As the Northern Art Prize opens for the first time in its new spring slot, we talk to curator Sarah Brown and the four artists shortlisted for the £16,500 award.
Final call for nominations of Scottish or Scotland-based artists for ‘experimental and innovative’ film and moving image award.
Twenty-five artists have been awarded a total of £21,700 in a-n bursaries to support professional development.
Guardian Culture Professionals recently hosted a live chat on the subject of selling art. Art world figures were joined by artists, collectors and creative entrepreneurs to discuss the role of gallerist as negotiator, the Internet versus face-to-face sales and ways to make it easier to start a collection.
The Contemporary Art Society’s National Network conference in Nottingham took as its theme ‘commissioning for public collections’ and featured presentations from directors and curators from some of the UK’s leading visual arts organisations. We report from the day.
After over 20 years as an automonous organisation, film and video commissioning agency Picture This is to merge with Bristol’s Spike Island.
A new body of research published by the Baring Foundation examines the importance of working with elderly people, particularly in relation to artists’ practices.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that the extra 1% cut to its budget announced by George Osborne on Wednesday will be passed on to Arts Council England.
With a month to go to the deadline of the Open submission programme, Artangel and the BBC offer up a series of five new audio broadcasts that respond to the Radio 4 morning schedule.
Sited on a working railway platform in London’s East End, Banner Repeater is an artist-led space with a difference. We talk to founder Ami Clarke as the organisation launches its first peer membership scheme and a vital fundraiser.
Peter Bazalgette uses inaugural speech as Arts Council England chair to highlight how the arts can cement its ‘world class’ position whilst dealing with shrinking budgets.
Commissioned by the Crafts Council, Weave Waves brings together sound artist Scanner and textile designer Ismini Samanidou, combining digital technologies and weaving skills. We talk to the pair as the work gets its first public airing at the FutureEverything summit in Manchester.
a-n is providing vital Go and see bursaries to artists, supporting professional development and networking at the Venice Biennale 2013.
As Creative Scotland’s open session events on the organisation’s future gather momentum, Edinburgh-based photographer and educator Johnny Gailey assesses what’s wrong at the core of its remit and makes a case for true artistic independence.
A new series of State of the Arts seminars at the RSA begins with Peter Bazalgette’s inaugural lecture as Chair of Arts Council England.
The eighty-strong Artists’ Bond opens its doors to another forty members from 1 April. But, as founder Ellie Harrison describes, anyone looking for a practical funding scheme would do well to look elsewhere.
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, recently stated that the UK’s cultural sector is in rude health. Graham Hitchen agrees, but argues that it has nothing to do with the Coalition’s policies – and that unless things change, in ten years time it will be a very sick patient indeed.
Have digital networks such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs altered the way curators choose artists for exhibitions? A new show opening at APT Gallery in Deptford provides some answers.
Camden Arts Centre is setting the stage for a day of spectacular fundraising events this Saturday, as the site is transformed into the bohemian seaside home of fictional modernist Finchley Arkwright-Keslake-Essendine.
The power and immediacy of vernacular photography prevails in the two stand-out shows at this year’s FORMAT international photography festival. We report back from the opening weekend.
UK’s Tacita Dean, Helen Marten, Roger Hiorns and Cathy Wilkes amongst artists selected for 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice.
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery and Christina Mackie won the Contemporary Art Society’s annual Commission to Collect award in 2011, and an exhibition of the work has just opened. We talk to the artist about the process of making a piece for the museum’s permanent collection.
Edinburgh’s Collective Gallery is moving to new premises on Calton Hill in the summer. Prior to that, though, there’s work to be done and funds to be raised with an auction of artists’ work. We talk to Director Kate Gray about new departures and exciting possibilities.
Last week, Newcastle City Council passed a 100% cut to its arts budget while at the same time agreeing to contribute £600,000 to a new fund for culture. Alison Clark-Jenkins, a regional director for Arts Council England, reveals the behind-the-scenes battle that led to the fund’s creation.
Egyptian-born Sam Shendi has won the FIRST@108 Public Art Award, receiving £10,000 towards the cost of producing his large-scale sculpture.
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