Bill Viola, as mentioned in that early video presentation post I made – certainly a big influence where the water screen is concerned. Please see that video if you want to see how. I have purchased nearly all of the […]
This week’s snapshot of international art action sees us talking about revolution in Finland, exploring the virtual and the real in the Netherlands, contemporary Arab art in the USA, and going deep into the Congo in Australia.
MATERIAL After intervening in Dallam House and deconstructing its rooms, I transported the building materials 157 miles back to my studio in the Richard Hamilton Building. I sometimes have a tendency to overthink my work, so to loosen up and […]
LARA ALMARCEGUI During my site visits, I was reminded of Lara Almarcegui’s work which occupied the Spanish Pavilion during last years Venice Biennale. In a way comparable to my own practice, Almarcegui examines processes of urban transformation that derive from […]
This week’s must-see shows include the Silver Lion-winning French artist Camille Henrot at Chisenhale, London, German artist John Ebner at Vane, Newcastle, and science-themed portraiture at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.
What is ‘Kundalini awakening’? ~ It’s a physical, mental and emotional evolution that can take place tremendously fast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini#Kundalini_awakening At the time i felt i must be having a ‘nervous breakdown’ – but rather than take the advice of many […]
This week our snapshot of what’s happening internationally finds us in Madrid, Barcelona, Beirut, Zurich and New York.
LOCWS International announces its next programme of temporary public art commissions, with 13 new works from artists including Jeremy Deller, Bob and Roberta Smith and Ross Sinclair.
Glasgow-based artist Corin Sworn has been announced as the winner of the biennial Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
Ikon Gallery will be looking back at key periods from its 50 year history as it celebrates its half century this year, starting with two exhibitions by Jamal Penjweny and John Salt.
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.
Leading ‘contemporary miniaturist’ Imran Qureshi has completed the latest Art on the Underground commission, celebrating 150 years of London’s underground tube network.
The north east England-based biennial of contemporary art, film and music has announced programme details for its 2014 edition, which takes the idea of extraction as its curated theme.
http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/837387/joa… In your current exhibition at Haunch of Venison, you are showing “Full Steam Ahead (Red#1)” (all works 2012), a kinetic, flower-shaped sculpture composed of working steam irons. Could you tell me about this more mechanical strand of your practice? […]
THINGS THAT ARE ON MY MIND 1. Rudolph Steiner’s “blackboard” drawings which I saw at the Venice Biennale last week which are actually not blackboards, but are in fact chalk on black paper which his assistant used to cover his […]
Following a public consultation, Conrad Shawcross has been selected to create a new commission for Dulwich Park in south London, to honour and replace a stolen work by Barbara Hepworth.
The programme for the sixth edition of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art, the first under new Director Sarah McCrory, combines the local and international to create a busy 18 days of contemporary art activity across the city.
This week’s look at the next seven days (4-10 October 2013) on the international art scene takes us to Italy, the USA, Austria and South Korea, with events, art fairs and new permanent commissions.
The new Serpentine Sackler Gallery, designed by award-winning architect Zaha Hadid, is an impressive new London art space – but it’s the inaugural, site-specific exhibition by the Argentinian artist Adrián Villar Rojas that steals the show.
Today sees the launch of a new a-n bursary scheme that aims to support artists as they explore future collaborations.
This week’s selection includes figurative painting in Edinburgh, site-specific sonicness in Sheffield and a bit of English Magic in London.
The five nominees for this year’s Max Mara prize for UK-based women artists have been announced by the Whitechapel Gallery.
Locws International are very pleased to announce our artist commissions as part of our Art Across The City programme, taking place across Swansea from 6th Sept – 6th October 2013. The artists are: Jacob Dahlgren Juneau Projects Laura Sorvala Matthew […]
