Have booked in a meeting with James Lowther, Head of visual arts in Berwick. Went up to Berwick and saw the opening exhibition in the revamped Gymnasium gallery he put together. It was crazy golf designed by artists. the kids […]
Contemporary Art Society director Paul Hobson has been announced as the new director of Modern Art Oxford.
Lincoln is developing a strong, artist-led art scene that is responding to the particularities of the area while presenting the work of local and international artists. We report from this historic East Midlands city.
As the debate continues around Margaret Thatcher’s legacy ahead of her all-but state funeral, one thing is sure – the influence of her actions and ideas continues to be felt across the UK. Formed in the midst of her first term, a-n is no exception. Here, Director Susan Jones remembers the dawn of Thatcherism and trawls the a-n archive for pertinent references to the Iron Lady and her policies.
The other side of the country The Connecting Communities project consists of two commissions, this one and another one in Wales. Artist Trevor Woolery worked at the Glamorgan Archives with the Grangetown Local History Society in Cardiff. Sea of Words […]
Arts producing agency Forma is celebrating a decade of working with leading artists by reappraising previous projects and announcing a raft of new ones. We speak to founder David Metcalfe and artists Matt Stokes and Graham Dolphin about the past, the future and the role of the producer.
Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman are appointed joint curators of the UK’s ‘largest contemporary art festival’.
As an exhibition of works on paper opens in Southwark Park to celebrate three decades of the Bermondsey Artists’ Group, we talk to two members about the organisation’s thirty year commitment to art, community and learning.
“Strongest programme yet” for EAF’s tenth anniversary features Gabriel Orozco, Lawrence Weiner, Christine Borland and Jeremy Deller.
Jerwood Visual Arts and Forestry Commission England launch £30,000 commission to be realised anywhere within England’s Public Forest Estate.
An Arts Council England Grants for the arts award is enabling the volunteer-run Macclesfield Barnaby Festival to develop a series of site-specific art commissions over two years.
15/03/13 Today I visited Bilston Graft Gallery to meet up with Sophie McIntosh, the head curator and manger of the gallery. I took a 20minute tram journey from Wolverhampton to the graft gallery, and was kindly given directions by those […]
The Contemporary Art Society’s National Network conference in Nottingham took as its theme ‘commissioning for public collections’ and featured presentations from directors and curators from some of the UK’s leading visual arts organisations. We report from the day.
After over 20 years as an automonous organisation, film and video commissioning agency Picture This is to merge with Bristol’s Spike Island.
With a month to go to the deadline of the Open submission programme, Artangel and the BBC offer up a series of five new audio broadcasts that respond to the Radio 4 morning schedule.
Another very interesting discussion features on Creative Conversations 7. This week you will find me talking to Carolyn Black, freelance producer for ExLab. ExLab had seven quite major commissions shown across Dorset over the summer of 2012. It is also […]
Art Across The City 2013 is an exhibition of contemporary public art across the City of Swansea. Commissioned and curated by Locws International, the exhibition presents five new commissions by Sinta Tantra, Olaf Breuning, Pete Fowler, Philip Cheater and David […]
Art Across The City 2013 takes place in Swansea, 28 March – 12 May, featuring new commissions from artists including Olaf Breuning, Sinta Tantra, Philip Cheater, David Long and Pete Fowler. Here, Philip Cheater talks about his commission, Land-Marked, situated […]
Art Across The City 2013 takes place in Swansea, 28 March – 12 May, featuring new commissions from artists including Olaf Breuning, Sinta Tantra, Philip Cheater, David Long and Pete Fowler. Here, David Long discusses his work. How did the […]
Art Across The City 2013 features five new commissions from Sinta Tantra, Pete Fowler, Philiip Cheater, David Long and Olaf Breuning. Here, Sinta Tantra discusses her work, Greater Reality of Elsewhere, situated at 229 High Street, Swansea How did the […]
Egyptian-born Sam Shendi has won the FIRST@108 Public Art Award, receiving £10,000 towards the cost of producing his large-scale sculpture.
The biennial Manchester International Festival has announced its full programme, which includes presentations by Tino Sehgal and Dan Graham, as well as a major group exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
