Artworks encouraging people to vote in the general election will be appearing on billboards around the UK from this Thursday, 23 April, with a new work by first-time-voter Jordan Alex Smith joining those of the five already announced artists.
In the lead up to its centenary celebrations, the Ben Uri Gallery – which presents work of Jewish interest or by Jewish artists – has curated No Set Rules, an exhibition of works on paper from its own collection and that of Philip Schlee. Dany Louise visits the small space and discovers more about its history and ambitions.
A new report just published by a-n gives an overview of nine Paying Artists gallery case studies showing how some galleries are already demonstrating transparency in relation to artists’ fees.
Jo Wright becomes new executive director of Liverpool media arts centre FACT.
Arts Council of Wales announces support for a-n/AIR campaign for artists to receive fair payment for exhibiting.
Artists who live or practice in East London are in with a chance of winning a cash prize of £10,000 plus a solo exhibition in Bow.
The Edinburgh-based artist talks about how 12 months of residencies in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Abroath have led to a solo exhibition at Glasgow School of Art which uses film, audio and performance to explore the limits of her body as a material.
This week’s selection includes an exhibition of abstract painting and textiles at Tate Modern, a history of nitrate extraction at Liverpool’s Bluecoat and a printmaking group show in Scarborough.
Every week, a-n’s members post details of events and exhibitions across the UK on the site’s Events listings section. We pick some of the highlights from the next seven days.
An opportunity to exhibit artwork at the National Assembly for Wales has provoked a strong response from artists in the country, who argue it undermines the profession and makes a mockery of the Welsh Government’s ambitions for Wales’ creative sector.
The fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, open to all non-represented artists who are not currently in education, has gone to Lawrence Lek.
In The Interpretation Matters Handbook, a-n contributor Dany Louise brings together a variety of voices from the visual arts to discuss the thorny and important subject of gallery interpretation and ‘artspeak’. In an extract from the book, Simon Martin, director of Pallant House Gallery, Chichester explains the organisation’s approach to accessible and informative text.
Firstsite gallery in Colchester has announced that it is to be managed by Colchester Arts Centre for the next 12 months, following the recent resignation of director Matthew Rowe.
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and call for entries, Uliana Apatina has been annnounced as the recipient of the inaugural Kim Fielding Award for experimental arts.
In the lead up to artist-led Transition Gallery’s latest exhibition, which features works by six recent British School at Rome residency holders, we speak to artist and curator Cathy Lomax about her reasons for reconnecting with fellow residency holders, and to Archie Franks and Ursula Burke about the impact the residencies had on their practice.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize has announced it is open for submissions for the 2015 edition.
Matthew Rowe, director of Firstsite gallery in Colchester, has stepped down after just over two years in the job.
The Cardiff-based artist explains why he is one of 11 Paying Artists Regional Advocates who will be making sure artists’ voices are heard in the lead up to the general election.
The artist Gordon Shrigley is running in the general election on a no-policies ticket. In a piece originally published on The Conversation, Lois Rowe speaks to him and declares herself unconvinced by his campaign tactics.
This week’s selection includes Palaeolithic-inspired paintings at Camden Arts Centre, Chinese performance art in Manchester, and an Anglo-Japanese alliance in Stoke-on-Trent.
Five events by a-n’s members – posted onto the popular Events listings page – consider narratives and histories of loss, displacement, tradition and migration.
40 arts organisations across the UK will host paid placements for graduates from lower income backgrounds through the new Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme.
Nine new commissions by some of the UK’s most talented disabled artists have been announced by Unlimited, the three-year programme that supports artists with disabilities to produce and show ambitious work.
As part of a broad range of research around artists’ fees, a-n commissioned arts writer and researcher Dany Louise to investigate sources of advice within and external to the visual arts that offer guidance on fees and payments to artists.
As London-based Acme Studios becomes a self-sustaining organisation, its co-founder Jonathan Harvey has announced he will be standing down as Chief Executive in March 2016.
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