Current and archived a-n publications
Lively, topical news, reviews, features and debate around the environments for visual arts practice.
This month in arts funding news Dany Louise reports on how ACE funding cuts are impacting on small-scale production and artist-centred organisations; and we re-publish Variant's intelligent commentary on Creative Scotland's vision; in Reviews Maria Fusco selects texts by Liz Buckley, Anneka French, Gabrielle Hoad, Rachel Murray and Travis Riley; Collaborative relationships uncovers Motion Disabled, a digital exploration of the bodies of people who are physically different; Big picture is by Lilah Fowler; and in Debate Cara Courage examines the gender imbalance in the arts workforce and asks if it's really down to women wanting to 'have it all'? Read on…
Artists and architects collaborate in Jane Watt's third 'Navigating places' article. Photography festival reviewed, Skowhegan residency profiled. Art and nature in the Netherlands contrtasts with Media arts; Beverley Hood reports on Siggraph conference and PVA MediaLab profiled. Yara El Sherbini tells us what she does. Read on…
Brigid Howarth asks what makes art buyers tick; the notion of collaborative practice is unpicked. Artist initiated festival in Jerusalem, environmental aesthetics conference and Wellcome Trust residency featured. Influential Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija and leading African contemporary artist El Anatsui in Previews. Read on…
Francis Upritchard shares her dreams and Sam Atkins is mesmerised by pattern. Kathleen Forde reports from Peruvian electronica festival plus artists' status in France examined. Jane Watt looks at professional development for artists working in public domain. Diana Yeh on art and anthropology and Rohini Malik Okon on Faisal Abdu'Allah. Read on…
What do artists and curators want from each other? Jeremy Akerman finds the answers, design curator Rachael Barraclough explains why she loves her job. Wellcome Trust publication reviewed and Michelle Lord explores interior spaces. Amsterdam Tactical media festival asks how media savvy we really are. Read on…
Contemporary approaches to the creation of public monuments, China Changchun Sculpture conference and Montreal's artist run sector feature. Nicola Malkin on pushing the boundaries of popular form and function in ceramics. Contemporary painters working in Britain reviewed at John Hansard Gallery, sculpture by Elizabeth Price at Jerwood Space. Read on…
Andrew McDonald escapes through art. Ceramicist Andrew Wicks on designing and producing. Feature on glass artist Keiko Mukaide. Paul Glinkowski finds an academic model in Oxford. Artist-run initiatives at Glasgow Art Fair covered plus Lesley Miller writes about artists' collaborations from UK and Japan. Read on…
Charlie Pulford on the meanings of word and text. Jane Watt on the time-lapse between a public artwork's inception and realistaion. Decibel Award prizewinners announced, plus reviews of photo-realist painting and politically challenging work - and just how many polar bears are there in Bristol? Read on…
Sally O'Reilly talks to Director of the Government Art Collection. Nina Madden investigates Acme Fire Station residency scheme and S Mark Gubb visits a Coventry arts festival. Paul Glinkowski talks to Jem Finer and his collaborator Artangel. Reviews from Skye to Scunthorpe plus profile of Total Kunst. Read on…
Stephen Cooper resident at the Ashmolean, Rosemary Shirley on how the Braziers' international residency has changed artists' lives, and Professional development moves from training to practice. Limousine Bull and Whitechapel shows reviewed, Independent Art School profiled and Gillian Nicol visits Norway's art festivals. Read on…
'The Art of Conflict' part one, a feature on art in response to war situations. Lucy Wilson looks at international making and selling opportunities for UK designers. Artists and environmental experts explore the collision between natural and manmade, reviews in Norfolk and Artsway, Hampshire. Read on…
Zarah Hussain finds unity in pattern. Bill Drummond twins towns through kettle exchange. Paul Glinkowski looks at art born out of conflict with work by John Keane and Frauke Eigen. Focus on Frieze Art Fair and satellite events plus profiles of international galleries taking part. Read on…