Val came up to the studio yesterday and we spent some time reacquainting ourselves with the project after the summer break. I have used the last couple of months to work up ideas based on visuals from the case study […]
Hello there, Thankfully I didn’t make an actual actual promise to post more this week. It seems that as soon as I do start talking publicly about increasing the number of work posts my ability to do so is less […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Criticism over title of National Gallery Singapore fundraising event, Marina Abramović ordered to pay €250,000 to former co-creator Ula, and Nick Serota says residents overlooked by Tate Modern extension should get net curtains.
Darren Henley uses speech in Sunderland to discuss what the EU referendum result might mean for artists and arts organisations in the north of England and across the UK.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Folkestone, London, Manchester and Rochester.
Stephen Romano (extreme left) with Joe Coleman and friends at the opening reception of ‘Opus Hypnagogia’ So what makes art dealers select the pieces that they do? Commercial instinct? A certain aesthetic? In many spheres, art is simply, all about […]
I have written this over the last couple of days as i have been so busy and unble to post so the first part is from the other day and the last is from today. 20th September Frustration and […]
Today has been spent slowly catching up on things that have been on (several) to do lists. The summer has been a fantastic mix of trips both abroad and around Sweden, having visitors, meeting old friends, and making new acquaintances. […]
Pre-existing ideas of the kind of work I should or could be making Ideas of the kind of artist I want to be, should be, or can be An overwhelming sense of moral responsibility to make things that are somehow […]
Writing is most alive when directly engaged in the experience—as a cartography of an encounter or inner space. Recently I stumbled across an interview with photographer Uta Barth where she was asked why narrative annoyed her. Barth’s response captures […]
As I continue my travels with my broken camera I have been looking for more images that contain text – billboards, advertisements and included here, weather-worn canvases covering some old fishing boats that have faded words and numbers. I like […]
Reflections… Where I am What I’m doing. Attitude……matter of fact…..(as I see the FT)….calm, authoritive and not afraid to look different. I’ve been thinking- why can’t art be useful? I’m so often drawn to projects where the result is […]
Just a quick update, as I have spent some time today complaining to the Citizen’s Advice at the lack of help, poor advice (which I regretfully had to do, as normally CAB are very good) outright negligence, and Human Rights […]
For the past several months I have been thinking a lot about art in a Brexit, Trump, Syria world, as art appears to be coasting along in a rather vegetative state nonetheless. This isn’t necessarily a call for a […]
We had a small but very interested and intense audience for the World Premiere of “Sound Scape” last Sunday as we were competing with the Mayor’s Parade and a really beautiful sunny and warm day. One again it sounded completely […]
The vibrant Plymouth Art Weekender takes place this weekend with over 90 events and exhibitions that showcase the city’s visual arts community.
The main aim of the an:travel bursary was to enable me to edit to completion a video I recorded last November in 2015 at the location of Rabat’s Souk. The original proposal was for the ‘Marrakech Biennale 6’ which took […]
