By the time this article is printed, the ink will almost be dry on the law which will introduce into the UK the most important new right for artists in modern copyright history. From 1 January 2006, and after ten […]
Contents include: Checklist of good practice promotes meaningful development for volunteers, a news report on outcomes from The Cultural Commission. Samantha Clark reflects on residencies in the Swiss Alps and at Wysing Arts. A review of contemporary artists using pinhole […]
Encouraging a consistent attitude to quantifying the value of artists across the exhibition and gallery world.
Flowers East, London
8 July – 8 August
Ale and Porter Arts, Bradford on Avon
16 July – 20 August
Do you work with fine/contemporary art, photography, new media or other visual arts projects which result in participants’ work being exhibited? It may be alongside the artist’s work, as part of the artist’s work, or separately as a spin-off project. […]
London-based Alex Hartley has won the Linklaters commission to create a new public work for the Barbican’s £12.5m foyer transformation. Selected from a shortlist of five, Hartley’s work will feature moving images within a 22m high light-wall structure. Announcing the […]
Spencer Tunick’s latest installation will be created in North East England on 17 July through a new commission from BALTIC in collaboration with BBC Three, funded by Culture 10. The artist’s temporary site-specific landscapes that recognise the tradition of land […]
A symposium organised by International Photography Research Network (IPRN) planned for 9-11 September led by curator Bas Vroege will focus on critical evaluation of photographic commissions, including insights into IPRN’s work in progress including commissions to Slovakia, The Netherlands, Germany, […]
Profiles of international models researched for Future space.
Future space addresses the future roles and functions of artists’ workspace. It introduces current strategies and concerns and places them in the context of artists’ developing practice and critical frameworks using as a prompt recent interviews with artists and other professionals. What will artists’ practice and resources be like in 2015?
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Read the Future space interviews in full. These interviews formed the base material for the Future space publication.
Eleven artists have been awarded residencies at Acme’s Fire Station work/live space, as part of this ongoing programme. Slade graduate and recent fellow at The British Library Ming Wong and Ben Cove, recent exhibitor at LMU Leeds and Castlefield Gallery […]
From May 2005, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation will focus its arts funding programme on support for the visual arts. The foundation’s arts programme has become better known within the performing arts and the majority of its funding has been directed […]
Stephen Palmer explores the issues surrounding artists and their studios – from finances, time and work patterns and location to group set-ups and DIY options.
The Value of Visual Exploration: Understanding Cultural Activities with Young People by Dr Roz Hall has been published by The Public. Based on exploring forms of cultural participation and evaluation, the book has arisen from a five-year action research project […]
This spring, as part of the Africa 05 arts festival, a number of artists from around the African continent are in London making new work for various cultural institutions. Paul Glinkowski introduces the work of five of them.
Arts Council England is to undertake a review of the presentation of contemporary visual arts to inform the development of a national strategy that will help create closer links and collaboration across heritage and contemporary visual arts and commercial sectors. […]
Occupation Studios is a case study in cooperative survival in the urban regeneration landscape.
Kathryn Smith on Johannesburg and Virginia Mackenny on Cape Town. The second part in a series commissioned by Deborah Smith.
Q Arts, Derby
15 January –26 February
An allotment site in Lower Kersal within the Irwell Sculpture Trail, Salford was the location for a socially-engaged residency involving artists Debbie Akam Power, Rick Faulkner and Peter Hatton. Following negotiations with the allotment association, a project evolved that was […]
Alice Maude-Roxby on photographing Michael Stevenson’s Rakit.
Edith Marie Pasquier interviews Ali Zaidi of motiroti.
My work is mostly about perception: the way we look at the world, building up an image of the whole from different fragments.
The reputation of Newcastle-based design consultancy Blue River was enhanced in November following recognition in a prestigious worldwide design industry bible. Beverly Hills based design guru Terry Stone, who chose Blue River’s work for the book said: “Blue River’s work […]
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