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Incentives for philanthropy

by a-n Editorial

Almost as if a gift for the festive season, in December Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt launched a strategy to encourage greater philanthropy in the arts. To kick it off, 2011 has been proclaimed the ‘Year of Corporate Philanthropy’.

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Investigating markets for art

by Kathryn Campbell Dodd

Kathryn Campbell Dodd of Bird in the House reported in her blog on going to the ‘On Collecting: Transactions in Contemporary Art’ symposium at The National Gallery of Wales in December. The event was chaired by Gordon Dalton from Mermaid & Monster, facilitated by g39, and was part of the Contemporary Art Society’s National Network programme for their centenary year. The event’s purpose was to “investigate the market for contemporary art in Wales”.

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That was the year that was

by a-n Editorial

“The artist has always occupied a privileged but fragile position in the public eye. For centuries, we have looked to artists across all disciplines to inspire and entertain us, to help us explore the limits of human nature and human possibilities, [and] at times to lead debate and forment revolution.”

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Last portrait of mother
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Prizes and awards

by a-n Editorial

A selection of forthcoming open exhibition competitions, bursaries and prizes for artists.

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walkwalkwalk, Bird
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Artsadmin commissions for town hall hotel and apartments

by Clare Qualmann

A-n’s Collaborative relationships series exposes the working relationships between artists and the wide range of professionals they choose to collaborate with. In 2009-10 a series of permanent artworks were negotiated for a major redevelopment of Bethnal Green’s former Town Hall into an exclusive hotel. Artsadmin’s Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk give their account of these negotiations and the work resulting from one of the commissions.

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a-n Magazine February 2011
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a-n Magazine February 2011

by a-n Editorial

Contents include: Features include ‘Commissioning 2011’ and ‘Prizes and awards’; Dr Jon Bowen debates ‘Democracy: the new way forward’; In Collaborative relationships Artsadmin’s Manick Govinda and Clare Qualmann of walkwalkwalk discuss recent commissions for the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal […]

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Create

by Anonymous
Manos Kalamenios, 'Create', Pen & Ink, Jan 2011. Photo: Shelby Sandyford-Sykes.
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Untitled blog post from "Post Grad, Pre Artist?"

by Carol Ramsay

Had an interesting meeting last week about our Contextual Reports, these are in place of a Dissertation. An MA without a dissertation seems very bizarre to me. I LOVE writing and was looking forward to this part greatly but and […]

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Untitled blog post from "Quarry"

by Justine Cook

The day after my last post I was taken ill with pneumonia and hospitalised. I thought only old or compromised people got pneumonia not fit healthy people! Anyway, it’s taken a while to get back on top of things and […]

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Untitled blog post from "The terror of neutrality"

by Abbi Torrance

VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY V. AUTHENTIC MATERIALITY I cant get the idea out of my head that I need to justify (to myself) why drawing, specifically pencil on paper might be a valid means of visual art today. I imagine it lies […]

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Untitled blog post from "What The Matter Is"

by Tamarin Norwood

Just found out John Smith’s 1976 Girl Chewing Gum will be screened on Friday night at Tate Britain while Anthony’s performing Musica Practica. I’m very happy to discover this – Smith’s film was a steady reference point for me when […]

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Untitled blog post from "The Collaborator"

by Nicola Dale

“When I look through my own recipe for the perfect cup of tea, I find no fewer than eleven outstanding points. On perhaps two of them there would be pretty general agreement, but at least four others are acutely controversial. […]

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Untitled blog post from "10pm"

by Rebecca Strain

After a few hours in deep contemplation about what not to do I aired my musings with the head of course today. It has been difficult to decide on a direction for this research. When I started rummaging through the […]

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Untitled blog post from "Garden"

by Michaela Nettell

GLIMPSES STOP-START BRIEFLY * I have begun reading The Garden in the Machine by Scott MacDonald, which explores representations of nature and landscape (often gardens specifically) in American avant-garde film. Many of the individual studies (of Larry Gottheim’s Fog Line, […]

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Untitled blog post from "Dead and dying flowers"

by David Minton

Rob and Jane, thank you, why use a small knot when a big one will suffice? When painting goes well for me it seems to settle into a rhythm that simply needs following; when it goes badly it a disproportionate […]

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