Castle & Elephant is a new gallery in the centre of Coventry. Rather than having a fixed abode it will exist in constant transition, moving to available empty shop units in the City Arcade.
The Photographers’ Gallery has named Anna Fox, Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelhueber, and Donovan Wylie as the four shortlisted artists nominated for its annual Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.
This month we take a look at some current projects in the world of commissions, from innovative works in the public realm to those in a gallery interpretation programme and performing artists’ film and video.
Artists and curators relate methods of navigating a self-directed exhibiting career.
Artist Ania Bas and Exhibitions Officer Helen Jones reflect on an innovative approach to being an artist-in-residence at The New Art Gallery Walsall.
Site Gallery, Sheffieldr
5 September – 31 October
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
3-31 October
Blank Gallery, Brighton
17-30 October
Arnolfini, Bristol
3 October – 29 November
Richard Taylor in conversation with Bernice Wilson
Contents include: Money matters and Commissioning now features; Why public art online is under threat in debate; Katie Paterson in Big picture; Collaborative relationships features Ania Bas at the New Art Gallery Walsall. PDF version [size 5 MB]. Requires PDF […]
Haroon Mirza, Adhãn (detail), 2009. Courtesy of Lisson Gallery.
At the end of another exceptional year for a-n The Artists Information Company, we are taking stock of some of the key milestones for artists this year, as well as forecasting for the climate in which artists might expect to be working in the next decade.
I read the October contribution to Debate by Tim Joss with pleasure. Although written for a political purpose it proved one of the most cogent and positive pieces of art criticism I have read in recent years.
a-n Magazine, November 2009 page six posed the question “should [there] be a return to a privately-funded [education] system?” I thought I’d share my own experience.
Arts Council England claims that “all our arts policies prioritise strengthening and developing the infrastructure for the artform” – so why, asks Andrew Knight, is the future of Public Art Online under threat?
Eleonora Schinella considers the alternative perspectives on the art world through both the exhibitions reviewed, and the reviews themselves when researching Interface as an alternative archive.
Richard Taylor in conversation with Christine Gray, MA student in Participatory & Community Arts at Staffordshire University
Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
18 September – 24 October
Project coordinator Ed Adam and consultant Sovay Berriman tell Jane Watt how Alias (Artists-led Initiative Advisory service) has developed over the last ten years. They discuss the dilemmas that artist-led organisations face and offer their survival tips.
Introducing Victoria Coyle, from Swansea as a designer to part-time research-based Fine Art practice at the Metropolitan University. In the final year of her BA, she discusses the balance between dissertation proposals, negotiations with subject and dealing with pre-graduation expectation: finding that using her previous experience in professionalism gives her new avenues in working as an artist today.
Arts Council England’s
Organised by Sophie Hope, co-facilitated with Veronica Restrepo and held at London
Paris Photo (Carrousel du Louvre, 19-22 November) is the place to be for anyone interested in or working with photography.
Wunderbar is “a dynamic new festival of contemporary performances, visual art, and extraordinary happenings for North East England that places the audience at the heart of the experience”.
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