Produced as part of Gavin Wade’s ongoing project Strategic Questions, this time working with artist Alec Finlay, 100 Verses for the 3 Estates resulted from a collaboration with residents of three housing estates in Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Niki Russell reports from The Showroom 4th Annual Conference, 26 May 2007
Melanie Stidolph reports from the recent professional development session.
Commissioned through the Creative Lewisham Agency for University Hospital Lewisham, London, Chris Marshall’s recently installed Blue Well aims to evoke tranquillity, calm and meditation within the context of a sensitive and critical environment.
From discarded household detritus and prosthetic limbs to the exploration of themes of religious intolerance and myths of urban history, Norwich is the location this summer for Contemporary Art Norwich 2007, a multi-venue biennial that celebrates the depth and breadth of Norwich’s expanding cultural scene.
Fifteen + One celebrates the work of Axis design practice and its creative collaborations with artists. It profiles sixteen very different publications of artists’ work, ranging from exhibition catalogues to artists’ books, and includes a broad range of styles and design approaches.
The contemporary visual arts organisation ProjectBase has been established to commission internationally established artists to work with local communities to present exciting and innovative projects.
Radical changes in funding arrangements are due at the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) following last year’s strategic review.
The 52nd Venice Bienniale that launches in June combines exhibitions of significant visual art from international artists with passeggiata and associated networking opportunities on the grandest scale for the throng of curators and artists who will assemble there. The main […]
‘Heroes in Transition’ at Nottingham’s Angel Row Gallery brings some of Croatia’s best new artists to the UK for the first time.
Shisha will present new site-specific events for Manchester International Festival’s Manchester Firsts, through commissions for international artists Subodh Gupta and Rashid Rana.
Collaboration across the European education institutes was the theme at a recent conference in Tallinn, Estonia.
As I was chaperoned around the 8th Sharjah Biennial: Art, Ecology and the Politics of Change, the Emirate reminded me of Phoenix Arizona, but instead of US patriotism pervading, Islam sits relaxingly alongside the logos of KFC, Dunkin’ Donuts, Burger King, Pizza Hut, shopping malls and building construction.
Formed in 1913, the London Group developed as an alternative to the conservatism of the New English Art Club (NEAC) and Royal Academy (RA), institutions which at that time gave (some) artists an opportunity to show their work through open submission.
Since graduating in 1993 I have made outdoor sculpture in my studio located on a farm in Kent.
News on Airspace Gallery, Midlands Textile Forum and Exeter Studio Project.
Adam Reynolds was a remarkable and inspiring individual. Soon after birth he was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy leaving him with a physical disability.
Film London and BBC Radio 4 are collaborating on The City Speaks, a project bringing together twelve of the capital’s artist film-makers and writers to create a series of films for radio.
Four South East England artists won awards in March, to enable them to undertake new public art projects.
Internationally-renowned artist Keiko Mukaide will create The Memory of Place Fire, an installation in water, glass, stone and light on show at York St Mary’s Church 4 May – 28 October. Transforming the historic church’s interior, her intention is to […]
It’s the drive and imagination of artists that is leading major exposures on contemporary visual arts in Leeds and Stroud in May and June that both focus on location.
The opportunities available for visual and applied artists to participate in professional development programmes and develop their careers continue to expand.
Paris – San Francisco-based Hou Hanrou will curate the 10th International Istanbul Biennial.
At a time when over half of those surveyed by Arts Professional confirmed that diverting funds from the arts to the Olympics would not bring benefits to the arts in the longer term, Arts Council England has now come clean and announced intentions to cut the Grants for the Arts budget by one third.
In December 2006, Guyan Porter began a two-month residency in Sri Lanka, as one of the first of a group of six artists to work at the Chandrasavanah Creation Centre in the south of the island.
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