In the first of a new series focusing on visually-rich art books and publications, Tim Clark looks at the disturbingly sublime images of the photographer Richard Mosse, whose images from wartorn Congo are currently showing in Venice and are to be featured in a 240-page book from Aperture.
Under threat of closure due to likely further cuts in the comprehensive spending review on 26 June, a campaign to save the National Media Museum in Bradford is attracting growing support.
Sarah Ball’s painting of a 1920s New York girl gang member wins her the title of Welsh Artist of the Year 2013.
As the first results from AIR’s Paying Artists Survey make clear, artists are finding themselves at the end of the arts food chain as funding cuts bite. Here, a-n’s Director looks at how things stand and suggests a future where practitioners determine the status of their art and of artists.
Eight artists who were in Venice courtesy of a-n’s Go and see bursaries, pick some of their favourites from the hundreds of shows taking place throughout the city.
The sixth annual Liverpool Art Prize has been won by Tabitha Moses, who also picks up the People’s Choice Award.
As the second edition of Liverpool’s international photography biennial LOOK/13 launches, Director Patrick Henry talks about the world-class programme that’s in store.
Seventeen visual arts consortia encompassing 52 organisations – including a-n – have received nearly £2m in Catalyst funding to support initiatives to boost philanthropic giving to the arts.
Drawing Room’s Drawing Biennial 2013 presents over 200 A4 works by an international line-up of artists.
Bookmaking and self-publishing are becoming increasingly prominent forms of artistic practice. Catherine Roche considers the rise in popularity of artists’ books and what it means to ‘publish’ in a post-digital age.
Twenty-five artists have been awarded a total of £21,700 in a-n bursaries to support professional development.
Commissioned by the Crafts Council, Weave Waves brings together sound artist Scanner and textile designer Ismini Samanidou, combining digital technologies and weaving skills. We talk to the pair as the work gets its first public airing at the FutureEverything summit in Manchester.
The power and immediacy of vernacular photography prevails in the two stand-out shows at this year’s FORMAT international photography festival. We report back from the opening weekend.
In Joshua Sofaer’s latest Artist as leader interview for a-n, artist Richard Layzell and businessman Richard Hicks discuss Layzell’s seven-year tenure as ‘Visionaire’ at AIT software company. Here, Layzell writes about what came next and the continued relevance of his experience in industry a decade on.
ART13 – London’s latest art fair has just launched and is jostling for attention in a crowded market.
Newcastle City Council announced last week that it will set up a new ‘arts investment fund’ to replace revenue support it was planning to cut entirely under draft budget proposals. We speak to one organisation likely to be affected by the decision to gauge reaction in the city.
Liverpool Biennial curator Lorenzo Fusi has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery.
An ambitious new exhibition at Stills, Edinburgh, and CCA, Glasgow explores the state of Europe’s economy today and the profound changes that have impacted on us all since the banking crisis of 2008. We talk to curators Angela Dimitrakaki and Kirsten Lloyd about this landmark show.
Multi-media exhibition TROLLEYOLOGY celebrates the first ten years of a small but potent publishing house and the life of a maverick publisher and champion of documentary photography.
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.
With prize money totaling over £10,000, the four winners of the Salon Art Prize 2012 have been announced.
Five artists have been selected for Jerwood Makers Open 2013, a unique commissioning opportunity recognising new talent in the applied arts.
In the third instalment of our Christmas series offering alternatives to high street shopping, we profile festive fairs and selling shows taking place this week in Glasgow, Gateshead, Oxford, Northampton, London and Plymouth.
Struggling for gift ideas this Christmas? Here are 15 suggestions from artists and arts professionals, ranging from beautifully designed books to something you may have spotted on the pavement outside your local McDonald’s.
Three artists share prize money totalling £8500 in this year’s ING Discerning Eye exhibition.
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