Everywhere, Everywhere Those historical plaques, the round ones, yes usually blue but sometimes grey, brown, maroon seem to be everywhere. Briefly describing information about people, usually of some social standing. They are informative, physical, no Internet connection required, low tech […]
Is a campaign to raise the threshold of the Artist’s Resale Right in the UK a threat to the incomes of already low-paid artists or a justifiable attempt to protect the art market infrastructure?
Exhibition, residency and bursary opportunities for artists across the UK and beyond.
Spoken and written influences of the week… On ‘This is Magritte’ [1] a radio programme, Gavin Turk suggested that being labelled an ‘artist’ could be restrictive. When discussing how the surrealist artist René Magritte would categorise himself Gavin Turk said […]
‘I am a sort of citizen of Lala-Land..’ Despite not having much time to write up my blog recently I have kept an interested eye on others and this post in Take me to Mongolia by Birgit Deubner was written […]
A selection of forthcoming open exhibition competitions, bursaries and prizes for artists.
Regent’s Park, London
14 – 17 October 2010
Back to reality – studio time dwindling. I spent the entire day at the Salisbury Arts Centre, initially to meet with other workshop leaders and discuss the future impending funding cuts etc., fire drills and day to day stuff, then […]
Sunday I returned for what I thought would be a quick visit to the exhibition where Gavin Turk himself was hosting a sort of workshop/game/adventure that children could go on and gain medals and badges as they completed challenges. This […]
A bit of a heavy weekend all round. Friday night saw the launch do of the House of Fairytales exhibition. Created by Gavin Turk and Deborah Curtis, it is a kind of weird travelling art show/curiosty thing/performance/participatory event which manages […]
Camping Fusina, Venice
18 – 24 August 2009
Manick Govinda explores The Arts Foundation’s numerous awards for individual artists and looks at the impact they have on the receipients.
Flowers East
8 August 2007 to 8 August 2007
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima) has opend its doors to the public after a major lottery-supported refit.
The next ARTfutures will be held at Bloomberg SPACE, London, 8-14 March.
Elaine Speight considers how issues raised by the Import/Export event held in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 2005 might apply to artists and networks in provincial locations.
Elaine Speight considers how issues raised by the Import/Export event held in Newcastle upon Tyne in December 2005 might apply to artists and networks in provincial locations.
The third Liverpool biennial launches on 18 September as a UK and international festival of contemporary art. Delivered through a partnership between Tate Liverpool, National Museums Liverpool, Bluecoat Art Centre and FACT, it also encompasses exhibitions and off–site projects across […]
Cumbrian-based Phil Morsman’s white fibreglass sculpture for the Royal Lancaster Infirmary marks the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of DNA. Made in twelve sections and back-lit with four neon colours, it is activated as darkness falls so that the intense, […]
Organised by artists in east London,’Roman Road Revel’ was a village fête with a difference. Lucy Wilson reports on this and other artists-led projects that appropriate traditional community fairs and festivals.
Hilary Williams talks to four artists about how they have developed specific products. She learns about their initial motivation and inspiration, how they developed their ideas into production and what marketing strategies they employed for these particular products.
