A Guernica for Gaia
Royal Academy and South Bank Centre, London
14 October 2009 – 14 January 2010
Royal Academy and South Bank Centre, London
14 October 2009 – 14 January 2010
I have been mostly taken up with reading for, and planning, essays… I’m particularly excited about my current work on Cornelia Parker’s ‘Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View’. It’s been interesting to think about it in terms of the modernist […]
Royal Academy, London
3 December 2009 – 31 January 2010
Artist Rona Smith, public art consultant Vivien Lovell and architect Soraya Khan discuss the development of Rona’s ambitious North Elevation work which was permanently installed at Lumen United Reform Church last year.
Do objects have emotional values?AD: Definitely we give them a social life and believe they have an aura. I am in communication with a police psychic at the moment and I am very interested in the power we imbue objects […]
Opportunities abound for involvement in Independent State, an ambitious participatory project sited in Frome.
To celebrate its ten-year anniversary The Multiple Store has announced a new six-month residency at Westbrook Gallery, London.
I’m three quarters through a part time PgDip in History of Art. We’re just onto modern and contemporary art. Previously to that I did a BA at Chelsea in Fine Art: Painting. I work part time in quite a demanding […]
University of Teesside, Middlesbrough
11 – 15 May 2009
Jeez…10 days have passed without me blogging. How did that happen? I have been so busy writing away that I'm sure I have been absorbed into a timewarp. In fairness, I've been ill (again) as well – being ill eats […]
Kathryn Oubridge: Neither Made Nor Unmade Changeover: Friday 27th March – Friday 3rd April 2009 Temporary Art Space, The Piece Hall, Halifax (UK) CHANGEOVER What could be more temporary than guerrilla exhibitions in a Temporary Art Space during the taking […]
How things change. I have decided that instead of using hooks in the ceiling as I usually do, that I will use metal grills suspended from the ceiling of the gallery that will then have the 'exploding notes' secured to […]
Spike Island, Bristol
11 July – 14 September 2008
Various locations, Frome, Somerset
10 May 21 June
Manick Govinda on the often secretive processes behind awards by nomination as well as the benefits for artists in terms of recognition and critical acclaim.
Shortcuts Review AirSpace Gallery 2nd April – 7th April 2007 By Anna Francis What has been going on in the bowels of the airspace gallery? Shortcuts, the first AirSpace members’ show, seeks to answer this question, giving the viewer a […]
Aspex, Portsmouths contemporary visual art gallery, opens in its new premises in the heart of Portsmouths regenerated Gunwharf Quays in December.
The Comment article published in a-n Magazines June issue raises a number of points that need to be addressed.
Despite the fact that more people than ever before are going to galleries, the upsurge of festivals and public and the willingness of foreign collectors to buy British art, its clear from talking to artists that their bank accounts are in as dire a state as theyve ever been.
2006 is the sixtieth anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, the largest loan collection of post-war and contemporary British art in the world.
The thirteen nominees for this years £20,000 Becks Futures prize have been announced:
Stéphanie Delcroix presents The Multiple Store from behind the scenes.
A new commission from Julian Opie has launched redevelopment of the West Wing at Barts as a national Breast Care Centre of Excellence. Architects Greenhill Jenner’s proposal will create a contemporary, state-of-the-art medical facility with strong ‘patient appeal’ whilst celebrating […]
The University of Gloucestershire and The Jerwood Charitable Foundation recently announced the winners of this year’s Jerwood Drawing Prize, selected from a severty-five strong shortlist. First prize of £5,000 went to Adam Dant, second prize of £3,000 to Ansel Krut […]