Paolo Baratta, president of the Venice Biennale, and Christine Macel, the curator of the 57th edition, announce title of the 2017 biennial as ‘Viva Arte Viva’.
The Brighton-based artist’s new artwork for the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square has been unveiled by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
The annual three-day festival returns to showcase London’s artist-run projects, curatorial collectives and young galleries.
I went to see Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy, and while a little disappointed by the minimal showing of work by women, which is in fact discussed in their own catalogue…… so they knew, they knew.(D Anfam*) I spent […]
Wed LIMELIGHT Link: https://peakart.org.uk/2016/09/23/limelight/ Went along to an informal PEAK (Contemporary Art in the Black Mountains) Arts Alive event in Llangattock, Powys where artists Rob Smith and Charles Danby discussed work involving the construction of a fire replica limekiln to […]
This week contains two studio visits to discuss Postures of Making. The first was yesterday with Dominique Rey and Polly Cruse. This studio visit was a self imposed event; a deadline that acts as a motivation, a prompt to draw […]
I have some fantastic news! I have been awarded an ACE small grant for Revolution and Resonance 2017. After a self initiated research residency at Ashburnham Place in Battle. I formed the project using the space around me, the materials around […]
The French artist Pierre Huyghe has been announced as the recipient of the 2017 Nasher Prize for sculpture.
I ran an art fair in conjunction with someone else. I came up with the name (not the one in the example!) however we did not document this fact. It was not a success and we both decided not to […]
The year-long cultural celebration will include the Turner Prize being hosted at the newly refurbished Ferens Art Gallery, plus specially commissioned public artworks and the opening of a new contemporary art space.
I have a system of working which often now involves pulling instructions / starting points at random. I have a box entitled < INSTRUCTIONS TO SELF > from which I pull little life instructions for myself, as and when I […]
The School of Life is dedicated to exploring life’s big questions: How can we fulfil our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Can relationships last a lifetime? Using ideas from the fields of philosophy, literature, psychology and […]
This is the last week of my residency at Hospitalfield. In the last update I discussed my research into the possibilities of displaying object-based work: “I’ve been researching techniques found in jewellery as starting points for thinking about hanging methods – […]
Audioblog – Please click here The isolated artist is a myth. Impossible. (If you have evidence to the contrary, do tell) It is only by talking to other artists that you develop. (Talking to non-artists is good too, but a […]
Gene Expression: A Wellcome Trust funded project exploring the role of the thymus in autoimmune diseases, interpreted through video-art and prints.
It has gone a bit quiet on this project mainly because I am showing a new collaborative film in Folkestone this week as part of SALT 2016. But once the week is over I will be working on a piece […]
Primarily aimed at self-employed artists, this guide sets out why people should be considering a pension or retirement plan and offers advice on a number of different choices that are available.
