It has been a particularly busy month. Family arrived over from New Zealand, my sons had exams and in the middle of this I was involved in 2 consecutive weekends of Open Studios. This is my first Open Studios as […]
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Gallery owner arrested for installing protest sculpture outside pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma; German triennial bans then re-invites Scottish band who support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement; plus Saudi prince donates $10 million to the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin.
Frequently asked questions about the IAA Card. A new benefit for a-n Artist members, the IAA card is an international identity card for professional artists, giving free or reduced price admission to many museums, galleries and cultural institutions around the world.
The micro-organisation Somewhere (just me & Nina Pope, usually) is now three years into an epic programme of distribution and engagement work with our feature film, The Closer We Get, which premiered in spring 2015 at Hot Docs in Canada […]
Titled ‘The Planetary Garden: Cultivating Coexistence’, for its twelfth edition the roving European art biennial explores ideas around how life forms meet and adapt to coexist, while also aiming to put down roots in its host city of Palermo, Sicily. Eva Rowson, one of 10 a-n Artist members who attended the Manifesta 12 preview, reports from the Italian island.
A Technical Report on Drawing as Octochronoplasmantic Evidence || Meta-Neuronic Design for Impossible Theatres
For his exhibition ‘Fellowship of Citizens’ London-based Icelandic artist Saemundur Thor Helgason is promoting a lottery set up to help fund a campaign to bring about the idea of a basic income for each person in Iceland. Laura Davidson visits the show at arebyte Gallery and talks to Helgason about his plans.
I am an artist and curator based in Brighton. http://caitlinheffernan.co.uk
Drawing is an activity that engages both the brain and the body. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t think solely with the brain; the body and the brain are two inter-connected systems that compose the mind. In fact, the brain […]
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Trish Morrissey at Francesca Maffeo Gallery, Leigh on Sea; Michael Dean at Baltic, Gatesehead; a large-scale installation by Susie MacMurray at St Albans Museum and Art Gallery; and Alison Wilding at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.
I have just got back from Yorkshire where I was showing work as part of Selfscapes, a group show of work by 25 artists responding to the Dalby Forest location and themes of embodied landscape, self and surroundings, self as narrative, self and body and […]
I’ve said before that I am essentially lazy, and risk averse too. There is something satisfying in being paid to help other people access the Arts Council funding application website, which I can do to the best of my ability, […]
hello from my sofa on a beautiful day in june – 2018 – not just any day because today is the second day of figment new york. figment is a participatory arts festival that happens in cities across the world. […]
A 2 week residency in September 2018 with SERDE in Latvia, exploring the Cold War legacy through the environment, people and objects. Film making will be the medium of choice.
Post-run reveries… 16.50 22.06.18 I recall two magpies The bushes around Innovation Way are getting more and more overgrown. I still cannot really…. cry to be honest. With you. There are kids fishing at the fountain with their dad […]
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: National Gallery to display The Monarch of the Glen for first time in 160 years; Gagosian Gallery files motion to dismiss lawsuit after Jeff Koons’s studio was accused of failing to deliver a trio of sculptures, Anish Kapoor to sue the National Rifle Association over copyright infringement, plus public art collective Indecline call out Trump over child detention policy with billboard work.
i like getting to friday and taking some time to reflect back over my week. this one has been varied and i’m pleased to write today about a feeling of clearing i have. i feel i’ve cleared some troubling energy […]
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions in Brighton, Huddersfield, Manchester, Nailsworth and Truro.
