Commissioning editor Brigid Howarth is co-director (with Ben Coode-Adams) of Artefact Projects. In collaboration with The Manchester Museum they have been developing a project that experiments with low cost, temporary and innovative solutions to the problems of gallery and museum […]
a-n’s Newcastle offices were the venue in November for an installation and projection by Amsterdam-based artist Hermelinde Hergenhahn, as part of ‘Space Between Us’, a Vane exhibition curated by Una Henry and Thomas Peutz of SMART Project Space, Amsterdam. Also […]
Welcome to Philip Marsden, appointed in November. An BA fine art graduate from University of Newcastle, he joins the Communications and Sales team. Congratulations to Louise Wirz, Director of Development, who gave birth in October to baby Nina. a-n Magazine […]
Yorkshire-based Chrysalis Arts was commissioned earlier this year to create temporary art installations in Skipton High Street as part of a Renaissance-planning weekend. This street has remained unchanged for over a 100 years and, as well as being a traffic […]
Frieze Art Fair, London’s first international contemporary art fair held in October has announced the 2004 dates as 15-18 October. With over 27,700 national and international visitors – including collectors, gallerists and curators, students, artists and celebrities – this new […]
The Hub in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was launched in October as Britain’s largest crafts display centre. The inaugural exhibition ‘What is Craft? was designed to open a debate amongst a wide spectrum of people on what the word ‘crafts’ constitutes. In […]
Eight emerging artists gathered at Allenheads Contemporary Arts (ACA) in Tynedale in October, for a weeklong residency, brainstorming and researching with peers and other contemporary art practitioners. The intensive and varied schedule of the Microresidencies allowed artists to engage with […]
With new elements of the Disability Discrimination Act due to become law in October 2004, artists and arts organisations need to be considering in earnest the changes they will need to effect in their practices and communications. The act sets […]
Chinese Arts Centre opened in Manchester last month, as a new national British flagship exhibition centre for Chinese contemporary art. The new centre is a result of a £2.2 million award from the lottery through Arts Council England. Located in […]
Tom Woolford’s Landmark is now in situ on the cliffs below Tynemouth Priory, North East England. Four illuminated individual letters, which stand 4m tall and have an overall width of around 18m, spell out ‘LAND’. Tom Woolford has lived and […]
Commissions in the Environment (CITE) in collaboration with Lancashire County Council and Rossendale Borough Council have commissioned Katayoun Pashban Dowlatshahi to create a permanent artwork that celebrates and reveals the River Irwell. In a truly collaborative process, she is working […]
The Brighton Photo Biennale 2003, the new major event in the photography calendar, kicked off in October. Combining exhibitions, commissions and events, the biennale permeates across traditional gallery spaces as well as appropriating Brighton Parish Church as a site for […]
The Jerwood Foundation was confirmed as the UK’s most prolific art prize-giver when it handed over £25,500 to six visual artists in September. The £15,000 applied arts prize for glass went to Helen Maurer, selected from a shortlist of eight. […]
The Artworks for Mental Health exhibition – opening 31 October at the RCA, London – offers a complex view of art within mental health. Our subjective mental lives are generally understood to reflect the overall workings of the brain, but […]
During the three-year life of the Regional Arts Lottery Programme, over 2,000 awards totalling £59.3 million were made. The average success rate for applicants was 58% and the average sum awarded £27,000. Evaluation of the scheme by the Arts Council […]
An exhibition of prisoners’ work selected by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane launches a new exhibition space at HMP Leyhill’s Tortworth Visitor Centre. Leyhill, near Bristol, intends to be a flagship organisation for other centres in the prison network, with […]
Open studios events in November and December in London give an opportunity to see work by some of London’s finest designer-makers. Organised by Cockpit Arts, these events are taking place at their two sites at Holborn WC1 and Deptford SE8. […]
Glasgow City Council’s proposal to close Tramway 2, the unique large-scale ground floor exhibition space, and give it to Scottish Ballet as a rehearsal studio has been met with dismay within the arts community in Scotland. Scottish Ballet will move […]
Ten artists have been shortlisted for one of the biggest money prizes in the arts world. Artes Mundi is a new biennial prize being organised from Wales. It celebrates artists recognised in their own country who are “emerging internationally”. The […]
Launching this autumn, Decode is a vibrant online e-zine, community space and industry resource for culturally diverse arts in the UK. It aims to support, connect and promote the work of upcoming, under-represented and established artists and organisations working in […]
A glasswork is on show at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall until 31 October as part of the festivities around this year’s Birmingham Book Festival. Talking Story by Franki Austin comprises sixteen panels that weave a version of the myths of Orpheus […]
International artists will feature in the refurbishment of Junction, Cambridge’s leading contemporary arts and entertainment venue. Proposals from shortlisted artists for public art projects have now created an interactive online virtual exhibition on www.junction.co.uk/publicart with the public invited to nominate […]
Fifty artists took up residence in 8,000 sq ft of redundant buildings at Middle Rocombe Farm in Devon in September. Seen as an experiment in creating new spaces for artists to exhibit their work the Art Farm Project hopes to […]
Critical debate and artists’ awards form part of the Decibel programme, running until May 2004. Arts Council England has allocated £5m to the Decibel initiative, designed to create a long-term impact on the profile and support of culturally diverse arts […]
An installation created by artist Adam Reynolds and Sign Dance Collective marked the retail launch of the Beatwax Relics at Zest Pharmacy in September. Sited in a purpose-built display case, the installation takes the form of a miniature glass house […]
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