Chancellor George Osborne delivers Autumn Statement and Spending Review, outlining cuts to government departments, whilst promising increased funding for the Arts Council.
The findings of a recent survey into social mobility in the arts reveal that it is becoming increasingly difficult for those without financial support to break into the sector.
This year’s engage International Conference in Glasgow focused on young people working with art and artists, with a remit to explore the gallery as a school, the importance of cross-disciplinary engagement, and the ethics of peer-led practice. But, as Moira Jeffrey reports, much of the lively and challenging discussion was wide-ranging and off script.
The third event in Artquest’s System Failure series, co-organised by a-n and AUE, discussed artists’ low pay and featured Paying Artists Regional Advocate Mark Gubb on the panel. Joseph Young reports.
As her new exhibition War Damaged Musical Instruments opens at Tate Britain, Turner Prize-winner Susan Philipsz speaks to Jack Hutchinson about marking the centenary of the first world war, conflict-damaged brass instruments and the lure of Berlin.
This week’s selection includes monumental sculpture in Wakefield, digital art in Salford and performance in Glasgow.
The Antiuniversity Now! festival is taking place in London and across the UK this weekend, offering an alternative to what its founders describe as ‘the creeping marketisation of education’. Co-organiser Shiri Shalmy explains why she believes traditional academia needs to be challenged.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
In the latest in our series of picture-focused articles we take a look at the One and All digital project, featuring artists Martyn Ware, Tania Kovats and Owen Sheers.
Last week, the Creative Industries Federation hosted its first event in Scotland at the newly refurbished Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Richard Taylor unpicks some of the topics discussed during the evening’s panel discussion.
A brand-new award from Film London and The Wapping Project draws attention to the work of female creative technicians working in the worlds of film, television and artists moving image.
Commissioned artists will make new work for the biennial, presented in a series of locations across the city including Tate Liverpool, FACT, Bluecoat, and Open Eye.
Archive of sketchbooks, studies relating to key works, designs for book covers, letters and childhood drawings permanently allocated to National Portrait Gallery.
A group exhibition of newly-commissioned photography has opened at Jerwood Space London, enabled by the inaugural Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. Tim Clark speaks to Photoworks director, Celia Davies, about the impetus for setting up this joint programme and what the various bodies of work might reveal about the new generation of practitioners.
Scottish Artists’ Union and Artists’ Union England call on the Department for Work & Pensions to revoke Universal Credit and implement a more workable welfare system.
A London-based French artist’s response to Friday night’s terrorist attacks in Paris has become a symbol of solidarity.
This week’s selection includes installation work in London, minimalism in Edinburgh and an exploration of language in Glasgow.
Andrew Gifford awarded £5000 ING Prize for his oil painting The Tyne at Wallsend Study 1, one of a series of northern scenes featured in annual exhibition in London.
The second in Artquest’s System Failure series of conversations took place earlier this week, with a discussion looking at how artists can benefit from urban regeneration. We report from the event at Block 336, an artist-led space in Brixton, London.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Speaking at last night’s Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists event, author Jeanette Winterson spoke passionately and at length about the true value of art and the need for artists to be supported and encouraged.
Recipients of the 21st annual Awards for Artists, the largest individual awards made to visual artists and composers in the UK, revealed at keynote speech in London.
Manifesta has announced that its 2018 edition will take place in the Sicilian city of Palermo with migration and climate change as its theme, while a pre-biennial programme will aim to engage the local community by setting out a framework for the city’s revitalisation.
For her book REGENERATION!, artist Jessie Brennan spent time on the soon to be demolished Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, London talking to residents and making rubbings of their doormats. She speaks to Chris Sharratt about the nature of her practice, the importance of conversations and the clash of ideologies that the regeneration of the estate represents.
London-based photographer David Stewart wins prize on his 16th attempt with a restaging of his 2008 entry.
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