Five projects and programmes from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Bracknell, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth and Halesworth.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: predicting the Brexit effect, turbulence for art education in California and Sweden, a restored house boat eco-experiment in Long Island, new acquisition fund for UK regional museums.
As the UK votes to leave the EU, artists and those working in the visual arts have been responding on social media.
The representative body for visual artists in Ireland is proposing that a tourist bed tax should be introduced in the country, with funds raised going to the arts and cultural sector.
More degree show views from a-n’s Instagram as Sheyda Porter visits the show at Northumbria University and discovers artistic collaborations and a focus on the everyday, Chris Sharratt enjoys a perfect pint at Glasgow School of Art BA show and Richard Taylor uncovers a number of site-specific works at the MFA.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
The new Mayor of London says he wants to embed culture in the planning system of the capital with the results including subsidised artists’ studios.
Eight artists including Catherine Yass and James Rigler are taking part in the White Noise residency at the soon to be demolished former Television Centre’s East Tower.
This week’s selection includes installation in Derry, photography in London and ceramics in Barnstaple.
Artists’ Union England has received its ‘certificate of independence’ after a three-year process, establishing it as an officially recognised union.
The fifth edition of the Sheffield Fringe festival at Bloc Projects features work by more than 35 artists and questions the objectification of the ‘real’. Chris Sharratt finds out more from curator Minou Norouzi.
The London gallery’s expanded 2016 architecture programme has opened to the public, featuring the 16th annual pavilion designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and four newly commissioned summer houses.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Fitzwilliam Museum rescues badly damaged Renaissance painting, Banksy leaves mural and cheeky note in Bristol school, and Modern Art Oxford launches first crowd-funding campaign.
Selected from a-n’s busy Events section: reflected neo-gothic architecture in Scunthorpe, paintings in London and Salford, digital residencies, and Hindu alpono works in Bolton.
A new series of podcasts from artist-run Manifest Arts provides interviews with artists and arts organisers in the North West of England.
John Stezaker, known for his photographic collages constructed from found images, has turned curator for ‘Turning to See: From Van Dyck to Lucian Freud’ at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Anneka French talks to the artist about his new departure, how he selected works for the show, and where his own art fits in.
Following a busy weekend of degree show openings across the country, we take a look at some of the highlights from our ongoing a-n Instagram takeovers, with images posted from Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle upon Tyne, Brighton, Falmouth and Loughborough.
This week’s selection includes painting in Edinburgh, digital images in Portsmouth, and sculpture in Yorkshire.
This week’s selection includes a sensitive exploration of mental health in Nottingham, an exhibition of Belgium-based artists in Manchester, and in Edinburgh an overview of Scottish art since the end of the second world war.
The photographic artist Wolfgang Tillmans has created a series of posters against Brexit and highlighting what he believes are the humanitarian and democratic benefits of the UK remaining within the European Union.
Siobhan Davies Dance has announced Hepworth Wakefield director of programme Lauren A Wright as its new programme director.
The Office for Art, Design and Technology is a new two-year programme of residencies, events, exhibitions and professional development for new and more established artists with digital practices. Anneka French talks to the artist leading the programme as well as artists and mentors involved in Post-Modern Plant Life 2, the recently completed first stage of the initiative.
Filmmaker receives £10,000 grant to cover studio rent at Acme studios for one year.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from our busy Events section, take us to Hull, Langport, Leigh on Sea, London and Spalding.
For the latest in her series of columns on artists’ books, Sarah Bodman looks at the work of Newcastle-based artist Theresa Easton whose new series of books was created at a Victorian era letterpress printing works in Scotland.
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