The new developments at the Newlyn Art Gallery and The Exchange have had a mixed response from local and national media, with three main strands.
Silas Kopf Silas Kopf is an American artist with a high profile for his marquetry he is an example of someone that seems very engaged with the practice it's tradition and history. With a degree in architecture his wood working […]
I've applied for funding to document recent work. The digital images I have aren't very good and as my practice has become more studio based the artworks seem to be harder for me to photograph well. The funding would be […]
Airport art, as I now like to call it, is the major problem facing biennales, biennials and art festivals today.
There are now over 200 contemporary art biennials across the globe, compared with four or five or twenty years ago.
There is something about a ceramics conference that can send a shudder up the spine.
I have been back at TVU for a month now, returning from a three week driving holiday in Spain straight into lectures. Knowing the staff already is a big boon, and key changes have made a difference to the atmosphere. […]
This is the longest gap in my blog since I started it in April. It’s not that nothing has been happening. Far from it. But the run up to the wedding and then a few glorious days in Venice (with […]
Straw Marquetry Marquetry isn't exclusive of wood, which I may have appeared to have overlooked so far. Shell, mother of pearl and straw are among other materials that are able to be inlaid in some form to be known as […]
Ceramic artists Elise Austrin, Karen Atherley, Jo Davies, Akiko Hirai and Joanna London are amongst exhibitors in ‘Handmade 07’, being held at Chelsea Old Town Hall 27-30 November.
Donkleywood, North Tyne valley, Falstone, Northumberland
1 September – 28 October 2007
Jerwood Space, London
19 September – 18 October 2007
Black Dog Publishing
Edited by Johanna Billing, Maria Lind and Lars Nilsson
Sara Haq on Judy Freya Sibayan, performance and conceptual artist, curator, publisher and museum.
S Mark Gubb profiles Studio Voltaire, the first and only artist-led gallery and studio complex in South West London.
S Mark Gubb talks to Vane about its evolution from an artist-led platform in Newcastle to an artists’ agency operating internationally.
This week …… Anna Puhakka This past week I have been working on the appearance of the game. Surprisingly this has led me to start painting again, a part of my practice I had been overlooking for several years. I […]
What gives a particular place its characteristics? Why are some cities hip and others lame? How does a neighbourhood change from good to bad?
Sally Davies profiles Kypros Kyprianou, discussing his interest in scientific themes, collaborative working and residencies at Artsway and Allenheads Contemporary Arts.
Matt: Why I wanted to do this: Re-run of the degree show…. no camera- no worries about whether you’re in shot. directly to the audience. We both have connections between our practices – processes of improvisation– baggage– things you bring […]
Guido hunts wild boar 2 Sat 16th September, 2007, 4am. I have much to complete before I leave here, especially regarding my folio and it’s presentation to curators. I went out hunting the other day with Guido, when I got […]
Chris Brown, Reviews Editor for a-n Magazine, talks to a selection of writers about the practice and pitfalls of taking up the pen.
Patricia Fleming discusses the relationship with the art market for artists and curators in Wales and Scotland.
Some Practicalities On residencies: after a whirlwind tour I am now back and fully focused on my residency again. I have had a break, in part due to the need to attend to a family health related crisis – life […]
Ayling & Conroy survey the motives and trends that effect how UK commercial galleries select artists to exhibit.
