‘Domestic Landscapes’ is Catherine Bertola’s first solo exhibition of new work commissioned by Work and Leisure International. The show runs until 25 July at the International 3, 8 Fairfield Street, Manchester. Accompanying the exhibition is the launch of Catherine’s first […]
Our sample survey of local authority arts officers undertaken at the NALGAO annual conference in Cardiff in May revealed that more information on good practice is high on their information wish-list. In particular, 68% said they needed advice on artists’ […]
Alongside our media sponsorship of Artsway’s New Forest Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale in June, Commissioning Editor Paul Stone was also part of an invited panel on 10 June addressing the impact of such events on artists’ professional and […]
The first of a-n’s Future forecast think-tanks takes place in July in London – see News. The event has been developed from Future forecast: future space published in May, the event is chaired by Richard Smith-Bingham from NESTA and will […]
See a-n at this year’s New Designers from 30 June to 3 July at London’s Business Design Centre in Islington. As the largest and most stimulating graduate design event in the UK, every year New Designers presents emerging design talent […]
Spencer Tunick’s latest installation will be created in North East England on 17 July through a new commission from BALTIC in collaboration with BBC Three, funded by Culture 10. The artist’s temporary site-specific landscapes that recognise the tradition of land […]
The first of a-n’s Future forecast think-tanks takes place in July. Hosted by Chisenhale Gallery, London on 11/12 July with an associated reception at Cell Project Space, this special event will be chaired by Richard Bingham, Head of Policy and […]
In 1997, Lord Dearing chaired a review of HE that recommended the establishment of a research council for the arts and humanities, to sit alongside those in the sciences. After eight years, this has materialised as the Arts and Humanities […]
A symposium organised by International Photography Research Network (IPRN) planned for 9-11 September led by curator Bas Vroege will focus on critical evaluation of photographic commissions, including insights into IPRN’s work in progress including commissions to Slovakia, The Netherlands, Germany, […]
A new publication edited by David A Bailey, Ian Baucom and Sonia Boyce provides a comprehensive illustrated look at the history of the Black arts movement. Thirteen essays in Shades of Black: assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain examines the […]
Following on the tail of proposals in Scotland and Wales that would drastically curtail the powers of the arts councils there comes news of a review in Northern Ireland. Under threat is the UK’s ‘arm’s length’ principle of arts funding […]
The University Museum of Zoology in Cambridge will be the location of a major exhibition by members of The Sixty Two Group of Textile Artists. Running 20 August – 24 September, the show will highlight a broad range of textile […]
The East of England is the focus for two new major visual arts celebrations in July. At The Old Church in Rishangles, Suffolk, Laura Godfrey-Isaacs of Home presents the St Margaret Church Ale Performance Festival. Set in the inspiring historical […]
For Africa 05 taking place across Britain through spring and summer, many cultural institutions are putting on shows and events linked to the continent and the Diaspora. This is the biggest celebration of African culture ever organised in Britain and […]
The PARTNERS initiative established in Scotland in May has a budget of £1.4m to enable artists to take their work into communities. The purpose of this new fund is to support artist residencies lasting from three months to two years. […]
Although aimed at visual artists, a-n’s Good practice in paying artists, sets out a framework for paying practitioners according to their overheads and experience, and The artist’s fees toolkit have been recommended by Theatre Education News – the quarterly magazine […]
In May we conducted a sample survey of arts officers attending NALGAO’s annual conference in Cardiff, to find out more about how they worked with artists, what methods they used to recruit them for work, and to identify the additional […]
Over fifty subscribers attended the first 25-year networking event in Ipswich in April, joined by speakers David Mach, Liliane Lijn, Caroline Broadhead and Faisal Abdu’Allah from the preceding ‘No Boundaries’ conference, organised by Suffolk County Council’s Making Art Work programme. […]
a-n was at Glasgow Art Fair from 28 April to 2 May, with an information stand in the Extension. Staff from the Editorial Production and Communications and Sales Teams were on the stand each day to promote a-n to artists […]
Hosted by London College of Communications, the a-n HE Advisory Group meeting in April discussed current approaches to professional practice in art and design courses and the challenges for tutors and careers advisers, and to identify areas for wider exchange […]
ArtSway at the Venice Biennale, Palazzo Zenobio, 8-12 June
The Hong Kong Artist’s Biennale 2005 relocates to Venice in June, to coincide with the biennale. This artist-run show is an open forum for images, words and sounds. Concerned with non-hierarchical collecting and anarchic exhibition systems, it is enabled through […]
a-n's not the only organisation advocating for imaginative solutions for financing artists in their old age. Modelled on a US scheme, The Artist Pension Trust is in the process of identifying 250 artists over five years to benefit from an […]
The first meeting of an Advisory group to steer Arts Council England's major review of the Presentation of Contemporary Visual Arts took place in April. The review intends to make the case for increasing funds for visual arts in the […]
Trajectory is a not-for-profit publication house initiated by Something Haptic in March 2002 that aims to promote original books and offer artists an opportunity to publish and sell unique pieces that perhaps fall outside of larger, more mainstream organisations. On […]
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