Since returning from the Venice Biennale, I’ve been reflecting on the political content of the show, partly provoked by reviews describing ‘The Encyclopaedic Palace’ show as ‘blindingly apolitical’, added to this, conversations with visitors who felt that the exhibition wilfully […]
Tino Sehgal, the 2013 Turner Prize nominee, lights up this year’s Manchester international Festival with a riveting and joyous sound piece, writes Bob Dickinson.
Part 1: I banked the fleeting images and haven’t moved on…. My landlady, familiar with Venice, was dumbstruck by my lack of tourist-based anecdotes that she could recognize: I was an artist going to the Venice Biennale (founded in 1895) […]
Part 1… Earlier this month, I was lucky enough to attend the launch of the 55th Venice Biennale. This was made possible by a Go and See Bursary from a-n, which is why I’m posting this blog; part of the […]
In the first of a new series focusing on visually-rich art books and publications, Tim Clark looks at the disturbingly sublime images of the photographer Richard Mosse, whose images from wartorn Congo are currently showing in Venice and are to be featured in a 240-page book from Aperture.
It doesn’t make so much sense to write this as a chronological diary so I am instead culling from my notes which now bring us to the theme of the national pavilions. Venice started holding the biennale at the end […]
To wind up here are a few final observations. Tied up on the waterfront next to Arsenale are a line of hyper-expensive boats. First among them is Sea Force One. It is first because it has the distinction of having […]
Performance does feature in the Biennale but it is usually rather safe and of secondary importance unless you step outside the official sites. Rather than a national pavilion presenting the work of a performance artist, live performance, when present at […]
Peter Heslip, Arts Council England’s new Director of Visual Arts, oversees a portfolio of 144 funded visual arts organisations and leads on museum funding in London. Two months into his new job, and on his first day in the office after a trip to Venice, we talk to him about supporting artists, communicating with the public and the realities of the current funding environment.
Wales in Venice pavilion, Venice
28 May – 24 November 2013
In a major speech, the Scottish Government’s Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has defended the idea of art for art’s sake and attacked the UK Government’s focus on the economic value of culture.
Ludoteca Santa Maria Ausiliatrice, Venice
1 June – 24 November 2013
The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, which reopened last year after a £5million redevelopment, has won the Art Fund’s £100,000 Museum of the Year prize.
Fear of public backlash and potential loss of funding is leading to direct and indirect forms of censorship, according to a new report.
La Biennale di Venezia, 30124 Venezia
1 June 2013 to 24 November 2013
OSR Project Space Old School Room, West Coker, Somerset, BA22 9BD
11 May – 2 June 2013
Karen MacKinnon has been appointed Director of the Artes Mundi international visual arts exhibition and prize.
The UK’s newest photography festival, Diffusion, has just opened to the public in Cardiff. We speak to its director, David Drake, about opportunities, challenges and what sets it apart from the rest.
This week (Part one) Meetings with Wang Chunchen, curator of the Chinese pavilion at this years Venice Biennale and Karen Smith, British curator based in China since 1992. Visit to ‘ON | OFF Young Chinese Artists’ show at 798 art […]
Eastside Projects, Birmingham
12 January – 9 March 2013
Wondering what 2013 has in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a look ahead to provide a snapshot of things we think are worth noting in your diary.
Fourth Plinth, London
10 January 2012 – 12 April 2013
The second in our end-of-year series sees London-based gallerist Ceri Hand complete our 2012 questionnaire, reflecting on a year that has seen her relocate the gallery from Liverpool to Covent Garden.
Installation artist Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has been selected to undertake the 2013 Alexandra Reinhardt Memorial Award Artist Residency at mima, Middlesbrough.
Four flagship South East England galleries are supporting the professional development of recent graduates through the inaugural Platform Graduate Award.
