The First Person Plural conference at London’s Media Space set out to reflect on the legacy of photographer Tony Ray-Jones and examine issues associated with photography in the digital age, while also speculating on the medium’s future. Tim Clark reports from the one-day event.
The artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman died on 19 February 1994. To mark 20 years since his death from an AIDS-related illness, a series of events and screenings are happening throughout the year, including two recently opened exhibitions in London. We talk to the shows’ curators and explore the riches on display.
MENTORING AND ME When I applied for a Re:view bursary nearly a year ago, I had no idea how valuable it would be, enabling me to begin an ongoing relationship which would not otherwise have happened. In theory the end […]
For this year’s London Art Fair, Edel Assanti gallery has been invited to guest curate Photo50, focusing on the distinction between the material and the digital. We catch up with co-director Jeremy Epstein to learn more about the aesthetic dialogues they plan to draw out and the huge changes they are witnessing in the medium of photography.
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
At a-n, we know that small awards to artists specifically for self-determined professional development make a big difference. That’s why we’re extending the artists’ bursary programme in 2014.
A PIECE OF WORK and RE:VIEWING My blog has been a bit of a lifeline for my work during this past 6 months or so while it has been hard to maintain continuity in my practice. I’ve used it as […]
Week 53: 16th – 22nd SeptemberWhile I was down in London I had the chance to visit The Museum of Contemporary African Art. However, despite its grandiose title, The Museum of Contemporary African Art is not a museum by traditional […]
Exhibition dates and project details announced for second edition of major moving image awards, featuring new commissions by artists in the first five years of their practice.
A major multi-venue cultural programme of exhibitions covering the last 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland has announced its ambitious, nationwide programme for 2014.
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 […]
OSR Projects, West Coker
21 September – 6 October 2013
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.
This weekend, nomadic curatorial and artistic practice, Companis, presents Rude Food Fiesta – a fusion of food, performance and spectacle taking place in Birmingham. Sian Tonkin, one of the event’s organisers, provides a taster.
York St Mary’s, York
1 July – 1 November 2013
London Thursday 1st August – Saturday 3rd August Thursday Whitechapel, Black Eyes and Lemonade (British popular art, the essay in the catalogue states “Through her curatorial method – though she herself would not have described it in such terms – […]
Week 42: 1st – 7th JulyI’m coming to the end of the first academic year and, even though I’ll be continuing to work through the summer, my thoughts have already turned towards the end of September and the second year […]
Chelsea College of Art & Design: Short Course – Curating Contemporary Art Exhibitions. I recently received a grant form Cardiff City Council to be able to attend the course above, it should prove massively interesting and benefitical for me and […]
Over the next few days, extracts from Jack Welsh’s commissioned text for Portfolio NW will be posted on the blog. Here is the first extract: Platforms: Portfolio NW and its relationship to arts criticism. If you trawl through the abundance […]
Week 41: 24th – 30th JuneThe day of the transfer assessment was finally here. I’d written previously about the requirements and outcomes for the transfer process (in week 30), so I knew what to expect, but despite this (and reassurances […]
North East Visit: Platform-A Gallery & The NewBridge Project I have only stepped foot on North East soil once in my life when I visited Newcastle many years ago. With the uprising of various arts organisations and studios I was […]
Five talented emerging makers unveil the results of their £7,500 Jerwood Makers Open commissions this week in London. We talk to the Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and two of this year’s selected makers about the project.
An artwork by Kevin Hunt created as part of Signpost that aims to draw attention to some of the most superb activity being facilitated by emerging independent artists and curators right now in the UK.
friday afternoon, Plymouth University’s Marine Institute and a meeting with Paula Orrell who is currently involved with Tamar Project; Artangel; Efford Take A Part; Alias Arts; Karst Projects; Curatorial and Visual Arts South West. The Marine Institute is a fabulous […]
