Maurice Carlin reports from the opening weekend of the Curators’ Network event in Madrid which looked at interconnectivity between “decentralised” local networks around the globe, and how curators, artists and organisations across Europe are dealing with economic and political transition.
Week 28: 25th – 31st MarchGiven the social nature of the objects I am defining, I think it would be useful to consider the concept and impact of Relational Aesthetics in contemporary art. This term, identified by the French art […]
Alejandra Labastida of Mexico City has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Akbank Sanat International Curator Competition.
Currently watching: Pacific Standard Time Symposium: Artists & Archives at The Getty Research Institute 12/11/11 http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/e… The keynote is from Sven Spieker: New Archival Practice. He quotes Thomas Hirschhorn; “To connect what cannot be connected – that’s what my job […]
‘… Milky Way You Will Hear Me Call …’ Exhibition and talk event: Wild Pansy Press Project Space, University of Leeds 15 October 2012 I wanted to write about attending this event in the context of generosity and gift for […]
Edinburgh tapestry studios celebrate centenary with showroom of hand-tufted rugs designed by contemporary artists.
Last night, I went to a dinner organized by PEW charitable trusts, a big arts funder in the US. I liked their description of the characteristics of the curatorial projects they favour: ‘Excellence, imagination, courage’. There were about fifteen or […]
I have just sent out the first instalment of my mailing list! It read as follows: Welcome to the first instalment of the Ryan Hughes Projects Mailing List! I’ve got a few things going on over the next few months […]
Here, we profile a selection of courses offering postgraduate level study for artists seeking to develop their practice further within creative, supportive and critically challenging environments.
Turning Point becomes Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN) with changes to its mission, vision and values.
Shisha, the Manchester-based agency for contemporary South Asian crafts and visual arts has closed.
The Curve, Barbican, London
15 February – 12 June 2012
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ArtReview, UK
1 November – 1 December 2011
Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee
17 October – 5 November 2011
Contents include: Is collaboration different in the visual arts? Gillian Nicol reports from ‘Stronger Together’, an event held in Newcastle in June and Nick Sharp discusses IP and copyright issues that arise through collaborative practices; in Debate Kate Phillimore and […]
Lauren Healey interviews the artists shortlisted for the Liverpool Art Prize about making work, support structures for their practice, and their reasons for basing themselves in the North West.
John Plowman unpicks a new book on collaborative practice by Nuno Sacramento and Claudia Zeiske.
One of the things that makes digital media so exciting is that they problematise many naturalised systems and spaces of communication.
A-n and Axis are launching a new programme of dynamic, practice-led discussions on hospitality, space and contemporary art making, researched and directed by artist, curator and writer Sonya Dyer. Here, she sets out her thinking for the programme.
LiangWest is a “new prototype of gallery for a new generation of artists whose artistic agendas are relevant to contemporary ideals”. For this month’s Collaborative relationships a-n Magazine Coordinator Chris Brown talks to proprietors Theresa Liang and William West and artist Prem Sahib. They discuss the importance of peer support, and describe how they negotiate their ongoing relationship and their forthcoming exhibition project ‘Boyfriend Material’
Aldo Rinaldi and Katherine Daley-Yates discuss northcabin, a programme of site-specific commissions in an unusual venue in Bristol from 2008-09.