Plagues of lice, locusts, frogs and flies, a twenty-fivemetre high sacrificial sculpture and a cast of thousands will on 30 September dramatically transform the south coast town of Margate into a colourful and contemporary setting for an epic film inspired by the Old Testament Book of Exodus, in which the town’s residents will play all of the parts.
In order to ensure their fees keep track with their level of experience and the general rate of increases in costs of living and overheads, September’s a good time for artists to review their approaches to budgeting and charging.
Contents include: FrenchMottershead on ‘microperformance’, Mostyn Open and Whitstable Biennale reviewed. Reports on guidelines for galleries within the Own Art scheme and new ACE visual arts strategy. Caroline Wright on exchanging Norwich for Tokyo; artists’ associations in Iceland; squatters’ rights in Rotterdam. PDF version [size 8.5MB]. Requires pdf reader.
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
7 July – 27 August
Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich
8 July – 19 August
Leeds City Art Gallery
28 June – 27 August
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
20 June – 22 July
I’m 65, on a pension credit, no savings, and I live in a remote spot on the Wales/England border. So obviously money, and delivery problems feature. I’ve had to scale my painting and sculpture right down “can I take it […]
Ask yourself these questions. What makes you an artist? And what do you have in common with other artists?
The Public in West Bromwich went into administration in March – just months before it was due to open.
The launch of Arts Council England’s new strategy for contemporary visual arts heralds the sector’s prioritisation by ACE.
Just five months after the arrival of the Artist’s Resale Right, British artists are to receive their first royalty payouts from DACS. Distributions were made during July, with artists seeing the first tangible results of ten years of campaigning for […]
Sherborne House in Dorset faces an uncertain future following rejection of a £3 million Heritage Lottery Fund application to safeguard this Grade 1 listed building and secure its status as a Regional Centre for the Visual Arts. “The reaction is […]
Emilia Telese describes Icelandic solutions to artists’ interaction.
In your July 2006 issue you report on the new BRITDOCART scheme.
I’ve been a subscriber to a-n for a couple of years and have found your reviews to be really fascinating and informative, particularly the regional ones.
In the world outside the arts, when someone offers something – a house for sale, a job, work from a tradesperson, a proposal of marriage even – this is generally the opening gambit in a negotiation process by which what […]
The Lightbox, the new gallery and museum currently under construction in Woking, Surrey, is pioneering an innovative mental health and art project that aligns the history of this sensitive and often misrepresented area with current day attitudes. Artist Rachel Gadsden, […]
The programme ‘Climate Change: Cultural Change’ took place in June, 2006 in Newcastle-Gateshead, curated by Helix Arts with CarbonNeutralNewcastle.
Gallery Oldham
27 May – 2 September
The 2006 Art Forum Berlin – the renowned international trade fair for contemporary art organised by Messe Berlin GmbH in cooperation with an international art gallery advisory board – runs 30 September to 4 October 2006.
Caroine Wright on the exchange programme between Norwich School of Art and Design and Asagaya School of Art and Design, Tokyo.
Artists in Scotland will benefit from a new insurance deal negotiated by the Scottish Artists Union (SAU) executive committee.
June saw the publication by Arts Council England and the Scottish Arts Council of a series of contract checklists and Q&As (created by the writer) for galleries participating in the ‘Own Art’ scheme which offers interest-free credit (up to £2,000) to buyers of contemporary art and craft.
A definitive guide to London’s Thames Gateway has been provided by ‘Turning the Tide’, an exhibition at New London Architecture (NLA) until 2 September 2006.
