Beyond the UK
Considers the international aspect of artists’ practices from the artists’ perspective.
Considers the international aspect of artists’ practices from the artists’ perspective.
For this week’s snapshot of international art activity, covering 1-7 November, we’re in New York, Shanghai, Warsaw and the district of Tensta in Sweden.
This week’s selection, covering 25-31 October, takes us to New York, Singapore, Utrecht, Krakow and Minneapolis.
For this week’s look at the next seven days (18-24 October) on the international art scene, we’re in Paris, Brooklyn, Shanghai and the Ruhr.
This week (11-17 October), our global look at what’s happening in the visual arts takes us to Japan, USA, France and Germany.
This week’s look at the next seven days (4-10 October 2013) on the international art scene takes us to Italy, the USA, Austria and South Korea, with events, art fairs and new permanent commissions.
The third instalment of a new weekly series providing a snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the visual arts over the next seven days: 27 September–3 October.
The second instalment of a new weekly slot on a-n News, providing a snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the visual arts over the next seven days: 20-27 September.
Introducing a new weekly slot on a-n News, providing a snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the visual arts over the next seven days: 13-19 September.
As Australia prepares to go to the polls, a British artist has taken to her blog to complain about her treatment by the Australian Greens – a party that says it will support young and emerging artists.
As the exhibition TO-MORROW or TO-DAY opens simultaneously in Leeds and Ghent, we find out why linking up with other artist-led organisations is so important.
Renowned international art figure Kasper König has been appointed Chief Curator of 2014’s Manifesta 10 in St Petersburg.
Two years on from the Oslo terrorist attacks, as an international competition for a memorial to the events is launched, Claire Doherty, Director of Situations, considers the implications of such a brief.
The 44th edition of the pioneering photography festival – Les Rencontres d’Arles – held annually in the south of France is now underway, and despite its strange curatorial proposition still continues to enthral audiences. Tim Clark reports back from the opening week.
The fourteenth International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth showcases the exceptional skills of world-renowned makers while also exploring the theory and ideas that underpin their practice.
The 55th Venice Biennale sees ten national pavilions making an appearance for the first time, including the Golden Lion-winning Angola pavilion, the Maldives’ critique of environmental orthodoxies and The Holy See’s headline grabbing debut. Together, they tell of disappearance, natural disaster and genocide.
For only the second time, Iraq has a national representation at the Venice Biennale. Curated by Ikon Gallery Director Jonathan Watkins, what sets it apart from the 2011 pavilion is that all the artists featured still live and work in the country. S Mark Gubb takes a look at the work on show and finds out how you pull off an exhibition from a country that has no curators, and of which curators on the outside know nothing about.
Eight artists who were in Venice courtesy of a-n’s Go and see bursaries, pick some of their favourites from the hundreds of shows taking place throughout the city.
Turner Prize nominee Tino Sehgal has been awarded the Golden Lion for best artist at the 55th Venice Biennale.
Maurice Carlin, one of 23 artists who received a Venice Go and see bursary from a-n, takes a tour of the national pavilions and collateral events at the Giardini, Arsenale and beyond, and finds himself washed up in a flood of contemporary art.
S Mark Gubb, one of 23 artists who received a Venice Go and see bursary from a-n to visit the Biennale during the preview period, reviews The Encyclopedic Palace exhibition at the Arsenale and Giardini – and pops his head in at a few national pavilions, including Jeremy Deller’s English Magic show.
Bedwyr Williams’ Wales in Venice presentation combines Galileo and amateur astronomy to create an affectionate homage to stargazing.
Jeremy Deller’s British Pavilion presentation for the 55th Venice Biennale reflects his “love-hate relationship” with the UK.
The City of Zurich, Switzerland, has been chosen to host Manifesta 11, the roving European biennial of contemporary art, in 2016.
Working internationally is key to the development of many artists’ practice, but without gallery representation the hurdles are considerable. With the 55th Venice Biennale soon to open, we speak to three artists – including one showing in Venice – about the challenges of working abroad without a gallery, and also get the views of an independent curator.