
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century
Between the 7th July and 30th December 2017, 80 Contemporary British Paintings will go on display in 4 Chinese art museums for the very first time.
Between the 7th July and 30th December 2017, 80 Contemporary British Paintings will go on display in 4 Chinese art museums for the very first time.
It’s been a very busy couple of weeks but we got there. All ready and looking gorgeous, on time. So much has happened it’s hard to think back in order. Firstly, the customs problems did persist, with one box arriving […]
We asked this year’s Venice Biennale a-n travel bursary recipients and AIR Council members attending the biennale preview to tell us what their highlights were. They came back with 26 different recommendations – and a few repeats.
Launching my project to bring the very best British and Croatian naive artists working today, in a range of media, to a gallery or museum near you, with an outreach programme to encourage art making in the community – including a Call for Partners.
Sketchbooks – beware!! A place where ideas can die. A brainstorm on the brainstorm device. I as many artists do hold sketchbooks in an almost sacred high regard. They are intimately personal, show workings, ideas – good and bad, notes […]
As the final degree show approaches, it is difficult to believe that this process has lasted nearly three years. Generally, apart from the blog, the written component is finished and the show is all that stands between ‘us’ and that […]
i’m supporting a poorly back today by cleaning cupboards and catching up on housework in the kitchen. an at home day. my view through the window fills me with great joy. a monochromatic blue sky backs a splendidly fluid vibrant […]
The Experience in question is the pub open mic night. The variables in play are those of an adjusted set list due to illness… I’ve had a really bad sore throat and cold which meant my bandmates stepped in to […]
Currently studying for an MA in curating, the Northumbria University graduate has been busy developing her practice and project-making skills.
London and Scotland-based artistic duo Thomson & Craighead have created a new generative moving image work for the Look Again festival in Aberdeen. They talk to Jack Hutchinson about the impact of the internet on our lives and how splitting their time between rural and urban areas has benefitted their practice.
I’m not particularly new to art. It’s been an interest for years. My commitment to it has waxed and waned in the past, just as life changes. So after an illness and plenty spare time in respite several years ago, […]
A 5-minute walk from my flat in Hackney Central to Hackney Downs Overground Station. The land is owned by Hackney Borough Council. NO. OF CCTV CAMERAS ENCOUTERED: 7 CCTV OPERATORS: NSL Services Group on behalf of Hackney Council FOOTAGE STORAGE: […]
out of the window this morning i see a flat monochrome sky. in front of it a flat green tree and flat brown bricked buildings. my cup of tea is empty and the puppy is pressed against my right leg. […]
Yes, we do have power. My post is not a simplification of wider more intractable structural power imbalances which work against autistics, but rather seeks to address a specific area in which power may be regained. Society tends to ignore […]
Keith Piper’s exhibition at New Art Exchange, ‘Unearthing the Banker’s Bones’, explores the idea of what our society’s relics might look like from a future perspective. The founder member of the BLK Art Group talks to Wayne Burrows about the themes contained within the work and the continued importance of political and social questions to his practice.
Next to my name and venue number in the guide it says (because that is what I wrote in my entry form): Installation and objects. I wonder if people have been intrigued or confused by that description. From chatting with […]
Culture My father used to say to me, “lucky your pretty with your Dyslexia, at least you can be a glamour model, no need for brains in that game”. It seemed evident very early on that I would be […]
Rachel Bailey is an artist I’ve got to know through the artist peer mentoring group over the course of the past 2 years (she was one of our original members). As artists, we have shared a common preoccupation with themes […]
Just as realised that it was almost time to ‘close’ yesterday my phone rang. It was Eva, who I first met when I visited her studio during last year’s Vår konst, she apologised for being late and wanted to know […]
What I liked about the pace of visitors on Friday was that I was able to spend time with each of them. There was only one occasion when two groups overlapped. With the kind of work that I make, and […]
Science is not all about facts. This much I knew before meeting my partners from the scientific community. But now, having met with my new colleagues I’m much more aware of the many affinities between research-based contemporary sonic art and scientific […]
I had the pleasure of taking part in a Raku workshop on the 8th of April 2017 at the fantastic Seymour Road Studios in Lady Bay, Nottingham. It was here that my passion for clay began several years ago under […]
Drawing made after a recent visit to the Robert Rauschenberg exhibition at Tate Modern and linking this to the UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU.
a-n’s touring programme of workshops, talks and get-togethers begins in early May with Assembly Margate, devised in collaboration with Margate-based social artist Dan Thompson. Stephen Palmer reports.
‘Keeping It Moving’ the blog I wrote while making the short film with Henrietta Thomas, was very much about recording the process & final outcome of a specific piece of work. It was created for the sole purpose of documenting […]