A survey of galleries exhibiting at London Art Fair, which takes place this week, has shown growing confidence in the art market with the potential of more people interested in buying art and an increase in sales to international collectors.
The Tetley in Leeds has appointed Bryony Bond in the new role of creative director following the departure of founders and co-directors Pippa Hale and Kerry Harker.
Commemorations include eight new commissions installed at galleries across the UK plus two new touring exhibitions.
The not-for-profit organisation is seeking suggestions for three painters to join the judging panel of its 2016 painting prize.
Published today, a-n/AIR’s draft Exhibition Fee Framework and Guidelines is a starting point for further discussion with artists, galleries and funders.
As part of the Saatchi Gallery’s 30th anniversary show, Champagne Life, Cambridge-based, Iranian-born Soheila Sokhanvari is one of 14 artists in the gallery’s first ever all-female show. Dany Louise discovers more about the artist and her work.
The Chair of Arts Council England will step down in January 2017 after four years in the role.
This week’s selection includes photography in London, printmaking in Derry and seascapes in Bournemouth.
Frances Morris, who has been part of the Tate team since joining as a curator in 1987, has been appointed the new director of Tate Modern.
Inaugural London light festival features work by 20 international artists installed at some of the capital’s most iconic buildings and locations.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Bluecoat Display Centre in Liverpool has announced the six artist designer makers nominated for a new prize and exhibition in memory of the potter Julia Carter Preston. We take a closer look at works by some of the shortlisted artists.
As Phyllida Barlow becomes the 40th artist to join Artist Rooms, it’s announced that a new, dedicated exhibition space for the collection at the Tate Modern extension will debut with work by Louise Bourgeois.
This year’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries exhibition will be selected by Anya Gallaccio, Alan Kane and Haroon Mirza.
The Museums Association Cuts Survey 2015 suggests that funding cuts are putting museums under increased pressure, with more pain to come as local authorities attempt to balance their decreasing budgets.
Polemical 1937 book The Road to Wigan Pier is the thematic framework for the next two editions of North East festival of art, music and film.
Fancy devising your own schedule of professional development to boost your practice in 2016? Looking to expand your horizons and go places in the year ahead? a-n is offering two new bursary strands to Artist members for 2016, with the focus on professional development and travel.
Visual arts organisations Metal and Cornubian Arts and Science Trust receive a share of £3m to create new arts festivals.
With cuts of £700,000 being proposed by Cardiff Council, the city’s arts community are urging concerned supporters to complete the soon-to-close public survey and sign the ongoing 38degrees petition.
The death of David Bowie is a loss to both music and visual culture.
This week’s selection includes Japanese shojo (girls’) manga in Southport, early Mondrian in London and an exploration of the collateral objects that feed the creative process in Ipswich.
Artist Ellie Harrison’s year-long Glasgow Effect project has attracted widespread outrage on social media and in the national press, with many accusing her of ‘poverty tourism’. Julie McCalden makes a case for a more nuanced response to the project and argues the case for more, not less, public funding for the arts.
As applications for this year’s Clore leadership programme open, a-n announces the first ever dedicated Visual Artist Fellowship.
This week’s selection, chosen from listings posted by a-n members on the site’s Events section, includes exhibitions in Cheltenham, London, Plymouth and Southampton.
What does 2016 have in store in terms of conferences and events, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer – and we’ll be adding new events for later in the year as they’re confirmed.
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