Liverpool art spaces in need of relief
Recent decisions on business rates relief due to central government cuts are threatening the future of two studio and gallery spaces in Liverpool.
Recent decisions on business rates relief due to central government cuts are threatening the future of two studio and gallery spaces in Liverpool.
Following a series of events this weekend, New Work Network (NWN) is to close. Director Orlagh Woods discusses NWN’s achievements over its fifteen year history, its closure and the future for artists working within ‘pioneering practices’.
Previewing tomorrow’s Crowdfunding taster sessions as part of the Making it conference in Winchester.
As Frieze Art Fair opens this week, a-n’s Director asks if we need to think about how art market growth could aid artists’ careers.
As The Manchester Contemporary art fair gets underway, we take a tour and talk to some of the galleries taking part this year.
With two art fairs to choose from in Manchester this weekend, we preview The Manchester Contemporary which offers a critically engaged programme curated by artist-led gallery The International 3.
Art Across the City is an exhibition of contemporary art across Swansea. Project manager Gordon Dalton and artist David Marchant discuss this celebration of publicly-sited work.
Arts funding body Creative Scotland has been scrutinised by MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee, with representatives from Scotland’s visual arts sector giving evidence.
As the inaugural, artist-run CAVE Art Fair draws to a close in Liverpool, we get the views of some of the exhibiting artists – and a potential buyer.
As Whitstable Biennale draws to a close this weekend, we talk to its director Sue Jones and explore how the town informs the art.
A part-time theatrical costume maker battles for justice for Yorkshire artists, alleging that vested interests were at play in connection with a Cultural Olympiad grant.
Why is an event like Sluice Art Fair so important? We find out from artists and the project’s organisers.
Marking its first year as an official Liverpool Biennial partner, artist-run space The Royal Standard has announced the organisations taking part in ‘Service Provider’, its ambitious ten-week programme for the festival.
CAVE is a new artist-led art fair for the city of Liverpool, set to launch during the opening weekend of the 7th Liverpool Biennial in September. We talk to one of its organisers.
As media sponsor, a-n is pleased to support Art Across the City 2012, which will see Swansea hosting an exciting programme of new public art commissions this September.
Zeitgeist Arts Projects present their research on open submission competitions and explain why they insisted on transparency for their own newly-launched Zeitgeist Open.
Last week’s Olympic Art Review conference looked beyond the headline-grabbing Arcelor Mittal Orbit to explore the social, cultural and economic agendas behind London 2012’s Art in the Park.
Corridor8, an annual journal showcasing contemporary art and writing in the North of England, launches Part 3 of its third Issue tonight at The Bluecoat, Liverpool.
Open submission competitions have been generating plenty of comment and debate on a-n of late. What does the biennial Marmite Prize bring to the discussion? We speak to one of its founders.
‘The Annuale’, a festival of independent and grassroots artistic activity coordinated by Embassy gallery, opens in Edinburgh this week.
After a jubilant opening weekend, an influx of visiting European curators and a string of parties, Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2012 (GI) settles into its stride. Here, Richard Taylor highlights a few of the events and exhibitions slightly off the beaten track but not to be missed.