Hannah Corbett, a civil servant currently working as commissioner general and director for the UK at the Milan Expo 2015, has been appointed the new chief executive of the London-based studio provider and developer.
‘All the long gone darlings …’ Sylvia Plath Collecting and the consequent sorting process continues to be an integral part of my creative work and the various pieces, created as part of the Nana’s Colours series were developed purely through […]
After The Bake Off final last night, today seemed like a good day to openly reflect upon Digesting Recipes: The Art of Culinary Notation by Susannah Worth, which I finished reading last week. It is a book, which looks at […]
This is some notes that I have made during my interesting lesson about Research Methods. Since being in this lesson it has opened the gate way even more in my mind into how I should look at my artwork and explore […]
Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery has opened in south London with the aim of making the artist’s personal collection of over 3000 works of art accessible to the public through a series of curated exhibitions. We take a look at the inaugural show featuring works by the British painter John Hoyland.
Glasgow-based artist Ellie Harrison has launched a new campaign to develop an alternative funding stream for artists by harnessing wind power.
According to social media, on this day two years ago, I was ‘off to the AIR: Artists Interaction and Representation consultation for invited artists at Castlefield Gallery‘. Six years ago, I was commissioned to design one of the penguins that were to […]
British Art Show 8 opens in Leeds on Friday 9 October and the city – currently bidding to be European Capital of Culture 2023 – is responding with a raft of additional activity. Leeds-based writers and artists Amelia Crouch and Lara Eggleton report on what the city’s homegrown and artist-led organisations are up to as Leeds City Council throws its support behind a showcase of the city’s buoyant visual arts scene.
The inaugural North festival in Warrington has brought pavilions from city’s including Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool – as well as art that responds to Ikea – to the streets and galleries of the town. Laura Robertson reports.
I have been doing some volunteering at the British Ceramics Biennial, which has not only given me the opportunity to meet a bunch of great people and contemplate the outstanding array of works on show .. it has also given […]
Hi does anyone know a reliable postal company that can insure ceramics- or an insurance company that insures ceramics in transit? I am starting to get national orders and really need to sort this out as I make Raku fired […]
In 2014 GRAIN Photography Hub and the Library of Birmingham approached artist Mat Collishaw, creator of spectacularly crushed butterflies, corrupted, syphilitic flora, and monumental, dark zoetropes, to respond to the rich photography archive held at the Library.
Some new work on paper.
To help better understand my work, I have decided to look at these clay sculptures from when I first started to make them, and why they have stayed with me and I continue to make them three years on. I […]
Today I am disappointed at having spent (wasted) time applying for UnLtd funding to set up the LAN as a social enterprise, for this to be unsuccessful. I was advised that I need to research social enterprise – as far […]
Whitechapel Gallery and Max Mara fashion group have announced the shortlist for the sixth Max Mara Art Prize for Women.
