Glasgow-based artist Graham Fagen’s solo presentation, commissioned and curated by Arbroath’s Hospitalfield Arts, will represent Scotland at the 56th Venice Biennale.
“A formidably inventive sculptor whose work remains urgent,” say Selection Committee as Sarah Lucas is chosen to represent Britain at the 56th Venice Biennale.
This week’s most significant international art event is the opening of the 19th Biennale of Sydney, now minus its founding sponsor after protests and withdrawals by a number of participating artists. Plus we take a look at Paris, Madrid and the German city of Gelsenkirche.
This week’s snapshot of international art action sees us talking about revolution in Finland, exploring the virtual and the real in the Netherlands, contemporary Arab art in the USA, and going deep into the Congo in Australia.
The recent Europa Re-Imagined symposium in Cardiff was the latest event organised by the European Prospects project, exploring issues of experience and identity through photography and contemporary art in Europe. Rory Duckhouse reports.
After ongoing protests from participating artists, including the withdrawal of nine, the board of the Sydney Biennale has announced that it is severing its links with founding sponsor Transfield.
Following the news last week that five artists had withdrawn from the Sydney Biennale in protest at the activities of its sponsor, Transfield, another four artists have now announced their withdrawal.
Prix Ars Electronica, the annual international competition for artists working with technology which last year received over 4000 submissions, has extended its deadline for 2014 entries.
For our latest snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the next seven days of art, we’re in Morocco, China, France and the USA.
Five artists have announced their withdrawal from the 19th Sydney Biennale in protest at founding sponsor Transfield’s role in the mandatory detention of asylum seekers.
A new EU agreement that guarantees artists an equitable share from the resale of their works on the art market has been signed by 17 organisations, including major British auction houses.
Our snapshot of international art action for the end of February finds us in Nimes, Stockholm, Graz, San Francisco and Madrid.
This week our snapshot of what’s happening internationally finds us in Madrid, Barcelona, Beirut, Zurich and New York.
This week, our global roving eye takes us to Estonia, Mexico, Bangladesh, Switzerland and Colombia.
It’s been a week that has seen a multi-million pound sponsorship deal at Tate Modern and controversy and column inches about a chair, a Russian socialite and a publicity picture of questionable taste. But is there a link between the two stories?
This week’s snapshot of international art action takes us to Trondheim, Vienna, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Paris.
This week our global snapshot takes us to The Netherlands, San Francisco, Poland, Italy and Shenzhen in China.
For our first snapshot of 2014 looking at what’s happening globally in the art world, we visit Italy, Denmark, Hong Kong, Sweden and Singapore.
This week (6-12 December) our snapshot of international art activity takes us to Seoul, Miami, Amsterdam and Villeurbanne in France.
The Nigerian curator and writer Okwui Enwezor has been announced as the Director of the 56th International Art Exhibition.
This week (29 Nov-5 Dec) our snapshot of international art action sees us mostly in Miami, but not before taking a quick look at Amsterdam and Busan, South Korea.
For the seven days from 22-28 November, our international ramblings take us to Haiti, New Zealand, Norway and Germany.
For our latest global snapshot of the next seven days (15-21 November 2013) in contemporary art, we’re in Seoul, Vienna, Abu Dhabi, New York and Milan.
This week’s (8-14 November) whistlestop tour of international contemporary art action takes us to Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Gothenburg and Leuven in Belgium.
Angus McEwan is the only British artist to feature amongst the 24 award-winners of the Shenzhen Watercolour Biennial in China.
