Jeremy Corbyn, the frontrunner in the Labour leadership campaign, has expressed his support for a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists in his recently published plan for the arts.
The Design and Artists Copyright Society backs calls for an international review of royalty rights for artists.
In a piece originally published by The Conversation, Jean Brown wonders what can be learnt by galleries and museums from the recent incident in Taiwan which saw a young boy damage a £1m painting after tripping up while on a gallery tour.
Ten artists working in the digital realm have been shortlisted for the new, open submission Sluice_screens prize.
Following its successful crowdfunding campaign earlier this year, Spacex have selected Trevor Pitt of Pod Projects as the gallery’s first socially-engaged artist in residence.
In her latest short film, Marianna Simnett – one of two filmmakers selected for the 2014-15 Jerwood/FVU Awards – focuses on a surgical procedure and ‘biobot’ cockroaches. Chris Sharratt overcomes his squeamishness to ask some questions about her work.
The inaugural North festival of contemporary art opens in Warrington in October with a series of city pavilions and an exhibition that invites artists’ responses to Ikea. Laura Robertson speaks to some of the artists involved and the London-based gallerist behind the event.
This week’s selection includes a timely exploration of migration in London, surreal storytelling in Manchester and a homely exhibition in Cambridge.
Turner Prize winner to explore the role of art within music and how the two have affected one another.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
As part of a commission for a new housing scheme in west London, the Glasgow artist Nathan Coley has given each new resident a mini sculpture.
Turner Contemporary hosts a Margate edition of the Art Car Boot Fair this weekend, with work by high-profile artists including Sir Peter Blake, Gavin Turk and Tracey Emin.
25-ton sculpture by Mexican artist Jose Rivelino unveiled as part of four exhibitions taking place across London.
Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe festival, now in its second year, has launched a crowdfunding campaign with support from Dorset-born artist Stuart Semple.
While it is known internationally for its annual media arts prize and September festival, Ars Electronica is also firmly rooted in its home city of Linz, Austria thanks to its stunning building and work with schools. Chris Sharratt talks to artistic director Gerfried Stocker who explains how, 20 years after he joined the organisation, the relationship between local and global working remains crucial to its success.
Chinese artist and activist to unveil large-scale artwork outside the Gherkin in the City of London, as part of a festival celebrating the area’s architectural landmarks.
This week’s selection includes a modern take on Romanticism in Manchester, large-scale immersive photography in London and an exploration of our relationship to technology in Oxford.
With a media storm of interest, Banksy’s Dismaland opened in Weston-super-Mare on Friday. After paying a visit to the self-styled ‘bemusement park’, Laura Harris suggests we look past the witty one-liners to explore this aesthetically overwhelming, politically astute art experience.
A recent event in Leeds organised by Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy asked whether artists were the key to making a step change in arts and culture giving. Amelia Crouch went along and found that the issue of low pay for artists was all-but ignored – but that the idea of artists as fundraisers may not be all bad.
Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section, including exhibitions and events in London, Eastbourne, and St Leonards-on-Sea.
The graffiti artist takes over derelict seafront lido in Weston-super-Mare for six-week show featuring Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer and David Shrigley amongst others.
Talbot Rice Gallery’s TRG3 programme provides space for artists to realise new bodies of work in response to Edinburgh University’s collections, architecture, and academic expertise. Richard Taylor talks to the gallery’s curator and two of the artists he’s been working with.
As part of a scheme that has seen 20 top museum jobs up for grabs across Italy, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence has appointed a German art historian as its new director.
New National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi has been talking to striking workers as the indefinite strike called by the PCS union continues.
engage is seeking proposals for its journal reflecting on the shifting nature of artists’ residencies and the challenges faced when artists and organisations work together.
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