The annual open exhibition at Nunnery Gallery in London will this year be curated by Kent-born painter Anj Smith.
Kate Murdoch wins the fourth annual Shape Open with her sculpture Bad Head Day, inspired by the muddle and confusion that being partially deaf can cause.
The not-for-profit organisation is seeking suggestions for three painters to join the judging panel of its 2016 painting prize.
UK’s longest-running artists’ collective announce first details of latest edition of biennial exhibition.
Serena Porrati has been awarded the £10,000 Mostyn Open 19 prize for her work, 365 Days of Sun.
The Whitechapel Gallery has announced the 48 artists selected for its triennial open exhibition, presenting a cross-section of work being made across the capital today.
£30,000 of prize money has been awarded to artists by the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers and the Lynn Foundation.
Producer and writer Carolyn Black has worked in the visual arts for over two decades. Having witnessed many ups and downs in the sector, she believes things have never been so bad for artists in the UK. It’s time, she says, for things to change…
The publication on Tuesday of an a-n news feature investigating the subject of open exhibitions and entry fees has prompted a flood of comments on social media.
Open exhibitions are becoming an increasingly common aspect of the visual arts landscape, with high-profile big hitters such as the BP Portrait Award and Royal Academy Summer Show joined by a growing number of smaller-scale shows. But with most charging an entry fee and with no guarantee of being included, are artists simply being asked to subsidise the sector with their own money? Jack Hutchinson investigates.
Six artists have been shortlisted for the 2014 edition of the Threadneedle Prize, the open exhibition that aims to ‘showcase the very best in new figurative and representational art’.
Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger and curator Sarah Elson have selected 12 artists to showcase their work at the annual Bow Arts’ open exhibition in London.
The main prizewinner and student prizewinner of the Oriel Davies Open 2014 have been announced.
Newtown-based Oriel Davies Gallery has announced the exhibiting artists for its 2014 Open, which offers a first prize of £1,000 plus a solo show at the gallery.
Edinburgh-based artist Catharine Davison has been awarded the £15,000 Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize for representational painting.
A Turner Prize winner and three former nominees make up the selection panel for this year’s open platform aimed at final-year students and recent graduates from UK art schools.
The winner of the 17th National Open Art Prize, worth £10000, is the Glasgow-based painter Graeme Wilcox.
Two artists take share of this year’s Threadneedle Prize for representational art.
Zeitgeist Arts Projects has announced artists selected for the second Open Exhibition, opening later this month as part of the Deptford X International Art Festival.
