Sluice_ art fair is to return with its DIY ethos for Frieze Week 2015 and has issued a call for participants from the artist/curator-led and emergent gallery sector.
Colchester’s Firstsite gallery has had its NPO funding agreement withdrawn by ACE over “serious concerns” about the organisation’s sustainability.
Margaret Harrison, winner of the 2013 Northern Art Prize, is the latest high-profile artist to announce their support of a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who was the target of a terrorist attack in Copenhagen on Saturday, has been speaking about the incident.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes a new graduate show in the West Midlands, painter John Virtue’s new North Sea paintings in Eastbourne, and a hidden copy of an Old Master painting in Dulwich.
This week our what’s on highlights include search-engine compiled artistic biographies, an interactive art game and an immersive ‘cocoon’ – all drawn from postings by a-n’s members on the site’s Events section.
Whilst the three main parties were keen to stress a need to redistribute arts funding more evenly around the UK, there was little in the way of concrete pledges at Wednesday evening’s Artists’ Union England Hustings debate in London, addressing issues that directly concern artists in the lead up to the general election. Stephen Palmer reports.
A campaign against proposals to close the ceramics department at City and Islington College has gained the support of Turner Prize-winning potter Grayson Perry.
Massive cuts are to go ahead at the new £189m Library of Birmingham, but for now at least the library’s Photography Collections’ team is to be saved.
This year’s Venice + Scotland presentation at the 56th Biennale will see 28 students and recent graduates from seven art schools across Scotland taking part in a major learning programme.
For the second time, a-n will be supporting artists to attend the preview of the Venice Biennale. With a short deadline, a-n members are invited to submit their applications without delay.
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched by South West England-based artist-led support network Alias. The funds will enable the grass-roots organisation to provide new programmes and advisory sessions as well as new international opportunities for artists.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes a major retrospective of sculptor Lynda Benglis’ work at The Hepworth Wakefield, a survey of Marlene Dumas’ paintings in London, and Angolan artist Nástio Mosquito in Birmingham.
City to receive extra funds to help with its ambition to stage the 2017 Turner Prize.
Our selection of what’s on highlights for the next seven days, drawn from postings by a-n’s members on the site’s Events listings section.
The Kent-based organisation that has championed art in the environment for over two decades has announced it is to cease trading.
Five artists have been shortlisted for the 2015 Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, in collaboration with the Royal Academy of Arts.
Following an open call, FORMAT International Photography Festival has announced the winners of its EXPOSURE Awards, with the prizewinners exhibiting during this year’s festival in March.
Staff at the National Gallery in London start a five-day strike today in protest at plans to privatise jobs.
Despite public protests including a petition attracting nearly 8000 signatures, Transport for London has confirmed the demolition of Eduardo Paolozzi murals.
This week, the sun is shining at Glasgow’s Tramway, everyday perceptions are challenged at Bristol’s Spike Island, and environmental politics are explored at Nottingham Contemporary.
The artist Alex Hartley has won the Arts Foundation’s £10,000 Art in the Elements award, chosen from a shortlist of four.
The latest round of a-n’s Go and See bursary scheme for artist-led groups has awarded over £12,500 to 11 artists’ initiatives across the UK.
In the third of our weekly series, we highlight this week’s exhibitions and events from a-n’s members. Drawn from our popular Events section, they take us on a journey across the UK.
Students at Wimbledon College of Arts have taken over a lecture theatre for a day to protest at the ‘marketisation’ of art education.
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