Mike Nelson Michael “Mike” Nelson (born 20 August 1967) is a contemporary British installation artist. He represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2011. Nelson has twice been nominated for the Turner Prize in 2001 and 2007. Nelson’s installations always […]
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
12 April – 31 May 2014
Hotel Elephant’s recent move from the Heygate Estate to Newington Causeway in South London sees the launch of its first shop and café, along with studios, a gallery and projection room within 15,000 square feet of warehouse space.
Currently Reading: Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. Phaidon (eds.). 2009. Phaidon, London. This survey of contemporary sculpture conducted in 2009 spotlights 119 prominent cross-generational artists from 27 countries, introduced by Anne Ellegood. The criteria for inclusion to […]
The role of the artist studio within processes of redevelopment in cities has been brilliantly captured in a fascinating publication, The Nomadic Studio: Art, Life and the Colonisation of Meanwhile Space. Tim Clark speaks to Michael Heilgemeir, the photographer behind it.
A traineeship at Matt’s Gallery in East London is offering recent graduates an opportunity to gain valuable experience working as part of a gallery team.
Vilma Gold, London
12 January – 19 February 2012
Trade Gallery, Nottingham, 30 September – 2 October
Coleg Menai, Bangor
11 June 2011
The 54th Venice Biennale 2011, Venice
4 June – 27 November 2011
So much has happened since my last blog. I hardly know where to start. I was very lucky to win one of the first student awards at U.C.F. along with three performing arts students. It was a lovely evening with […]
A round-up of UK projects and presentations, official, collateral and otherwise, during the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Projects run 4 June – 27 November 2011 unless otherwise stated.
Something of a creative hiatus this week; we all went to London for a spot of gallery bashing. Loved Mike Nelson’s Coral Reef, Fiona Banner’s amazing aircraft and Rachel Whiteread’s drawings at Tate Britain, also Rosa Barba’s great projector/film installation […]
A week spent grappling with the dissertation and shooting and editing video. Next week we have a group trip to London, the idea is to hit as many galleries as possible in three days. Looking forward to the Turner prize […]
Steve Dutton reflects on the exhausted Biennial model and gives his account of how curators are finding ways to overcome this syndrome.
Taking a trip to Birmingham today has got me wanting to write, although as usual lacking in time. A new set of shows opened at the Ikon, Ikon Eastside, Eastside Projects and Vivid just last weekend. The highlights of the […]
Still a month until I start my third year at Trent and I’m starting to consider what I have done with my summer. I’d hoped to spend more time in London taking in the Blockbuster summer exhibitions. I managed to […]
116 days. I looked up this figure today and found it at once exciting, vaguely terrifying, and a comfortingly large number. However I’m very much aware time tends to fly where deadlines are involved The Project. Developed as a result […]
A- Foundation, Liverpool
13 – 14 February 2010
Gagosian Galley, London
11 February – 1 April 2010
With half the UK’s population residing outwith urban conurbations, and regional and arts and cultural policies prioritising local engagement, locations often regarded as countrified are strategically raising their art world profile through imaginative programmes and project.
