Susan Collis
Im drawn towards work that offers two opposing features or truths.
Im drawn towards work that offers two opposing features or truths.
As the international art world’s attention turns to London, Eliza Patten previews Frieze Art Fair and some of the events taking place alongside it.
International fairs are a great opportunity for researching galleries and making contacts, here is a selection of just some of the 150 showing at this year’s Frieze Art Fair.
While commercial representation is far from the be all and end all of a successful visual arts practice, the glossy veneer of events like Frieze Art Fair can make it feel like it is. Two new events in London this […]
Just wanted to warn your readers about an apparent money laundering fraud targeting artists. I was emailed through my website by someone calling himself Barry Anthony using an email address at outgun.com. He had selected three paintings from my website […]
Gini Coates won the London Printworks Trusts Bursary at New Designers Part 1 at the Business Design Centre, London in July. Selected from over 1,000 graduates showing there, she attracted the attention of a judging panel that included leading textile […]
Belfast Exposed, Belfast
13 August 24 September
Increased speculation and worry is mounting in the arts in Wales that more cultural quangos will be brought under the direct control of the Welsh Assembly following the announcement that three of the biggest are to be scrapped. First Minister […]
Firstsite, Colchester
31 July 4 September 2004
Commissions East has launched a new professional development scheme. Funded by Arts Council England, East and the European Social Fund. It includes ten new mentoring relationships for artists in East England, with Jordan Baseman, Jane Wildgoose, Louise K Wilson, Eddie […]
Jeffrey Charles Gallery, London 13 August
ART.e @ The Art of Change was commissioned by Groundwork East London to create an artwork at Hackney Marshes, in relation to the Daubany pedestrian bridge over the canal, linking the housing estate to the marshes. Entitled Water Jugglers, the […]
New Art Gallery Walsall 30 July
The shortlist for the Pearl Awards the UKs first ever awards created to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the Chinese community in Britain was announced in July, with winners due to be named on 22 September. A […]
Anna Sanders is a prolific filmmaker that never was. Shes an umbrella that conceals a fluidly dynamic film collective that transcends the confines of artform in order to elude representation and replace it with presentation… to create a piece of […]
A commission by leading letter designer Tom Perkins has recently been installed in the Crafts Council foyer, courtesy of this organisations patrons. Launched in February 2004, the Crafts Council Patrons scheme is designed to encourage financial support from individual donors. […]
The 2004 BOC Emerging Artist Award, worth £20,000 has been won by Mauro Bonacina, a recent MA graduate of Londons Goldsmiths College. Judges were Roy Exley (critic, curator and lecturer), Karen Wright (Modern Painters), Sarah Kent (Time Out), Charlotte Heavey […]
Timandra Gustafson has been appointed Executive Director at Visual Associations. She brings a wealth of experience gained during her previous roles, including Head of Visual Arts for Northern Arts. My role will be to build on what has already been […]
London-based artists initiative Cell Project Space has relocated from Dalston to Cambridge Heath Road, supported by a capital grant from Arts Council England to refurbish the gallery and provide new office space and outdoor facilities for future projects. The first […]
Rod McIntosh gives a rundown on this new art fair and talks to the winners of the Signpost competition star prize.
Contents include: ‘The Art of Conflict’ part one, a feature on art in response to war situations. Lucy Wilson looks at international making and selling opportunities for UK designers. Artists and environmental experts explore the collision between natural and manmade, […]
Sixtyone artists residencies in twentyfive countries have taken place since the inception of ACEs International Fellowship Programme in 2001. These have benefited more than 130 artists. A celebratory event for this initiative was held in July at Übertrendy Sketch Art […]
The third Liverpool biennial launches on 18 September as a UK and international festival of contemporary art. Delivered through a partnership between Tate Liverpool, National Museums Liverpool, Bluecoat Art Centre and FACT, it also encompasses exhibitions and offsite projects across […]
A twelve month multimedia project by the Community Channel, funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, MadforArts comprises an interactive website and twelve twominute short films for television. The main objective of the project is to get more […]
ETA has recently published a workbook for artists to support the training and professional development programme for visual and applied artists. Compiled by Linda Ball with contributions from Judy Clark, Deborah Rawson, Monica Ross, Mark Slater and Christopher Stevens, the […]