Working in our individual studios we meet three times in the day. Here are our individual reflections and thoughts from the day’s actions and events. Louisa Chambers: Stop, start, stop, start. Working pattern for today. Have not found any sort […]
Gary Hume reflects on his successes during the 1990s and on being “prepared to risk my career for being an artist.”
Richard Billingham reflects on the turning points in his photography and experimental films, which he began making during the 1990s.
Lubaina Himid remembers the difficulties and successes of the “wilderness years” of 1990s, and how she built her “whole life around making work.”
Jane and Louise Wilson discuss the start of their artistic collaboration in the 1990s, and how a-n is “an essential resource.”
Are you experiencing challenges, barriers or opportunities caused by Brexit? To support artist careers post Brexit, a-n, in partnership with the Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN), are creating an International working resource for artists. This resource will evolve over the […]
British Egyptian artist Nazir Tanbouli ushered in 2021 with a solo show of paintings at Cairo’s Picasso gallery.
Following the launch of the John Moores Painting Prize virtual exhibition last week, we look at the work of a-n members included in the online show.
Influential Director of Wysing Arts Centre, who was made an MBE in 2020, has died after living with lung cancer for the last two years.
Magdalene Odundo remembers a-n’s role in “helping to dispel the distinction made between art and craft in the use of clay” during the 1980s.
Chila Kumari Singh Burman discusses the development of her work during the “highly experimental, politically charged time” of the 1980s.
in amongst all that’s currently going on, i’m sitting with a feeling of needing to update how i think and communicate about my practice. looking at my a-n bio it feels a little outdated now. writing about myself doesn’t come […]
Production Director of Alchemy Film & Arts explains how the organisation responded to the Covid-19 crisis by moving its festival online to make the best of a challenging situation.
We speak to Maria Hatling about what inspired her a-n at 40 logo design, her painting practice and what she’s been up during a tumultuous 2020.
We speak to Maria Hatling about what inspired her a-n at 40 logo design, her painting practice and what she’s been up during a tumultuous 2020.
Ying Kwok (Festival Director and independent curator, HK), Lindsay Taylor, (University of Salford Art Collection), and Sarah Fisher (Director of Open Eye Gallery) discuss how the Peer to Peer: UK/HK programme developed, the themes addressed by the artists involved, and the importance of digital platforms in the current climate.
Online festival, featuring work by Artists Council members Antonio Roberts and Hetain Patel, has announced its programme, which includes a panel event on international exchange between artists, chaired by a-n’s Programmes and Partnerships Manager Wing-Sie Chan.
Inspiration, reason and development of my 1 week self-initiated residency in Glasgow
Digital festival of cultural exchange and collaboration between the UK and Hong Kong to take place from 11-14 November, curated by independent curator Ying Kwok.
a-n Artist Bursaries 2020 recipient whose work explores mapping and scientific visualisation technologies discusses the impact of her bursary, and how she has adapted to coronavirus Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdown.
This was published just before the crisis, about artists using trains and sea routes to reach artists residencies. Now people are either stuck in their residencies or can’t reach them. Here are some pointers for when we can all travel again. Photo by me of Copenhagen Station.
