London Metropolitan University’s plans to move the Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design from the East End focus of debate as artist Bob and Roberta Smith creates new artwork in protest.
The winner of this year’s Turner Prize, announced at Tramway in Glasgow, is the architecture collective Assemble.
Platform-London’s unauthorised Deadline Festival at Tate Modern, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the arts, has unsurprisingly been met with restrictions from the venue but its organisers plan to carry on regardless.
US artist Jon Rubin designs limited edition football scarf, free to the first 2000 fans through turnstiles at next home game.
Looking for Christmas present ideas but want to avoid the high street? Why not support artists and/or organisations that promote contemporary art by purchasing unusual or limited edition works online instead. Here’s 10 ideas to start you off, from a 50p badge to a £400 print.
The findings of a recent survey into social mobility in the arts reveal that it is becoming increasingly difficult for those without financial support to break into the sector.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Last week, the Creative Industries Federation hosted its first event in Scotland at the newly refurbished Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Richard Taylor unpicks some of the topics discussed during the evening’s panel discussion.
London-based photographer David Stewart wins prize on his 16th attempt with a restaging of his 2008 entry.
Council rejects collaboration between Bold Tendencies and Second Home in favour of rival proposal from Pop Community Ltd.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Four artists who create work deemed to enrich the visual experience of our urban spaces have been shortlisted for the £10,000 award.
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on the site’s Events section, includes a debate, a symposium, and exhibitions in Cambridge, Darlington, London, Manchester and Newcastle.
Arts Council England has awarded six Creative People and Places projects over £5 million between them to build on the successes of their community-embedded arts programmes.
Four artists from the north of England have received awards in the biennial New Light Prize, with Sheffield-based Mandy Payne winning the £10,000 Valeria Sykes Award for her depiction of Park Hill housing estate.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
10 artists have been selected for annual competition and showcase exhibition which profiles the work of recent UK based graduates whose primary medium is painting or drawing.
The third Sluice_ art fair takes place this week with presentations by over 30 international galleries plus performances and a programme of talks. Supported by a-n, the talks include a discussion about Paying Artists and artist-led organisations, plus artist Marion Piper will be on hand to cover the event when she ‘takes over’ the a-n Instagram feed.
As the art world descends on London for the 13th Frieze Art Fair, we take a snapshot of art fair activity happening across the capital this week.
The British Art Show happens every five years, bringing together a selection of work by UK-based artists who in the view of the exhibition’s curators have made a ‘significant contribution’ to the country’s art scene in that time. Now on its eighth edition and this year featuring 42 artists, it begins its four-city tour at Leeds City Art Gallery. Amelia Crouch reports from Yorkshire.
Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section.
Glasgow-based artist Ellie Harrison has launched a new campaign to develop an alternative funding stream for artists by harnessing wind power.
British Art Show 8 opens in Leeds on Friday 9 October and the city – currently bidding to be European Capital of Culture 2023 – is responding with a raft of additional activity. Leeds-based writers and artists Amelia Crouch and Lara Eggleton report on what the city’s homegrown and artist-led organisations are up to as Leeds City Council throws its support behind a showcase of the city’s buoyant visual arts scene.
The fourth British Ceramics Biennial in Stoke-on-Trent comes as the industry in the city is enjoying a modest upturn. Reporting from the city, Bob Dickinson finds plenty of evidence of ceramic creativity alongside well-founded concerns over the loss of traditional industrial skills.
This year’s Arts Council England and British Council-supported No Boundaries – billed as a symposium on the role of arts and culture – took place over two days at the end of September at Watershed in Bristol and HOME, Manchester. Featuring talks and discussion from an international cast of contributors, it once again had a live link between each venue and was also live streamed. Artist Julie McCalden reports from Bristol, while arts consultant Mark Robinson presents a view from the rainy city.
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