A round-up of UK projects and presentations, official, collateral and otherwise, during the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Projects run 4 June – 27 November 2011 unless otherwise stated.
The 52nd Venice Bienniale that launches in June combines exhibitions of significant visual art from international artists with passeggiata and associated networking opportunities on the grandest scale for the throng of curators and artists who will assemble there. The main […]
Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain will represent Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art.
Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison have been selected to represent Wales at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007.
Alongside our media sponsorship of Artsway’s New Forest Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale in June, Commissioning Editor Paul Stone was also part of an invited panel on 10 June addressing the impact of such events on artists’ professional and […]
The Hong Kong Artist’s Biennale 2005 relocates to Venice in June, to coincide with the biennale. This artist-run show is an open forum for images, words and sounds. Concerned with non-hierarchical collecting and anarchic exhibition systems, it is enabled through […]
You’ll find a-n artists and contributirs at the Venice Biennale, partnering with South East agency Artsway to increase the visibility of emerging Uk artists within this international curatorial extravaganza. As part of this, we’re interested to give exposure to other […]
Graham Parker on the reasoning behind Manchester’s presence at this year’s biennale.
Edoardo Malagigi questions the meaning of title of this year’s biennale.
Venice is historically a meeting point of east and west. It was from here that Marco Polo journeyed to China. Its wealth and power – and hence its accumulation of art treasures – is built on the control of trade […]
Artist Morag Colquhoun, whose practice includes sculpture, photography, installation, performance, video, textiles and curatorial practice, discusses the benefits and pitfalls of working in a rural context.
a-n Blogs is a great place to share the process of your practice or the progress of a residency or project you’re working on. We’ve pulled together a few tips on blogging on www.a-n.co.uk to help you get started.
Hannah Pierce, a-n’s former External Programmes and Partnerships Manager, offers advice on writing applications for a-n’s member opportunities.
Generator Projects is an artist-led gallery in Dundee. This profile features a video interview, recorded at Assembly Dundee, in which Generator Projects’ chair and committee members introduce the organisation and discuss its aim of supporting emerging artists in the city.
Having developed a practice based around working with people in a participatory manner, in 2015 Anthony Schrag completed a practice-based PhD exploring the relationship between artists, institutions and the public within participatory public artworks. He discusses his reasons for undertaking a PhD, and gives advice to artists considering this option. Based on an interview by artist Steve Pool.
What are artists’ associate programmes and what do they offer within the broad landscape of artists’ professional development? What should artists consider before applying? Based on extensive research into sixty arts organisations across England, Scotland and Wales, this guide by Dany Louise offers artists help in thinking through the various options available to them.
6 December 2011. 3331 Chiyoda, Tokyo. Edited transcript of recorded interview.
As part of Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as Leader research, Masato Nakamura discusses his commitment to transforming the art education system in Japan, and the inauguration of a new model of art centre “founded on the basis of artist leadership”.
Graduating in 2012 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Time Based Art & Digital Film, Sylvia Law has been selected for 2013’s edition of RSA New Contemporaries, and has since returned from the John Kinross Scholarship in Florence.
Annabel Tilley talks to Gary Hume about twenty-five years of practice, prizes and paint.
We catch up with a 2011 graduate, one year on from her degree show, to unveil alternative means of productivity with Scotland and Venice, well placed volunteering and research through internship.
Six months on from completing her degree in Dundee, we catch up with Hannah Imlach in Edinburgh, a month before she embarks on an artist residency.
Jennifer Picken has been working with a-n since her MFA studies at Newcastle University, and continues her role in the Communications and Partnerships team working remotely from Amsterdam – where she has a studio. Here she maps her alternative working routes through undergraduate study, from volunteering to mentoring and beyond.
An abridged version of Dany Louise’s follow-up report on small visual arts organisations cut by Arts Council England, six months after her ‘Ladders for development’ enquiry. She asks: how have these organisations fared and what do their futures hold? Read the full version of this report with updates on all surveyed organisations: www.a-n.co.uk/realising_the_value
‘Ladders for development’ argues that the visual arts sector should pull together and support small visual arts organisations cut by Arts Council England because they “punch above their weight” and provide vital development of future artists. Six months on, Dany Louise interviews these arts organisations again, to find out how they’ve fared and what their futures hold.
This month sees the culmination of a two-year project at Siobhan Davies Dance, one of the country’s most distinctive dance companies. Choreographer Davies has paired dance artists with visual and applied artists to bring their creative practices together and create new works ranging from performance to film and installation. The commissioned dance artists are Henry Montes, Sarah Warsop, Gill Clarke and Deborah Saxon who are partnered respectively with Marcus Coates, Tracey Rowledge and Lucy Skaer. Henry Montes and Deborah Saxon have also made a piece together with Bruce Sharp. Here, three of the visual artists relate their experiences.
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