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SFSA Drawing open
These 3 drawings will be in the SFSA Drawing Open tomorrow. 51 artists are showing work and there will be 111 drawings to look at! Preview: 24 May 6-9pm Open for two weeks, Thurs-Sun Week one: 24-27 May Week two: 31 […]

Stuart Mel Wilson: The Full Sentence
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Bristol The Other Art Fair
For my first collection at The Other Art Fair Bristol “The Bristol Presentiments 1770” series, I have chosen to use only the pigments imported into Bristol from January-June 1770. I use historically resonant pigments in abstract works to create absorbing […]

Anna Reading wins the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2018-19
Chosen from a shortlist of eight, London-based artist Anna Reading has won the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2018-19.
Play School – a slow build towards installation ideas
This photograph may be of my first ever installation! I’m forced by an innate honesty to give my older sister collaborative credit. Indeed, seniority probably makes her lead artist – to be fair. This may seem like a playful beginning […]

Degree Shows 2018: architectural forms, a package holiday performance and trompe l’oeil paintings
a-n members Anna Grace Rogers, FK McLoone and Rebecca Ainsworth have visited degree shows in Swansea, Dundee and St Helens for the first of our 2018 degree shows Instagram takeovers.

Seeing South Bank
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Asylum Studios Residency
Well, here I am again on residency. This time at Asylum Studios. I can’t speak highly enough of residencies. They are the best way to engage in your practice with all the accompanying feedback, as well as facilities, time and […]

Sculptural Prosthetic Limbs
My practice explores the potential for prosthetic’s which are made with aesthetic considerations in mind. My work began with the idea of bespoke prosthetic’s which are perceived, both by their wearer and observers, as aesthetically pleasing objects as well as being functional.

Grenfell Tower Inquiry hears tributes to artist Khadija Saye
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Edinburgh Art Festival announce artists for 2018 Commissions Programme; Alison Wilding and Adam Kershaw create memorial to British victims of overseas terrorism; Hockney painting sells for £21.1m, breaking auction record for the artist; Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine folds.

the truth detectives at no:36
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Shouldn’t Throw Stones Exhibition and Book Publication
Shouldn’t Throw Stones – The view of a Night Watchman is an exhibition, tour and book publication documenting artist Kevin Casey’s role as a Night Watchman at the Ex Pilkington Glass HQ in St Helens.

Assembly Birmingham: opportunities and challenges in a redeveloping city
The second a-n Assembly of 2018, taking place at Eastside Projects in Birmingham on 15 June, will explore the impact on artists, residents and arts organisations of the city’s ambitions to grow and regenerate.
5 – 17 April
Our group meets up with some Tampere based artists, including Tiitu Takalo and Ville Pirinen. An opportunity to compare approaches, discuss techniques and find out about opportunities for Finnish comic artists. KUTIKUTI is a non-profit contemporary comics association; they publish […]

Degree Shows 2018: announcing this year’s a-n Instagram takeovers
This summer a-n members will once again be taking over the a-n Instagram to post images and commentary from degree shows around the country as they happen. Following an open call on Jobs and opps, we’ve selected five artist-Instagrammers who will be visiting shows in Scotland, […]
MIRROR ECHO TILT / Open Engagement 2018
MIRROR ECHO TILT http://cargocollective.com/mirrorechotilt Artist / Practitioners: Melanie Crean http://www.melaniecrean.com Shaun Leonardo http://elcleonardo.com 16 – 24 yr olds who’ve been arrested. A 4 week cycle, which after completion, the judgement is erased PTSD origins – when a physical response is […]
KEYNOTE: Mel Chin / Open Engagement 2018
MEL CHIN / Keynote http://www.melchin.org Bio: Mel Chin was born in Houston, Texas in 1951. Chin’s art, which is both analytical and poetic, evades easy classification. He is known for the broad range of approaches in his art, including works that […]
Return * Re-focus * Review * Report ….Open Engagement Pre-Conference Review
Field Notes: On Justice & Practice Date: 10th May, 2018 Location: The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York ////////////////////////////////////////////////// Framing the Work: Philanthropic Partnerships Featuring: Dana Zucker / Exec Director Gray Foundation https://www.grayfoundation.org Dorian […]

The Maiden Voyage
This blog documented my 2018 A-n Bursary – a research visit to New York & Miami to explore the expansion of modernist architecture from Europe to the USA via Oceanliners. I am now extending this research in the UK for a site specific artwork at Georges Dock, Liverpool, Sept 2019.

Now Showing #246: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s selection of recommended shows includes a major Patrick Heron retrospective at Tate St Ives, the veteran German artist-filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger in Glasgow, and Cuban artist Carlos Garaicoa at Parasol Unit, London.
neo:Proof Print Exhibition/Exchange
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The Art of the Fifties
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Land. An exhibition of recent work by Sally Cole
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International Report: Printemps De L’Art Contemporain 2018 festival, Marseille
The 10th edition of the annual Printemps De L’Art Contemporain festival in Marseille coordinates exhibitions by more than 45 venues across France’s second city and includes a strand on artists from Glasgow, with which the city is twinned. Chris Sharratt reports from the port city that is prioritising contemporary art as it prepares to host Manifesta in two years time.