20 artists have been awarded prizes during the opening of the eighth annual RSA New Contemporaries exhibition, with a selection of the works due to tour from Edinburgh to Camden later this spring.
As London-based Acme Studios becomes a self-sustaining organisation, its co-founder Jonathan Harvey has announced he will be standing down as Chief Executive in March 2016.
The closure of the not-for-profit, artist-run Dalston Underground Studios due to proposed rent increases is indicative of a wider trend across London says the organisation’s manager.
Six artists have been shortlisted for the 2014 edition of the Threadneedle Prize, the open exhibition that aims to ‘showcase the very best in new figurative and representational art’.
Asia Triennial Manchester 2014 returns for its third edition this September, with the theme of ‘Conflict and Compassion’.
The recipients of the British Ceramics Biennial £10,000 AWARD for ceramicists and FRESH bursary for new graduates have been announced, with installation-based work winning all round.
Kirsty Ogg, the current Curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, is leaving to take up a new post as Director of Bloomberg New Contemporaries.
The artist-led Standpoint Gallery announces the winner of this year’s Mark Tanner Sculpture Award during an exhibition that celebrates ten years of the prize.
Joella Wheatley won the inaugural Platform Graduate Award at the end of November. Here, a-n’s Director talks to her about her practice, networks and getting good advice.
Previewing this weekend “a high profile open outside of London – organised by artists for artists”.
Shows by a-n members across the UK, including a solo exhibition in Edinburgh by Holly Davey, outdoor sculpture in Yorkshire by Matthew Darbyshire, plus group shows featuring works by artists Rae-Yen Song, Zoe Anker and Małgorzata Dawidek
Solo shows from a-n members Naomi Frears, Adham Faramawy and Sonia Boyce, plus a major craft fair and outdoor sculpture exhibition in London
A celebration of artistic inquiry
Exhibitions featuring a-n members, including solo shows by Gil Mualem-Doron in Worthing, Exodus Crooks in London, and Joanna Holland in Leicester, plus the North West Graduate Art Prize.
a-n member Gemma Thompson discusses her 2022 highlights including receiving the Working Drawing Award in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, and balancing motherhood with artistic practice.
Exhibition highlights featuring a-n members, including Maybelle Peters in Nottingham, early-career artists in Hull and Northern Irish craft.
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows, including Zarah Hussain’s solo show at Rugby Art Gallery.
a-n highlights ‘pipeline of talent’ in response to plans to cut government funding for arts subjects at universities by almost 50% next year.
This week’s selection features exhibitions, talks and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms, plus newly reopened physical spaces, including: Elizabeth Price’s new Artangel commission in London, Kathy MacCarthy’s mass forms at PEER, London, Stills: Centre for Photography reopening with the collaborative project Elementary Blueprint, plus a free webinar from the Visual Arts Alliance.
Liverpool-based Nigerian-German artist and a-n member has produced a digital painting When You Cry, I Cry in support of Black Lives Matter. Here she discusses the impact of the work and what needs to change in terms of support for Black and minority ethnic artists across the arts.
Emergence Bursary recipient Lauren Saunders, who is known for primarily working with drawing and collage, discusses the impact the award has had on her practice and her plans for the future.
Jane Boyer pays tribute to the artist Rebecca Fairman who, alongside her own practice, ran artist-led gallery Arthouse1 in Bermondsey, London.
National Museums Liverpool has announced the jury for the next edition of the John Moores Painting Prize which will see almost £40,000 of award money split across seven prizes, including a new Emerging Artist Prize.
Selected artists Silvia Rosi and Theo Simpson each received £10,000 to produce a new body of work for exhibition at Jerwood Space, London, plus a production fund of £5,000 and high profile mentoring support from an international panel of experts. Jack Hutchinson attended the launch of the exhibition and met the artists.
Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including a Saad Qureshi’s sculptural ‘mindscapes’ at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the SSA | VAS OPEN at Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, plus Anthony Shapland’s multidisciplinary work at Exeter Phoenix.
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