanent beacon in Cardiff city centre.
This week’s selection of must-see UK shows stretches from Nestor Armando Gil in Exeter to Alasdair Gray in Glasgow, with detours to London and the North East along the way.
Lowcs International has awarded commissions to two artists, Liam Aitken and Rich White, following the Swansea-based organisation’s second annual Public Art Open Submission competition.
The five artists selected for the fifth Jerwood Makers Open, who will each receive a £7500 commission, have been announced.
The winner of the 2014 Film London Jarman Award and the four recipients of Random Acts commissions for Channel 4 have been announced.
