Now in its sixth year, the ten shortlisted artists for the annual Film London Jarman Award reveal the broad range of experimental filmmakers working in the UK.
A free magazine from Scotland’s Sync organisation aims to stimulate discussion and encourage a wider interaction with new technologies in the arts.
The Design and Artists Copyright Society’s Payback service is open for applications. Find out how visual artists can earn money from copyright protected artworks.
Do you have a question for Arts Council England (ACE) chief Alan Davey about the future of arts funding? Take part in the Guardian Culture Profesionals live chat this afternoon from 2pm.
With a brand identity designed by Jim Lambie and a programme of artist initiated projects courtesy of David Dale Gallery, the recently announced cultural programme for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games sees plenty of visual arts alongside the sport.
For the fourth edition in our new series exploring visually-rich art books, Tim Clark reflects on the performative life and real-time experience of photographs in Tom Lovelace’s publication, Work Starts Here.
Announcing three professional development training workshops for artists and visual arts freelancers taking place in Middlesbrough this autumn, as part of a-n’s collaboration with Navigator North.
This week’s selection of shows includes the first major survey of Japanese artist Shimabuku and a closer look at self-portraiture.
Today saw the unveiling of the new commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square – and as usual the sculpture has ruffled a few feathers.
The Calder, Wakefield’s newest art space opens with the largest overview of Roger Hiorns’ Untitled (Youth) series. The majority of works newly commissioned, will fill the 600m2 19th century textile mill.
Two new board members – Geoffrey Crossick and Michael Eden – will be bringing their expertise into the roles of Chair and Maker trustee at the Crafts Council.
With a move to new premises on the cards for later this year, Bob Dickinson meets International 3’s Directors, Paulette Terry Brien and Laurence Lane, and finds them in a decidedly optimistic mood.
Two years on from the Oslo terrorist attacks, as an international competition for a memorial to the events is launched, Claire Doherty, Director of Situations, considers the implications of such a brief.
Three painters and an art historian named as the jury of the UK’s most coveted painting prize as its call for entries goes live.
The temporary pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery has become an annual summer event, working with internationally renowned architects and blurring the relationship between art and architecture. Julian Vigo talks to the designer of this year’s ‘cloudscape’ structure, Sou Fujimoto.
In the run up to Edinburgh Art Festival, Gordon Dalton speaks to some of the artists participating in this year’s tenth-anniversary edition, as well as Director Sorcha Carey about the impact of the publicly-sited commissions.
Our new weekly series casts an eye across the UK’s galleries to offer a selection of must-see shows.
Four UK artist-museum partnerships vie for the Contemporary Art Society’s £60,000 Annual Award with strong proposals that focus on artistic responses to collections and archives.
The 44th edition of the pioneering photography festival – Les Rencontres d’Arles – held annually in the south of France is now underway, and despite its strange curatorial proposition still continues to enthral audiences. Tim Clark reports back from the opening week.
Glasgow Print Studio has commissioned forty new print editions to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Pippa Koszerek speaks to its Director John Mackechnie about marking this special occasion.
Two recent events in Manchester square up to a debate that’s not going away – the relationship between artists and money. Bob Dickinson reports.
For its summer shows celebrating the building’s 10th anniversary, Liverpool’s FACT has invited artists to pick apart the very fabric of the venue. For the first in a short series of features focusing on summer exhibitions across the UK, we talk to Helen Evans of HeHe and architectural artist Katarzyna Krakowiak – and hear from FACT’s Director why allowing artists to drill a fracking well in your gallery is a good thing.
Tino Sehgal, the 2013 Turner Prize nominee, lights up this year’s Manchester international Festival with a riveting and joyous sound piece, writes Bob Dickinson.
Our new weekly series casts an eye across the UK’s galleries to offer a selection of must-see shows.
A residency in a disused chocolate factory in Derby by artists Ivan Smith and Nick Hersey is addressing the need for ‘dirty studio spaces’ in the city. S Mark Gubb reports.
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