a-n’s Executive Director Jeanie Scott reflects on an incredibly busy year for the organisation that has seen the publication of the Paying Artists Exhibition Payment Guidance, wide-ranging support for artists through a-n bursaries, and membership reach a record high. And, despite an increasingly messy global situation, says there’s much to look forward to in 2017.
Nowadays there are more than twice as many female students than males on fine art courses, according to data obtained from the HE Statistics Agency. However, many contemporary galleries and exhibitions still need to realise the value of women’s art. […]
Prior to its relocation to a new space, Peckham Platform gallery is celebrating its work since launching in 2010 with a retrospective show featuring its 20 artist commissions to date, all co-created with local people in the south-east London neighbourhood. Lydia Ashman reports.
A roundup of some of the best open studios, artist-led festive sales and exhibitions in the run up to Christmas.
‘The Last Editions’ is the final chance to celebrate the work of The Multiple Store and to buy one of the high-quality editions it has been commissioning since 1998 by artists including Turner Prize nominees and winners. Co-founder Nicholas Sharp talks about his reasons for starting the project, and why it’s now time to wrap things up.
A new touring programme exploring the history of artists’ moving image in the north of England launches with screening of three moving-image projects produced in Bradford during the 1970s.
I wanted to spend some time thinking about how I know that I’ve made a good piece of work (or hosted a good process, if I’m not dealing with an object as an outcome). I went back to the evaluative […]
The former creative programmer for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is to take on role at the creative production organisation.
This week’s selection includes new sculptural commissions in Cardiff, painting, drawing and photography in Manchester, and a robotic installation in Liverpool.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation ‘More and Better’ award will enable a four-year project of commissions with local, national and international artists making new work alongside communities of young people from Sheffield.
As a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign prepares for the launch of its Exhibition Payment guide on Wednesday 12 October 2016, we take a look at some of the key moments in the campaign’s history, highlighting the rich and varied dialogue with artists and the wider visual arts sector that has informed its recommendations.
The Brighton-based artist’s new artwork for the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square has been unveiled by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
This week contains two studio visits to discuss Postures of Making. The first was yesterday with Dominique Rey and Polly Cruse. This studio visit was a self imposed event; a deadline that acts as a motivation, a prompt to draw […]
The School of Life is dedicated to exploring life’s big questions: How can we fulfil our potential? Can work be inspiring? Why does community matter? Can relationships last a lifetime? Using ideas from the fields of philosophy, literature, psychology and […]
Hello there, Thankfully I didn’t make an actual actual promise to post more this week. It seems that as soon as I do start talking publicly about increasing the number of work posts my ability to do so is less […]
Turns out I’m not very good at keeping Blogs (need to work on that)….But I do take pictures!
Bristol Biennial, the artist-led festival now in its third edition, combines art and ideas in a city-focused combination of new commissions and timely discussions. Maddy Hearn reports on the opening weekend of this nine-day event.
The landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith is to design one of UK’s largest free, public gardens at the Hepworth Riverside Gallery Garden in Yorkshire.
The artist-led organisation with a focus on sculpture and 3D making has two days left to hit its target and complete its crowd funding campaign to pay for a new community ceramics and foundry hub in south east London.
A new installation by Hampshire-based disabled artist Beth Davis-Hofbauer aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental health issues, particularly anxiety.
This week’s selection includes vegetable sculptures in Leeds, film works in London and in Newcastle a group show exploring figurative and conceptual art.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Birmingham, London and St Leonards.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Banksy’s Spy Booth is feared destroyed, Chicago judge rules in Peter Doig artwork trial, and serious earthquake damage to Italy’s artistic heritage.
Artist Paul Evans discusses how his work became aligned to the research undertaken within universities and how his socially engaged practice has enabled academics and the public to better understand the nature of university research. Based on an interview by artist Steve Pool.
