This week’s selection features sculpture shows in London and Leeds, an exploration of of post-industrial landscapes and production in Sheffield, plus an exhibition of drawings in Sunderland.
The third edition of the LUX and ICO collaboration bringing artists’ moving image into mainstream cinemas launches with a special screening at Tate Britain. Project manager Adam Pugh and artist Margaret Salmon discuss the continuing relevance of the artists’ short to contemporary audiences.
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on our Events section include a festival of light in Cambridge, a symposium on the future of the high street in Cheltenham and three exhibitions exploring painting and photography.
London-based Brazilian artist Tonico Lemos Auad has his first solo exhibition for a UK public gallery at the De La Warr Pavilion in East Sussex, featuring existing works and a new commission. Dany Louise finds out more.
The sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women, a collaboration between the Italian fashion group and the Whitechapel Gallery, has been won by Emma Hart.
This week’s selection includes a literally sensational exhibition in Liverpool, a reexamining of benches in London and video art in Coventry.
A survey of galleries exhibiting at London Art Fair, which takes place this week, has shown growing confidence in the art market with the potential of more people interested in buying art and an increase in sales to international collectors.
This week’s selection includes photography in London, printmaking in Derry and seascapes in Bournemouth.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
What does 2016 have in store in terms of conferences and events, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer – and we’ll be adding new events for later in the year as they’re confirmed.
The New York-based artist, along with his representatives the Gagosian Gallery, is being sued by photographer Donald Graham over Prince’s use of an image appropriated from Instagram.
For the final Now Showing selection of 2015, Jack Hutchinson selects seven must-see shows over the holiday period.
Six a-n writers – based in Glasgow, Manchester and London – pick, in no particular order, their top five exhibitions of the year.
This week’s selection includes a million objects at South London Gallery, an exploration of how social media is impacting on personal identity at Liverpool’s FACT, and a Bill Murray-inspired installation at BALTIC, Gateshead.
Media Space associate curator and 1000 Words editor Tim Clark looks back over the year’s photo book releases and picks ten exceptional titles published in 2015.
Last week, the Creative Industries Federation hosted its first event in Scotland at the newly refurbished Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Richard Taylor unpicks some of the topics discussed during the evening’s panel discussion.
A group exhibition of newly-commissioned photography has opened at Jerwood Space London, enabled by the inaugural Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. Tim Clark speaks to Photoworks director, Celia Davies, about the impetus for setting up this joint programme and what the various bodies of work might reveal about the new generation of practitioners.
This week’s selection includes installation work in London, minimalism in Edinburgh and an exploration of language in Glasgow.
London-based photographer David Stewart wins prize on his 16th attempt with a restaging of his 2008 entry.
The UK’s longest-running artist collective has announced the prize winners of its 82nd open exhibition.
Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section.
For his first major commission in the UK, Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates has created an installation in the grounds of a disused church in Bristol that will be alive with performances and discussion day-and-night for 552 hours. Rowan Lear reports from the opening weekend.
Best known for his ‘scratch video’ work in the 1980s, in his recent films the video artist George Barber uses dark humour to tackle topical issues such as military drones and the global refugee crisis. With shows currently taking place in London and Cardiff, Chris Sharratt talks to him about absurdity, politics and life on board a nuclear submarine.
As the art world descends on London for the 13th Frieze Art Fair, we take a snapshot of art fair activity happening across the capital this week.
Whitechapel Gallery and Max Mara fashion group have announced the shortlist for the sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
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