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Paula Rego gets by with a little help from her friends, while Melanie Jordan favours collaboration. East meets West at the 49th Venice Biennale as Gothenburg opens its first. Report on corporate collections, painting and photography reviewed and impact of foot and mouth on the craft market assessed.
Recent research carried out in the UK shows that eighty per cent of major corporate collections began in the last twenty years, with collections ranging from less than fifty to over 5,000 works. Significantly, half of the works collected were… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
Artspace Portsmouth has mounted an exhibition that celebrates twenty-one years as an arts organisation. 'Key Works', showing at the City Museum and Records Office in Portsmouth, until 2 September, investigates perceptions of museum artefacts.… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
A new scheme, with awards of up to £50,000 to fund innovative research, was launched by the Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) in June. The Innovation Awards Scheme will support research on developing significant breakthroughs in… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
The Crafts Council has revealed that the crafts sector may have lost fifty per cent of revenue during the foot and mouth epidemic. Because the crafts are heavily dependent on tourism, that much of the countryside became a 'no-go' area resulted in a… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
In June, Black, Asian and Chinese arts were given a significant boost from lottery funds as the Arts Council of England (ACE) announced that £29 million of the £90 million allocated to the Arts Capital Programme will go to Black, Asian or… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
'Imagination in the public realm: art people and place', a conference organised by Art Transpennine and University of Manchester exploring the "contextualisation of art outside the gallery" takes place in Manchester 7-9 September. Speakers including… Subscribers read on…
News, a-n Magazine August 2001
Watershed, Bristol 19 June 5 August Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine August 2001
Berwick Gymnasium, Berwick upon Tweed 26 May 8 July Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine August 2001
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth 19 May 22 July Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine August 2001
Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield 10 June 27 August Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine August 2001
B16 Gallery, Birmingham 17 June 22 July Read on…
Review, a-n Magazine August 2001
In this exhibition we explored the relationship between people and their homes. By altering everyday objects, such as clothing, furniture and the decor of the home; we asked the viewer to look afresh at them. We explored our domestic history,… Subscribers read on…
Commentary, a-n Magazine August 2001