Announcing three professional development training workshops for artists and visual arts freelancers taking place in Middlesbrough this autumn, as part of a-n’s collaboration with Navigator North.
This week’s selection of shows includes the first major survey of Japanese artist Shimabuku and a closer look at self-portraiture.
Today saw the unveiling of the new commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square – and as usual the sculpture has ruffled a few feathers.
The Calder, Wakefield’s newest art space opens with the largest overview of Roger Hiorns’ Untitled (Youth) series. The majority of works newly commissioned, will fill the 600m2 19th century textile mill.
Two new board members – Geoffrey Crossick and Michael Eden – will be bringing their expertise into the roles of Chair and Maker trustee at the Crafts Council.
With a move to new premises on the cards for later this year, Bob Dickinson meets International 3’s Directors, Paulette Terry Brien and Laurence Lane, and finds them in a decidedly optimistic mood.
Three painters and an art historian named as the jury of the UK’s most coveted painting prize as its call for entries goes live.
The temporary pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery has become an annual summer event, working with internationally renowned architects and blurring the relationship between art and architecture. Julian Vigo talks to the designer of this year’s ‘cloudscape’ structure, Sou Fujimoto.
In the run up to Edinburgh Art Festival, Gordon Dalton speaks to some of the artists participating in this year’s tenth-anniversary edition, as well as Director Sorcha Carey about the impact of the publicly-sited commissions.
Our new weekly series casts an eye across the UK’s galleries to offer a selection of must-see shows.
Four UK artist-museum partnerships vie for the Contemporary Art Society’s £60,000 Annual Award with strong proposals that focus on artistic responses to collections and archives.
The 44th edition of the pioneering photography festival – Les Rencontres d’Arles – held annually in the south of France is now underway, and despite its strange curatorial proposition still continues to enthral audiences. Tim Clark reports back from the opening week.
Glasgow Print Studio has commissioned forty new print editions to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Pippa Koszerek speaks to its Director John Mackechnie about marking this special occasion.
Two recent events in Manchester square up to a debate that’s not going away – the relationship between artists and money. Bob Dickinson reports.
Our new weekly series casts an eye across the UK’s galleries to offer a selection of must-see shows.
A residency in a disused chocolate factory in Derby by artists Ivan Smith and Nick Hersey is addressing the need for ‘dirty studio spaces’ in the city. S Mark Gubb reports.
Willemijn Zandt explores the quest to achieve equality between the sexes by looking at the visual art market.
For the third instalment of our series looking at visually rich art books, we consider the delicate and meditative works of Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi, on the occasion of her latest book – Ametsuchi – published by Aperture.
Stepping out as a new artist? a-n’s new Signpost publication tells you what you need to know, and where to find it.
The just announced commissioned projects for this year’s Frieze London art fair have a child-friendly, playful feel.
Five talented emerging makers unveil the results of their £7,500 Jerwood Makers Open commissions this week in London. We talk to the Director of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation and two of this year’s selected makers about the project.
The Contemporary Visual Arts Network’s knowledge sharing event at Google’s London office was a high-impact juxtaposition between one of the world’s most successful companies and the subsidised visual arts sector. Dany Louise reports.
Our new weekly series casts an eye across the UK’s galleries to offer a selection of must-see shows.
The Government makes clear there’s to be no let-up in the push for earned income as Culture Secretary Maria Miller focuses on economic goals for Arts Council England in the year ahead.
Arts Council England has set aside £40m for exceptional projects and contingency funds for National Portfolio Organisations over the next two years.
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