Lucian Freud archive acquired for nation
Archive of sketchbooks, studies relating to key works, designs for book covers, letters and childhood drawings permanently allocated to National Portrait Gallery.
Archive of sketchbooks, studies relating to key works, designs for book covers, letters and childhood drawings permanently allocated to National Portrait Gallery.
Hazlitt Holland-hibbert, london
9 October – 12 December 2008
My journey to getting a degree in Fine Arts- 2nd year project 1
In the last of the 600-word reviews filed following the second workshop at Baltic in Gateshead, Isaac Nugent looks at London-based painter Joy Labinjo’s recent exhibition. Review #8: Joy Labinjo at Baltic Through a series of large, brightly-hued paintings and […]
An interview with Greek artist Charoula Nikolaidou currently exhibiting in Anorioton as part of a new exhibition series of contemporary Greek art in London.
Venue 1 ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum Aros Allé 2, DK-8000 Aarhus C Introduction with Ole G. Jørgensen, Programme Manager for ARoS’ new international residency programme and New York-based artists in residence Flux Factory. A bit about ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (from their […]
The Cass Summer Show 2019, which includes work by graduating art, design and architecture students, takes place at the university’s East London campus located just a few hundred metres from a-n’s London office. Stephen Palmer took time out to visit a-n’s […]
The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design in London and Norwich University of the Arts were the focus for our most recent Instagram degree shows takeovers.
More News in Brief: Italian galleries and collectors pledge support for contemporary art as right-wing government slashes art funding; New York’s Performa launches online platform for streaming new and archive performance art.
Other News In Brief: Statue of Van Gogh in Brixton modified to remove smoking pipe, razor and revolver; Belgian theatre company admit to stolen Picasso hoax.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Trish Morrissey at Francesca Maffeo Gallery, Leigh on Sea; Michael Dean at Baltic, Gatesehead; a large-scale installation by Susie MacMurray at St Albans Museum and Art Gallery; and Alison Wilding at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.
Sketchbooks- a piece art in it’s own right? I recently delivered a workshop entitled The Magic of Sketchbooks. I enjoyed researching the sketchbooks of famous artists – Henry Moores’s Sheep Sketchbook is a joy. Van Gogh’s letters, Picasso’s myriad of […]
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Mercury Prize-winning band Young Fathers suffer backlash over art galleries criticism; Northern Ireland considers abolishing Arts Council; Jerwood Drawing Prize artists announced.
This week’s selection includes a painting show in London, alternatives to screen-based technologies in Manchester, and a film about artists’ sketchbooks in Trowbridge.
This week’s selection includes film installation in London, photography in Penzance and a celebration of Aspex’s 35th anniversary in Portsmouth.
John Stezaker, known for his photographic collages constructed from found images, has turned curator for ‘Turning to See: From Van Dyck to Lucian Freud’ at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Anneka French talks to the artist about his new departure, how he selected works for the show, and where his own art fits in.
This week’s selection includes participatory art in Llandudno, conceptual art in Somerset and painting in Liverpool.
I was reading over my dissertation today and I thought about the correlation between my critical exploration and my practical exploration. It is evident that critically I was interested in societies perception of beauty however I am now interested in […]
#loleithaart ‘hair done’ pastel on paper. 58×42 My reflections on preparing hair, washing, conditioning and blowing drying, straightening and a quick trim until we get the perfection we desire. I drew this as I was waiting for the potatoes to […]
For the first Now Showing selection of 2016, we explore painting after abstraction in London, consider artistic positions that have been hard won in Edinburgh, and try to make sense of the ‘reality’ around us in Manchester.
The third and final workshop in the first a-n Writer Development Programme took us to Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery on Thursday 19 November for a session led by The Arts Desk‘s visual arts editor, Fisun Guner. All five programme participants braved train delays and […]
This week’s selection includes a timely exploration of migration in London, surreal storytelling in Manchester and a homely exhibition in Cambridge.
Sotheby’s auction house in London set a record last night with sales of fine art that raised £130.4m. But while collectors spent millions, the company’s cleaners were demonstrating about their pay and conditions.