We pick five of our favourite artist responses to the general election that have been featured on Instagram, including a print at home poster and a game pitching Corbyn vs May.
This week sees major degree shows opening across the UK, including exhibitions in Bournemouth, Cambridge, Glasgow, Manchester, Sheffield, Plymouth, and the West Midlands.
I wrote this on the 1st June and didn’t publish it as I wanted to conclude it a bit more neatly, making some pithy logical point or something but life isn’t neat so here you go… Still here, still working, […]
The Made in Korea show at The Ceramic House has now ended after a hugely successful month. Everyone who stepped through the doors to the Ceramic House was (variously) overawed, amazed, filled with delight and wonder. This is know because […]
I have changed the name of this Blog to ‘The Fairways’. This is the name of the development now. I have to let go of the Golf Course, it isn’t one any more. I only have knowledge of the past […]
Summer has disappeared and I am at my desk shivering after a wet cold walk with the dog! Maybe it is a good thing as I have decided to edit the film today and tomorrow. This is last week’s charcoal drawing done […]
Following the publication of its general election manifesto, the party was contacted by journalists questioning the lack of any reference to the arts or creative industries. Frances Richens reports for Arts Professional.
Do objects speak? They do to me, particularly garments, or domestic items. But do they say the same thing to me that they do to other people, other artists? This weekend I found myself (with my family) among “LOST” by […]
For the latest in our ongoing series looking at art scenes around the UK, Corby-based James Steventon takes a tour of Northamptonshire which also includes the former industrial towns of Northampton and Kettering in its borders.
Repeator:Transmission In collaboration with Office For Art and Design Technology, City Arcadia Gallery, Coventry 20th of April – 23rd of April. On the 11th – 19th of April: Repeator embarked on its week-long off-site programme at Coventry’s City Arcadia Gallery. […]
Image: Beechwood Farm Pub in construction August 2014 A visit on the 28th of August 2015 I’m sitting in my portable KFC studio after work. The radio is playing a Primal Scream song. Bobby Gillespie is saying ‘It’s alright…it’s OK.’ […]
As an amateur freelance artist I am in need of an average pricing table for different kinds of services and clients and for UK standards. Is there such a thing that i can find on the Internet or this website? Thank you
Market Gallery’s recent Free Market symposium – supported by an a-n Artist Led Bursary – brought together thinkers and doers to discuss issues around ‘cultural resources in crisis’ and was in part informed by the Glasgow gallery’s own precarious situation. Chris Sharratt reports on three days of thinking beyond the usual.
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including Renaissance drawing in Oxford, brand new sculpture in London and pioneering 19th century photography in Edinburgh.
With the set-up and solution ready, I’ve been experimenting with the amount of current needed to create a viable electroforming effect. My initial experiments were less than successful. This was last week’s results: My research suggests that I had the […]
Image: Advertising billboards from Europarc sited in the direction of A/M180 traffic, circa 2014 I still visit Europarc, although in recent months I’ve returned to an interest in travelling along the A/M180 (which passes the site) & continuing onto the Doncaster Moto […]
