Five events posted by a-n’s members onto the popular Events listings section, including exhibitions and events in Hampshire, Harrow, Leicester, Stockport and Willesden Green.
In a piece originally published by The Conversation, Jade French – a writer for Disability Arts Online – argues that, with an exhibition from Unlimited and other initiatives, this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is foregrounding great art rather than paying lip service to diversity.
The Icelandic Art Center, commissioners of Christoph Büchel’s The Mosque, has abandoned its legal appeal against the Venetian authorities’ closure in May of the Icelandic Pavilion.
Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise front-runner in the Labour leadership contest, has been setting out his vision for arts and culture.
Two events in Manchester and Blackpool will feature art, craft, live performance and music, plus special commissions from artists.
Members of the PCS union working at the National Gallery in London have started indefinite industrial action over plans to privatise their jobs.
Flat Time House in Peckham is set to close next summer when the property is sold.
Last year, artist and curator Emma Sumner took a research trip to India which saw her visit an extensive network of organisations at the heart of this vast country’s contemporary art scene. Here she highlights three of them and explores what can be learnt from their approach to art and funding.
UK’s longest-running artists’ collective announce first details of latest edition of biennial exhibition.
This week’s selection includes contemporary portraiture at the V&A, a response to Salibury’s picturesque surroundings and Richard Long in Bristol.
Gateshead’s Baltic gallery has appointed Sarah Munro, Glasgow Life’s head of arts, as its new director.
This week’s selection of projects from a-n members – listed on our diverse events section – includes a family exhibition and two street-based interventions in Blackpool and Spain that take street fundraising and crowdsourcing to a new level.
The sixth edition of the Oxfordshire festival offers an alternative to traditional music festivals by placing visual art at the centre, including commissions resulting from an a-n Go and See Bursary. Jack Hutchinson reports.
Events for the 2015 AND festival in Grizedale Forest include exhibitions, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions, treks, trails and performances.
The Chinese artist has told a German newspaper that he now has a new and more positive relationship with the Chinese authorities following the recent return of his passport.
New research commissioned by Axisweb highlights the contribution made by artists whose practices exist outside of the traditional gallery system by exploring the structures that enable and impede their visibility and success.
Flying Object, winners of the IK Prize 2015, are set to launch their multi-sensory environment at Tate Britain later this month – an experiential experiment that will see how taste, touch, smell and sound impact on how audiences encounter four paintings from the Tate collection.
A new report produced by The Audience Agency in partnership with CVAN illustrates how galleries play a significant role in the visitor economy.
The Precarious Workers Pageant in Venice aims to highlight the conditions faced by migrant workers involved in the construction of the new Frank Gehry-designed Guggenheim Museum in Abu Dhabi.
Anish Kapoor has invited fellow artist Carsten Höller to create a new addition to his Orbit sculpture in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
This week’s selection includes a sound installation in Birmingham, photography and film in east London and a ten year anniversary exhibition at Newcastle upon Tyne-based gallery Vane.
Chinese artist initially refused six-month visa by the British Government after failing to meet ‘business visitor rules’.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Edinburgh Art Festival opens this weekend with a programme of new commissions and exhibitions taking place across the city. Richard Taylor takes a look at some of the exhibitions and artists’ talks and tours that offer an alternative take on this year’s festival commission theme, The Improbable City.
Alex Farquharson, founding director of Nottingham Contemporary, appointed director of Tate Britain.
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