Helen Parrott considers the possibilities offered and some of the questions raised by the recent changes to arts funding systems in England and impending changes in Scotland.
Recent research carried out in the UK shows that eighty per cent of major corporate collections began in the last twenty years, with collections ranging from less than fifty to over 5,000 works. Significantly, half of the works collected were […]
My Interest in movement in relation to natural change has led me on a personal quest into the exploration of changed states of matter: decay, disintegration, movement, relocation and reformation. My enquiry has enabled me to make links between the […]
The rise of independent artist-run spaces across the UK, and a seemingly impenetrable gallery circuit in London, appear poles apart. Gordon Dalton in Edinburgh and Tim Birch in Manchester visit two young, ‘commercially-minded’ spaces that have picked up on this, and are encouraging an art market in exciting and challenging contemporary work outside London.
