Chris Ofili: Poolside Magic
Chris Ofili undertakes inaugral exhibition at Victoria Miro’s new space in Venice
Chris Ofili undertakes inaugral exhibition at Victoria Miro’s new space in Venice
A weekly briefing featuring national and international news, including: Proposals for Margaret Thatcher statue near parliament turned down, and China causes outrage by banning online content of homosexual relationships.
Afrodizzia (2nd version) is a painting made of acrylic, oil, resin, paper collage, glitter, map pins and elephant dung on canvas. It is almost the same to Homage, part from the fact it has a collage element to it showing […]
Turner Prize-winning artist Ofili to receive a CBE, while Smith and Gander receive OBEs in annual New Year awards.
Tate Britain, London
27 January – 16 May 2010
Tate Britain, London
27 January – 16 May 2010
Tate Britain, London
27 January – 16 May 2010
Looking for art books for Christmas? Here are ten ideas to start with, including a tour of the world’s brutalist gems, a collection of inspiring and insightful artists’ quotes, and the memoir of an art world celebrity.
IN BRIEF: News briefing with national and international stories, including: Collector sues Gagosian and Jeff Koons non-delivery of sculptures; UK arts councils launch cultural cities enquiry; Chris Ofili painting, once called “Degenerate” by Donald Trump, gifted to MoMA by Trump supporter.
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including sculptural works by Joanne Masding in Walsall, a new Chris Ofili tapestry in London, and Palestinian artist Larissa Sansour in Liverpool.
A charity auction at Christie’s has raised more than £200,000 towards the south London-based contemporary art organisation’s campaign to own and renovate its building, with works by Chris Ofili and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye exceeding highest estimates.
The third and final workshop of the a-n Writer Development Programme 2019-20 took place on Friday 21 February at Tate Liverpool. Hosted by Liverpool-based writers/editors and co-founders of The Double Negative website Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington, the afternoon was […]
Rana Begum, Sonia Boyce and Ben Rivers will select new and recent fine art graduates for the latest edition of the annual, nationally touring exhibition.
The annual open submission exhibition for new and recent graduates will this year launch at Liverpool Biennial before moving to London in December.
Ten artists and a-n members were awarded an a-n bursary to visit to the 57th Venice Biennale. They have been sharing their views via a-n Reviews and Blogs. AIR Council member Binita Walia, who visited the Venice Biennale at the same time, presents a collection of their thoughts and reflections.
A selection of exhibition highlights for the week ahead including Howard Hodgkin in Wakefield, art inspired by Joy Division/New Order in Manchester, and Joseph Beuys in London.
Colour The investigation of colour began with my screen prints, where I was investigating using the transparent coloured inks to show the colours underneath. Unfortunately due to the transparency of the inks this meant that the colours were dulled down […]
The coloured background really made the piece vibrant and decorative similar to that of Chris Ofili, the colours weren’t overpowering and blended well together but it made it difficult to see the image in which the holes had made and […]
One of the first things we did when starting the BA in Fine art was to look through the book Vitamin P which has an introduction by the American art critic Barry Schwabsky who has some very interesting things to […]
Chris Ofili goes on to say ““Often in the end a finished painting would be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath, I tried to think of a way of working where all of those layers could coexist without cancelling […]
Kusama goes on to say “The space is without composition – without beginning or end but it is a sculptural object, a room environment that project characterises an attempt of creating a new world” (Kusama, 2012, pg188) Kusama wanted to […]
Perry goes on to say “A narrow pilgrimage trail across the infinite plain of the world” (Perry, 2005, pg252) that even though the journey is long, tough and hard the progress of learning new skills and experience can help you […]
This week’s selection includes the art of taxidermy in London, contemporary works inspired by Georgian painting in Bath, and Turner’s watercolours in Edinburgh.
Exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from a-n’s busy Events section.
What does 2017 have in store in terms of conferences and events, exhibitions, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer – and we’ll be adding new events for later in the year as they’re confirmed.