Recipients of this year’s Birthday Honours also include writer and ceramicist Edmund de Waal and photographer Martin Parr.
I visited Firstsite during a break in the lockdowns back in October this year. I had seen that Phyllida Barlow was exhibiting here and I really like her sculptural work. I liked that the work was being shown in the […]
The British artist’s commission for this year’s British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is bold, colourful and engulfs the entire site of the pavilion in Venice’s Giardini.
Sculpture and installation artist to create new work for solo show at the 57th International Art Biennale.
As Phyllida Barlow becomes the 40th artist to join Artist Rooms, it’s announced that a new, dedicated exhibition space for the collection at the Tate Modern extension will debut with work by Louise Bourgeois.
The programme for this year’s annual Edinburgh Art Festival includes the first solo show in Scotland from Phyllida Barlow and an open call for proposals from early career, Scotland-based artists.
The UK’s presence at this year’s Venice Biennale is particularly strong, with Phyllida Barlow’s sculptures at the British Pavilion, Rachel Maclean’s new film for Scotland + Venice, James Richards’ sound and film work representing Wales, and the new Diaspora Pavilion reflecting the diverse cultural backgrounds of UK-based artists. Moira Jeffrey reports.
This week’s selection features exhibitions, talks and projects presented via online viewing rooms, social media and other online platforms, plus newly reopened physical spaces, including: Phyllida Barlow leads the reopening of Firstsite gallery, a-n member Kerry Baldry curates an online moving image exhibition of work made within the duration of one minute by artists at varying stages of their careers, plus The Crafts Council’s bi-monthly lunchtime talks designed to support makers in their business development.
In Brief: News briefing featuring national and international stories including: Jupiter Artland marks 10th anniversary with first permanent commission by Phyllida Barlow; UK museums suffer as Heritage Lottery grants plummet; Arts Council of Ireland issues impartiality warning over abortion referendum.
A selection of recommended exhibitions for the week ahead, including Katsushika Hokusai prints in London, Phyllida Barlow and Michael Armitage in Margate, and Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood’s sea paintings in Cambridge.
The first-ever Hepworth Prize for Sculpture exhibition has just opened at The Hepworth Wakefield, featuring work by shortlisted artists Phyllida Barlow, Steven Claydon, Helen Marten and David Medalla. Pippa Koszerek reports.
With the announcement last week that James Richards is to represent Wales at the 2017 Venice Biennale, joining Rachel Maclean for Scotland, Phyllida Barlow in the British Pavilion and Jesse Jones for Ireland, Belfast-based curator Hugh Mulholland laments the continuing absence of a Northern Ireland presence at the world’s longest running art biennial.
The founder and director of Situations Claire Doherty has been recognised in the 2016 New Year’s Honours list for her outstanding contribution to the arts in the public realm, while artist Phyllida Barlow and Henry Moore Foundation director Godfrey Worsdale also receive honours for services to the arts.
This week’s selections include a ‘topical’ collection of new works by Gilbert and George in London, pioneering abstract paintings by the British post-war artist Sandra Blow in Penzance, and a series of ‘exuberant’ installations by Phyllida Barlow – made in response to the unique surroundings of Hauser and Wirth’s gallery space in Somerset.
I am in that weird headspace that having a cold gives one … or at least gives me … I should have been on a site visit on Wednesday, I should have been at a seminar on Thursday, I […]
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows, including Zarah Hussain’s solo show at Rugby Art Gallery.
I’ve looked at the list of artists that Mona gave me in the tutorial on Friday. The list includes: Phyllida Barlow, Sonia Gomes, Shin Smith, Michelle Stewart and Sara Barker. With the more abstract works, I wasn’t sure what it […]
The just-published 32-page guide includes an expanded ‘Class of 2020’ section featuring images and insight from both graduating students and lecturers, plus there’s an extensive interview with collaborative duo Jane and Louise Wilson, and collectives from around the UK discuss why ‘putting heads together to collaborate is an artistic no brainer’
British artists Jane and Louise Wilson began working collaboratively in the late 1980s when studying at different art colleges in Newcastle and Dundee. Nominated for the 1999 Turner Prize, the Newcastle-born twins are known for their moving image and photographic […]
Our regular selection of shows to see around the UK, including Turner-Prize-winning artist Helen Cammock at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge, Charlotte Hodes’ ceramic installations at The National Centre For Craft & Design, Sleaford, plus the first of Studio Voltaire’s series of offsite exhibitions.
Five visual artists will each receive a ‘no strings attached’ £60,000 grant in the annual Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists.
As the marquees go up in the park, we take a look at some of the fairs, events and curated projects taking place this week in London and beyond, including a new Art on the Underground commission by Denzil Forrester, House of Voltaire’s latest pop-up space and the second iteration of the Coventry Biennial.
This week’s recommended shows include a major festival of international sculpture across four venues in Yorkshire, an exhibition in Manchester of work by 17 artists inspired by a 1932 mass trespass, and in London a powerful painting show by three generation-spanning black female artists.
