It’s only a couple of weeks until I host the first national Empty Shops Conference. Now conferences all look a bit big and scary, but this is organised on a shoestring (which has been jointly funded by Worthing Regeneration and […]
Outline Proposal I propose to exhibit a show of works that are interpretations of contemporary art works and contemporary artists themselves, in the form of sculptural soft toy dolls.The exhibition would consist of an installation of fabric creations, some completed […]
Tim Birch profiles John Moores Contemporary Painting Prize in the build up to the twenty-fifth exhibition.
In and around Folkestone, Folkestone
14 June – 14 September 2008
Publicly-funded arts organisations are exhorted to extend participation in the arts by getting more people actively engaged in off-site and public realm programmes. Alongside, those in the business world are increasingly aware of the advantages of bringing artists’ ideas into development and regeneration projects. Here we highlight selected projects happening over the summer within the wider public domain.
Emilia Telese explores peer review funding for the arts within a holistic art and social environment.
Lara Farrar asks “Has technology rendered the art critic obsolete or does it hold the key for the revival of the profession?”
Artists’ organisation CARFAC played a pivotal role in last year’s Ottawa Visual Arts Summit where formal and informal gatherings brought artists, administrators, academics and volunteers together to set direction for the visual arts community in the coming years.
Kent, and the Kent Coast in particular, has become host to a series of contemporary art festivals and international events.
I've been keeping a blog on other sites since last semester, which is why I've been able to copy the best bits across on here. There's a lot I obviously haven't included, including a trip to New York to visit […]
Chris Brown introduces a rulebook to guide you through the whys and wherefores of artist-led activity.
Further to a letter published in error in the December issue of a-n Magazine and our apology to Creative Foundation in the January issue, here Creative Foundation exercises its Right to Reply:
De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea Found a Kjell Torriset catalogue in the shop – I hadn’t seen his work before – really like the installations.Coffee and cake on the terrace – lots of ideas for new work. I […]
There is something about a ceramics conference that can send a shudder up the spine.
One of the problems of retrospective blogging is that the dates can get confused. And it is no surprise this has happened in my busy and currently rather disorganized life. This entry was in fact written on 22nd June and […]
The 52nd Venice Bienniale that launches in June combines exhibitions of significant visual art from international artists with passeggiata and associated networking opportunities on the grandest scale for the throng of curators and artists who will assemble there. The main […]
I've noticed that contemporary art often seems to highlight gritty urban themes, while rurally-based work seems to fall into a few well-worn areas like agriculture/science, nature/culture or botany/sex. I guess one of my aims for Festial is to do something […]
As part of our research into the collaborative process, we’ve begun to build up quite a list of collaborative partnerships whose work we’d like to look at, some of whom, if possible, we’d like to meet and talk to. Recently […]
Charles Avery, Henry Coombes, Louise Hopkins, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lucy Skaer and Tony Swain will represent Scotland at the 52nd Venice Biennale of Art.
Serpentine Gallery
11 November 2006 to 1 January 2007
Ferens Art Gallery Hull
4 April 2006 to 6 June 2006
Artist David Macintosh takes a personal look at collaborative working.
After close involvement in campaigning for the Artist’s Resale Right, painter Simon Black is warmly welcoming this new right.
Measures to give artists a share of the proceeds from the resale of their work became law in January.
From a-n Magazine May 1995 ‘Minky Manky’ at South London Art Gallery showed, amongst others, work by Damien Hirst and Mat Collishaw, along with Tracey Emin’s Love Tent; Christopher Pauling won the £4,000 Mostyn Open purchase prize; Leo Fitzmaurice and […]
