Arts calendar 2014: Conferences and events
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
What does 2014 have in store in terms of conferences and events, art fairs and festivals? We take a month-by-month look at what the year has to offer.
Antony Gormley, Susan Philipsz, Jonathan Harvey and David Panton are amongst the artists and arts professionals recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List 2014.
For the last of guides to Christmas shopping alternatives to the high street, we take a look at gift ideas from artist-led charities, self-organised publishers and craft centres around the UK.
In part three of our series highlighting artworks by artists and designer-makers that provide an enticing alternative to the high street, we visit Bexhill-on-Sea, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London.
From the Turner Prize to the recent Lumiere festival, the visual arts has played an important role in Derry-Londonderry’s 12 months as the first UK City of Culture. But as the year draws to a close, what will its legacy be for art and artists in the city?
Our search for gift ideas beyond the High Street continues as we highlight opportunities to support the work of artists and arts organisations in Aberdeen, Ashford, Bristol, London and Sheffield.
As Hull is announced Capital of Culture 2017, Pippa Koszerek takes a look at the burgeoning artist-led activity harboured by this unique and geographically isolated city.
An open day at High House Artists’ Studios this Saturday unveils a new three-storey studio building in Purfleet, Essex, the latest in an ever-expanding network from pioneering London-based charity, Acme.
This week’s selection of must-see shows includes Korean artist Haegue Yang at Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Michael Landy at the National Gallery, and photographic viewpoints of the city in Manchester.
This week’s (8-14 November) whistlestop tour of international contemporary art action takes us to Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Gothenburg and Leuven in Belgium.
Arts Council England’s update of its 10-year ‘strategic framework’ makes for sober and serious reading. But while there are no dramatic changes in its ambitions and priorities, Mark Robinson finds a worrying lack of solutions for cash-strapped artists and no recognition of the regional imbalance in arts funding.
As the eyes of much of the artworld were on Frieze, the artist-led Sluice Art Fair returned for its second edition, with a mission to encourage a sharing of ideas between artist-run scenes. Dany Louise reports on the weekend event in Bermondsey.
The role of the artist studio within processes of redevelopment in cities has been brilliantly captured in a fascinating publication, The Nomadic Studio: Art, Life and the Colonisation of Meanwhile Space. Tim Clark speaks to Michael Heilgemeir, the photographer behind it.
Over 70 non-commercial venues across east and south London are opening their doors as part of the first ever Art Licks Weekend.
Chisenhale Art Place is marking its +30 anniversary with an open event across the three organisations that occupy the building in east London. We talk to Arts Manager Andrea Davidson and founding artist John Fuller about its history, ethos and how it plans to celebrate.
A new offsite project in Leigh from Castlefield Gallery and Cross Street Arts, comes at a time when the town’s Turnpike Gallery is facing an uncertain future as council budget cuts bite.
This weekend sees the opening of Somerset Art Weeks, a two-week-long visual art and crafts festival with a micro-tasting feast of locally-sourced foods.
Zeitgeist Arts Projects has announced artists selected for the second Open Exhibition, opening later this month as part of the Deptford X International Art Festival.
ArtSOUTH brings together 15 organisations and ten artists for a series of new art commissions across Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Winchester and Bournemouth. Curator Judy Adam discusses the rationale and process behind the commissions, while artist Graham Gussin explains how he pulled off a tricky collaboration with a collective of choreographers and the British Army.
Gasworks, the South London studio and exhibition/residency space, has plans to redevelop and expand the building its been based in for nearly 20 years. Before it does, though, it’s raising funds with a high-profile auction. We talk to Director Alessio Antoniolli and artist and former studio holder, Alexandre da Cunha.
London-based studio provider Acme celebrates its 40th anniversary with an archive exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery, looking at its first decade. Co-founder and Chief Executive, Jonathan Harvey, discusses how a group of recent graduates formed a charitable housing association, launched Acme Gallery and became the self-supporting organisation it is today.
After last year’s hiatus, the artist-focused art fair returns to London during Frieze week, offering a snapshot of grassroots practice in 2013. We find out more from Sluice co-director Karl England and talk to some of this year’s participants.
This weekend, Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester is celebrating its temporary closure for a major redevelopment. We talk to its director about the need to grow, planning for the future and the importance of a good send off.
A major new programme for 2013 and 2014 has been launched by Scottish Print Network to support new work by leading artists from Scotland and Commonwealth countries.
After a break last year for the Olympics, the sixth edition of the Hackney WickED Art Festival takes place this weekend in London’s East End. We talk to the people who make it happen.