Frieze London is back for its 13th edition with 164 galleries from 27 countries, plus a rejuvenated Frieze Projects programme of artists’ commissions. Chris Sharratt reports.
The third Sluice_ art fair takes place this week with presentations by over 30 international galleries plus performances and a programme of talks. Supported by a-n, the talks include a discussion about Paying Artists and artist-led organisations, plus artist Marion Piper will be on hand to cover the event when she ‘takes over’ the a-n Instagram feed.
Event in London brings together raft of speakers from across the arts sector to discuss funding priorities, partnerships and access – with a welcome focus on the artist.
The British Art Show happens every five years, bringing together a selection of work by UK-based artists who in the view of the exhibition’s curators have made a ‘significant contribution’ to the country’s art scene in that time. Now on its eighth edition and this year featuring 42 artists, it begins its four-city tour at Leeds City Art Gallery. Amelia Crouch reports from Yorkshire.
This week’s selection includes Frank Auerbach’s paintings of people and the urban landscapes in London, British sculpture from the ’70s and ’80s in Coventry, and a radical coming together of the Situationist, Beat and Punk movements in Southampton.
Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section.
Hannah Corbett, a civil servant currently working as commissioner general and director for the UK at the Milan Expo 2015, has been appointed the new chief executive of the London-based studio provider and developer.
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has opened in south London with the aim of making the artist’s personal collection of over 3000 works of art accessible to the public through a series of curated exhibitions. We take a look at the inaugural show featuring works by the British painter John Hoyland.
Glasgow-based artist Ellie Harrison has launched a new campaign to develop an alternative funding stream for artists by harnessing wind power.
The inaugural North festival in Warrington has brought pavilions from city’s including Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool – as well as art that responds to Ikea – to the streets and galleries of the town. Laura Robertson reports.
Whitechapel Gallery and Max Mara fashion group have announced the shortlist for the sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
Following 111 days of strike action, PCS union members at the National Gallery in London returned to work today having reached an agreement that protects the terms and conditions of their employment under a new private contract, and that reinstates senior union rep Candy Udwin.
This week’s selection includes an exploration of the cliché of collecting in Manchester, the unveiling of the Serpentine’s autumn exhibition in London and a painting exhibition in Rochester that mixes old and new technology.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
Artist Raoul Martinez, twice nominated for the BP Portrait Award, joins nearly 300 cultural figures in rejecting oil sponsorship of the arts.
This year’s Turner Prize exhibition features work by Assemble, Bonnie Camplin, Janice Kerbel and Nicole Wermers, and is showing in Scotland for the first time in its 31-year history. Chris Sharratt reports from Glasgow.
The 11th Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, the first curated by new director Peter Taylor, had an increased focus on artists’ films and featured installations throughout the Northumberland town. Chris Sharratt reports.
Discussions open with new National Gallery director following months of strike action.
The Art Fund, in partnership with Thomas Dane Gallery, has launched the Moving Image Fund for Museums, with Towner Art Gallery and the Whitworth its first recipients.
This week’s selection includes Chinese martial arts in Derby, Kinect laser-scanning in Manchester and a new perspective on industrial objects in Glasgow.
Tate Modern this week announced the date for the opening of its new extension, designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
The studio, residency and gallery space in south London reopens with increased exhibition space, more studios, and with the freehold of the building now secured.
Record number of galleries set to participate in annual art fair focusing on emerging artists.
A new survey seeks to build a picture of social mobility and the backgrounds of those working in the arts, and is accompanied by a programme of events, art commissions and a visual campaign by the designer Peter Saville.
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