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Artists on low incomes may be able to apply for Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit. This guide offers advice on eligibility and how to apply.
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A Q&A with… Pio Abad, artist and producer of 100 replica Margaret Thatcher handbags
For his exhibition in Glasgow, the London-based, Philippines-born artist traces the global tentacles of neoliberalism through an exploration of objects sold at key auctions over the last 25 years. He explains more to Chris Sharratt, including what drew him to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s iconic handbag.
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Sightseeing moments with Felicia Browne.
(Last week we checked our venue and found the perfect spot for Katie Taylor’s commissioned piece, Inert.) Oh my goodness, the time has come! We will launch Through An Artist’s Eye at the extraordinary Marx Memorial Library this coming Friday […]
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Editing ‘A New Vision’ When The Mind Hears
Twelve months ago I was very pleased to have been invited to Rabat by film maker Marouane Bahrar after meeting up with him whilst I was on holiday in Marrakech. Marouane is a friend of the artist Said Afifi who I was […]
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Arts organiser
Lift My Spirits To Dance In Any Colour As Long As It’s Orange.
‘There are no black skins, there are no white skins. Human skins are just different shades of orange.’ Neil Harbisson. The British-born artist Neil Harbisson’s rare form of colour blindness and resulting appendage which enables him to hear colour was […]
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Appropriation
In life, we all appropriate in some way – whether this is retelling a joke or copying a haircut from some celebrity. But in the process of appropriation, often the thing in question becomes personalised simply in that in comes […]
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Exhibition
Bad Behaviour Open 2016
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London
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Turner Prize 2016 exhibition: verve, energy and plenty of earthy humour
The Turner Prize may have grown lacklustre in recent years and its upper age limit of 50 looks increasingly problematic, but this year’s show at Tate Britain showcases the prize’s strongest shortlist for some time. Fisun Güner reports.
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Networking
WILD PROJECTS #9: SOUND TERRITORIES pt.2
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East Midlands
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Shape_Shifters
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ARTHOUSE1 -
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Room for Reading
Manchester was the first local authority to provide a public lending library after the passing of the Public Libraries Act in 1850
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NOW SHOWING #166: The week’s top exhibitions
This week’s selection includes an investigation into the social origins of the collective consciousness in London, a futuristic medical room in Cambridge and Tracey Emin and William Blake in Liverpool.
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Abstract expressionism: a phenomenon, not a movement
The just-opened ‘Abstract Expressionism’ exhibition at the Royal Academy chronicles a key moment in 20th century art, presenting some of the period’s most iconic works. Fisun Güner reflects on the significance of this last great age of the artist as hero and tortured genius.
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Artist
In Memoriam
These are our dreaming spaces.
The romanticism of the abandoned house given over the the steady creep of the wild, and the role of art to re-draw our understanding of environment.
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Festival
Eye Candy Festival 2016
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West Midlands
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Brexit Meditations: Afternoon at Open School East
A few years ago I began meditating regularly. It started with a visit to the London Buddhist Centre, and then a mindfulness course, and then retreats at Gaia House and Vajrasana. And then between 2014-15 I did formal training as […]
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Mothering as Art Practice
AUDIOBLOG – Please click here I spend quite a bit of my time talking to artist teachers, and artists with other jobs, about the connections between life and practice, and having to make time for the practice. There is the […]
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Landscapes and Local Physiognomy
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London
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Outcomes
Having come to the end of the self directed programme I set out to complete for the a-n professional development bursary here are some reflections and outcomes. I am pleased to have had the time to research and learn new digital […]
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Artists’ Books
This week I had a sudden urge to revisit the poetry of T S Eliot, which I first encountered in undergraduate English Literature; I recall feeling baffled by The Wasteland and unable or unwilling to get to grips with its […]
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The ‘Mausoleum of Mohammed V’
The ‘Mausoleum of Mohammed V’ is a historical building located on the opposite side of the Hassan Tower on the Yacoub al-Mansouresplanade in Rabat. It contains the tombs of the Moroccan king and his two sons, late King Hassan II […]
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The Mohammed VI Museum Of Modern and Contemporary Art
The Mohammed VI Museum Of Modern and Contemporary Art is in the centre of Rabat not far from the train station and near Terminus Hotel Showcasing a sun terrace and views of the city. It is a large sold building […]
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Fez and Cafe Clock
I heard about a cafe arts space called Cafe Clock in Fez and went to check it out. www.cafeclock.com Fez was approximately three hours drive from Rabat consisting of mainly Motorway with Tolls, however I enjoyed the changing landscape and also […]
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Preparation
Blogging: A couple of years ago I received the Reside Residency which lasted for 6 months. It gave me some idea about how I wanted to make use of blogs. I applied for the Reside Residency because one did not […]
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Artist
Showtime!
Art language location’s day of performances