The British Museum director says he plans to retire from the role at the end of the year and embark on a number of new projects, including a series for Radio 4 on faith in society and advisory roles in Germany and India.
For the exhibition Painting In Time, Sarah Kate Wilson has invited 12 artists who “challenge ideas of what painting can be” to exhibit alongside her at The Tetley in Leeds. Jack Hutchinson finds out more about curating a show that includes emulsion paint flowing into the gallery, an inflatable painting, and a 1960s DIY instruction work by Yoko Ono.
a-n and AIR has launched the Paying Artists Regional Advocates – a team of eleven artists across five cities tasked with ensuring more artists’ voices get heard within the campaign in the lead up to the general election.
This week’s selection includes ‘solo’ shows in York and Nottingham by two artists who include examples of other artists’ works to create a dialogue around their own, while a double-header in Leeds sets in place a more formal conversation around the meaning of sculptural objects.
Francesca Blomfield, Archie Franks and Dale Lewis have been announced as the latest recipients of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation Painting Fellowships, a year-long programme that supports early career artists through studio time and mentoring.
The third round of a-n’s Re:view bursary scheme has made nine funding awards to a total of 11 artists to develop their practice through self-determined professional development.
Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s lively Events section continues with exhibitions, festivals and workshops in Aberdeen, Bristol, Corby, Plymouth and St Leonards-on-Sea.
Penelope Curtis, director of Tate Britain, is leaving London to take up a new role in Portugal.
Taryn’s Simon’s new title, Rear Views, A Star-forming Nebula, and the Office of Foreign Propaganda – published on the occasion of a major exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris – is more than a catalogue. Tim Clark argues that it’s a veritable tome of essays, images and ideas on the nature of photographic information and misinterpretation.
Glasgow School of Art has announced Page\Park Architects as the design team to lead the restoration of the Mackintosh Building after last year’s major fire.
For Dark Matters, Edinburgh Printmakers has commissioned nine artists to create work in collaboration with astronomers and space engineers at the University of Edinburgh and the UK Astronomical Technology Centre. Richard Taylor sheds some light on the project.
The Margate-based contemporary art gallery has successfully raised £1m through donations since April 2013, enabling it to access a further £1m in match-funding from the Catalyst fund.
The closure of the not-for-profit, artist-run Dalston Underground Studios due to proposed rent increases is indicative of a wider trend across London says the organisation’s manager.
As the UK gears up to celebrate three ‘cities of culture’ between 2017 and 2023, questions still remain over how they will be funded. Frances Richens reports.
Serena Porrati has been awarded the £10,000 Mostyn Open 19 prize for her work, 365 Days of Sun.
This week’s selection includes works on paper in London, a multi-channel sound installation in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and a deconstruction of corporate advertising in Oxford.
This week’s selection from a-n’s Events section – featuring exhibitions and events posted by members – ranges from an exhibition of online ‘election art’ to a project to grow edible bananas outdoors in Exeter.
Oriel Wrecsam is leaving its home at Wrexham Library and will be without a permanent venue until at least 2017.
Protesters against the closure of the Contemporary Crafts course at Falmouth University took the opportunity to highlight their campaign during the inauguration of Dawn French as the university’s new chancellor.
The British painter and printmaker Albert Irvin has died aged 92.
Details of the 15th annual pavilion at London’s Serpentine Gallery, which is this year designed by Madrid-based architects SelgasCano, reveal a polygonal structure covered in a translucent, multi-coloured fabric membrane.
Tate has announced the addition of 16 visual arts organisations to its Plus Tate network, including Artes Mundi in Cardiff, The MAC and Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, and Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.
For the Art Across The City public art programme in Swansea, Glasgow-based artist Michael Stumpf has sited three sculptures in an amphitheatre in order that they can have ‘a debate about the nature of their thingness’. Chris Sharratt finds out more.
The programme for this year’s annual Edinburgh Art Festival includes the first solo show in Scotland from Phyllida Barlow and an open call for proposals from early career, Scotland-based artists.
Manchester’s Cornerhouse marks its closure and relocation to new purpose-built venue HOME with a mass participation storming of the building on Saturday 4 April.