The residency, which is presented in partnership with the Contemporary Art Society and Orkney’s Pier Arts Centre, sees the 2017 Turner Prize nominee based at the National Gallery’s on-site artist’s studio for a year.
News In Brief: The new Paul Hamlyn Foundation-funded project will look at whether socially engaged artistic activity can really make a positive difference to a community. Plus: Kitty Anderson announced as new director of LUX Scotland; Hannah Rothschild, chair of National Gallery’s board of trustees, to step down after four-year tenure.
Members of the PCS union working at the National Gallery in London have started indefinite industrial action over plans to privatise their jobs.
The ongoing dispute at The National Gallery, London, will be debated in the House of Commons today.
The dispute about privatisation of jobs at the National Gallery continues with PCS union members planning further demonstrations and strike action over the next two weeks following the sacking of union representative Candy Udwin.
The current deputy director of Madrid’s Prado museum has been announced as the new director of the National Gallery, London.
Staff at The National Gallery in London are planning a second five-day strike against privatisation starting on Sunday.
Staff at the National Gallery in London start a five-day strike today in protest at plans to privatise jobs.
National Gallery, London23 May – 24 November 2013
The National Gallery, London
24 June – 19 September 2010
