Once again I was totally surprised to see my blog image on the front page of Artists Talking. The children were even more thrilled to see their advent calendar scene on the choice blog spot. As Rob Turner said blogging […]
I am persevering with the speech recognition but I realise that my Belfast accent is challenging it somewhat. I have found if I want it to type correctly I need to don the persona of a BBC newsreader circa 1960. […]
Something of a creative hiatus this week; we all went to London for a spot of gallery bashing. Loved Mike Nelson’s Coral Reef, Fiona Banner’s amazing aircraft and Rachel Whiteread’s drawings at Tate Britain, also Rosa Barba’s great projector/film installation […]
The Barbican Gallery, London
10 June – 12 September 2010
So last week I spent some time in the archives with Neil, the museum curator and although part of my proposal was based on using objects from the archives in a sculptural context, he isn’t letting me used any out […]
The next few sessions I skipped into the MillSpace and spent quite a few hours constructing spokes for the wheels of a crane on Photoshop and then setting them up frame by frame for animation. There will be a much […]
Edited by David Mollin and John Reardon. Ridinghouse Publishers., London
1 January 2009
I went to see Rachel Whiteread’s drawings at Tate Britain and generally enjoyed the exhibition although the work didn’t excite me as much as I thought it was going to. The way she isolates objects is very much a sculptural […]
Royal Academy and South Bank Centre, London
14 October 2009 – 14 January 2010
An overview of curatorial practice, highlights profiles and other resources on this topic.
London’s Whitechapel Gallery reopens in April following a
Beyond the curatorial work established by and presented from within art museums and galleries, a plethora of curatorial organisations operate in order to support and develop the practice of curating. This tour, by Charlotte Frost, examines some of the different remits addressed by curatorial organisations, providing an initial orientation in their hugely diverse activities.
Jane Watt delves into the process of commissioning and looks at the organisations and bodies offering opportunities to artists at all stages of their careers. Fully updated for 2008.
Surface Gallery, Nottingham
25-28 February 2008
News of gallery developments, expansions and relocations.
South Central is a not-for-profit contemporary art space that started in July and is based in the Southgate Centre shopping mall, Bath, an area due for redevelopment.
The programme ‘Climate Change: Cultural Change’ took place in June, 2006 in Newcastle-Gateshead, curated by Helix Arts with CarbonNeutralNewcastle.
July sees the launch of a major new £1 million commissioning initiative.
2006 is the sixtieth anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, the largest loan collection of post-war and contemporary British art in the world.
ArtSway, the contemporary visual arts centre in the New Forest, has announced that it has completed on the freehold purchase of its gallery and grounds, securing the future of the organisation and offering increased resources for contemporary visual arts in […]
News in October that twenty-three ‘leading’ artists are to donate artworks to the Tate collection prompted a flurry of debate across the visual arts world. It raised the issue of whether it is a good thing for artists, at any […]
Paul Glinkowski talks to artist Jem Finer about his ongoing project Longplayer, and to his collaborator James Lingwood, Co-Director of Artangel.
The BBC has commissioned a new work from internationally renowned Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, due for installation next year. Entitled Breathing the light sculpture will be positioned above the new BBC Broadcasting House complex and will act as a memorial […]
Jane Watt discusses contemporary approaches to the creation of public monuments.
Kate Day, curator of contemporary craft at Manchester Art Gallery, talks to Amanda Fielding about her work. First in a new six-part series ‘Crossing over’ focusing on arts professionals and how they work with artists.
