To come in close
Rohini Malik Okon on contemporary artists who invite their audience to get closer.
Rohini Malik Okon on contemporary artists who invite their audience to get closer.
Manick Govinda on the relationship between artist and society.
A-n The Artists Information Company and Artquest have recently announced a new partnership programme that will provide increased professional development opportunities for artists throughout the UK.
In the face of a new political era compounded by an unprecedented financial climate, the need to forecast our future living and working conditions is urgently felt.
At the end of another exceptional year for a-n The Artists Information Company, we are taking stock of some of the key milestones for artists this year, as well as forecasting for the climate in which artists might expect to be working in the next decade.
What is an artist-curator? What makes a good collaborative partnership between a curator and an artist? What financial, practical and critical support is available to curators? Do you work with an organisation or go it alone?
Mark Wilsher talks about combining the roles of artist and curator in his own practice.
Rachel Garfield explains how a desire to critique dominant models of the mainstream informs her curatorial practice.
Shezad Dawood discusses how he see curation as an opportunity to explore the interplay between his own work and that of other artists.
Simon Tegala tells how he needs to adopt many different roles to realise the production of his curatorial projects.
The Centre of Attention (Pierre Coinde and Gary O’Dwyer) reveal their approach to ‘participatory curating’.
David A Bailey talks about how his socially-informed work has led him to curate projects that set it within a wider (art) historical context.
Erica Tan describes her career as requiring her to undertake different roles, of which ‘artist’ and ‘curator’ are only two of many.
Gavin Wade talks about his role as a ‘professional curator’ working outside of an institution.
Jananne Al-Ani describes how her experiences as an artist have informed her development of curatorial projects.
Anne Bean argues that ‘artists who curate’ should lead their own agenda.
The problem of exhibiting the product when the art is in the process Chris Young considers the shortfalls of the gallery experience in exhibiting process-based art.
Updated for 2008 Research papers, Indexing intelligence is a listing with live weblinks of accessible ‘facts and figures’, research studies, conference reports, publications and other resources that are pertinent to all those working in the visual arts, compiled and edited […]
This month’s new appointments.
Imagine attending a concert but instead of sitting or standing, you walk.
This month’s movers in the art world.
Text-only version of a-n Research paper: Art work in 2007 with live weblinks.
Key recommendations in Brian McMasters review of public arts, launched in January, are that there should be at least two artists on the Boards of arts organisations and that peer review should underpin decisions about arts funding.
This months a-n Collection: Trade-off explores the markets for art in the UK drawing on intelligence gathered at the recent series of NAN Roadshows1.
Since November 2006, Arts Council England has been asking all across the land to add their views on the public value of the arts.