The Contemporary Art Society’s National Network conference in Nottingham took as its theme ‘commissioning for public collections’ and featured presentations from directors and curators from some of the UK’s leading visual arts organisations. We report from the day.
After over 20 years as an automonous organisation, film and video commissioning agency Picture This is to merge with Bristol’s Spike Island.
With a month to go to the deadline of the Open submission programme, Artangel and the BBC offer up a series of five new audio broadcasts that respond to the Radio 4 morning schedule.
Egyptian-born Sam Shendi has won the FIRST@108 Public Art Award, receiving £10,000 towards the cost of producing his large-scale sculpture.
The biennial Manchester International Festival has announced its full programme, which includes presentations by Tino Sehgal and Dan Graham, as well as a major group exhibition curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Mark Wallinger has unveiled a series of 270 works that will hang in each station of the London Underground.
Arts Council England has announced details of the organisations that are to receive capital funding from both the large and small capital grants programme, including a number of visual arts projects.
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.
Burnley-based art commissioning agency Mid Pennine Arts launches two new projects following Arts Council England investment.
Artangel and BBC Radio 4 launch a £1 million initiative for new site-specific commissions across the UK, with a series of introductory events in January and February.
The Brighton-based Macedonian artist looks back on a year that started badly but ended with a flurry of commissions including being chosen to represent Macedonia at the 55th Venice Biennale.
For a-n Director Susan Jones, 2012 has been a year of research and development, as the organisation looks to the future for artists and their practice.
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.
Five artists have been selected for Jerwood Makers Open 2013, a unique commissioning opportunity recognising new talent in the applied arts.
An internal report gives Arts Council England a clean bill of health in relation to Artists Taking the Lead in Yorkshire.
Why follow the crowd when you could buy gifts of original work by artists and makers? In the first in our series leading up to Christmas, we pick out five selling shows worth checking out this week.
Artist-led organisation Studio Voltaire opens an ambitious fundraising venture in the heart of London’s Mayfair, with contributions from Jeremy Deller, Mark Leckey, Linder, Cory Arcangel and many more.
Are there more effective ways to demonstrate the value of artists within culture? And what can we learn from policies in other countries? a-n’s Director reports on current UK developments and looks at approaches in Australia, Canada, Sweden and Norway.
Lost Arts is a partnership set up by eight unions whose members will be directly affected by cuts to the arts. The project’s coordinator explains what it’s all about.
Is the future of TV a shared space that bridges new relationships between socially engaged audiences, curators, creatives and broadcasters? A one-day forum at FACT this Friday will ask ‘how should artists use the medium?
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’.
Research by a-n shows a continued decline in paid opportunities for artists.
As part of ‘Making it’ – a multi-stranded celebration of craft and creativity taking place in Winchester this weekend – Friday’s focus is on advice and guidance from professional mentors.
At this year’s Frieze Art Fair in London, Grizedale Arts present an alternative site of consumption.
Beacon Art Projects Lincolnshire commissioned artists to create work for historic rural sites during October. We report from the launch.
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