Now Showing: May’s must-see exhibitions and events
Shows by a-n members in Venice and the UK including Vlatka Horvat’s Croatian Pavilion, a Disability Arts Movement group show, plus Rachael Clerke launches Art Business Ltd.
Shows by a-n members in Venice and the UK including Vlatka Horvat’s Croatian Pavilion, a Disability Arts Movement group show, plus Rachael Clerke launches Art Business Ltd.
Artist Sonia Boué has launched a new, life-enhancing creative self-help resource for neurodivergent people. Conceived during the first Covid lockdown in 2020, the Neurophototherapy Project‘s roots began with a process of self-documentation at home while isolated from her studio. Sharing […]
Artist and a-n member Lindsey Mendick speaks to Ellen Wilkinson about collaboration, restlessness and starting her own gallery.
Artist and a-n member Jeanette Barnes discusses her 2023 highlights including winning the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, a solo exhibition in Harrow, and showing work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
Manchester based artist and a-n member Kelan Andrews has had a busy 12 months, including completing his MA Fine Art at Manchester School of Art and being awarded the Castlefield Gallery mentee prize. Here he discusses how living with a chronic illness informs his practice and how he hopes to help open up conversations around disability and illness within the arts and society.
Artist and a-n member Jo Longhurst speaks to Ellen Wilkinson about the challenges of making art around unseen disabilities.
276 artists have been awarded a share of £378,269 to fund their professional development
Two a-n members from the Bristol-based group that makes Modern Queers – a print newsletter for the digital age ‘for queers by queers’ – talk to a-n’s Ellen Wilkinson about creating queer community, highlighting queer histories, and invite you to submit to the next issue.
a-n member Joanne Coates discusses her Jerwood/Photoworks Award and finding confidence in ‘doing things your own way’.
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Supported by a-n, Edinburgh College student Chloe McHardy is part of the 2022 Scotland + Venice Professional Development Programme. The aim of the programme is to help participants establish professional networks at a transitional point in their careers. Over a […]
Exhibition highlights from across the UK featuring a-n members, including Walker & Bromwich in Perth and sculpture in Chichester Cathedral.
Liam Hevey discusses making environmental activist stories visible and the frustrations of being a Marxist creative.
Exhibition highlights across the UK with work by a-n members including Rhea Dillon and Paloma Proudfoot’s sculptures on a London rooftop.
Liverpool based artist Emily Speed‘s work explores the relationship between people and buildings and in particular the body and its relationship to architecture. She discusses what she has achieved over the last 12 months, including her first major solo exhibition […]
London based artist Karl Bielik‘s paintings have been in numerous high profile exhibitions, including John Moores Painting Prize, RA Summer Show, and The Marmite Prize. He is a member of Contemporary British Painting and is the Founder and Director of […]
In the second in a series of conversations with the Shape Arts’ Transforming Leadership programme cohort of 2020-2022, Shape CEO David Hevey speaks with Poppy Nash about making radical textiles, embedding lived experience into her work, and the importance of craft-activism.
Support artists, makers and visual arts organisations this Christmas. Select unique presents from our pick of original artworks and handcrafted gifts, available from open studios, festive exhibitions, winter markets and online.
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows, including Zarah Hussain’s solo show at Rugby Art Gallery.
Artist and a-n member Emma Talbot discusses her Max Mara Art Prize for Women residency in Italy. Interview by Laura Davidson.
‘The British Invasion’ exhibition has just opened in Blackburn as part of this year’s British Textile Biennial. Anneka French spoke to the show’s curator Alex Zawadzki and two of the three exhibiting artists, Jamie Holman and Jasleen Kaur, all a-n members, ahead of the opening.
Project Art Works is one of five artist collectives shortlisted for this year’s Turner Prize. Sonia Boué speaks to artist and Project Art Works founder Kate Adams about the history of the collective and how relevant the Turner Prize nomination is to its artists.
British Ceramics Biennial returns to Stoke-on-Trent with a vibrant five-week festival of new artist commissions, exhibitions and hands-on events. Here we take a look at five a-n members shortlisted for the £5,000 British Ceramics Biennial AWARD prize.
Three long-form, long-term a-n Bloggers reflect on their blogs.
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows.