The sixth edition of the Oxfordshire festival offers an alternative to traditional music festivals by placing visual art at the centre, including commissions resulting from an a-n Go and See Bursary. Jack Hutchinson reports.
David Dale Gallery & Studios in Glasgow’s east end is celebrating five years of its internationally-focused exhibition programme with the show-in-progress, Finite Project Altered When Open. Chris Sharratt talks to founding co-director Max Slaven.
For the Art Across The City public art programme in Swansea, Glasgow-based artist Michael Stumpf has sited three sculptures in an amphitheatre in order that they can have ‘a debate about the nature of their thingness’. Chris Sharratt finds out more.
Edward Humphrey, a graduate of The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, has won the Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Bursary at the RSA New Contemporaries in Edinburgh.
Last week saw the official launch of Generation, a Scotland-wide celebration of the last 25 years of contemporary art in the country, with blockbuster summer shows opening in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Chris Sharratt reports.
Charlotte Prodger has been announced as the recipient of the annual Margaret Tait Award, awarded to a Scottish or Scotland-based artist working in experimental film and/or moving image.
Asia Triennial Manchester 2014 returns for its third edition this September, with the theme of ‘Conflict and Compassion’.
This year’s shortlist features Duncan Campbell, Tris Vonna-Michell, Ciara Phillips and James Richards.
Sir Anthony Caro, the pre-eminent British sculptor, has died of a heart attack aged 89, his family have confirmed.
Maurice Carlin, one of 23 artists who received a Venice Go and see bursary from a-n, takes a tour of the national pavilions and collateral events at the Giardini, Arsenale and beyond, and finds himself washed up in a flood of contemporary art.
New works by Corin Sworn, Duncan Campbell and Hayley Tompkins have been unveiled as part of the Scotland + Venice 2013 presentation – accompanied by the first ever official visit from a Scottish Government minister.
Locus+ is celebrating 20 years of innovative visual arts projects and publications by launching its first ever fund-raising Print Portfolio at the Venice Biennale. We find out more from Director and Founder Jon Bewley.
Glasgow International announces the launch of two open funding strands for 2014 including the new Open Glasgow Bursary for final year students and recent graduates.
As the debate continues around Margaret Thatcher’s legacy ahead of her all-but state funeral, one thing is sure – the influence of her actions and ideas continues to be felt across the UK. Formed in the midst of her first term, a-n is no exception. Here, Director Susan Jones remembers the dawn of Thatcherism and trawls the a-n archive for pertinent references to the Iron Lady and her policies.
Alejandra Labastida of Mexico City has been announced as the winner of the inaugural Akbank Sanat International Curator Competition.
Pioneering a new model for international residencies, Three Points of Contact brings artists together across a triangle of UK venues to collaborate, research – and just see what happens.
Edinburgh tapestry studios celebrate centenary with showroom of hand-tufted rugs designed by contemporary artists.
Open submission competitions have been generating plenty of comment and debate on a-n of late. What does the biennial Marmite Prize bring to the discussion? We speak to one of its founders.
Exhibition highlights featuring a-n members, including Maybelle Peters in Nottingham, early-career artists in Hull and Northern Irish craft.
Exhibition highlights from across the UK featuring a-n members, including Walker & Bromwich in Perth and sculpture in Chichester Cathedral.
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.
a-n is inviting applications for its Writer Development Programme 2019-20, which will run from October 2019 to March 2020.
The Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design in London and Norwich University of the Arts were the focus for our most recent Instagram degree shows takeovers.
The 58th edition of the Venice Biennale features more than 90 national presentations spread across the Giardini, Arsenale and other locations across the city. We highlight 10 of the best.
Our degree shows Instagram focus for 2019 is underway with takeovers from shows in Scotland and the south of England, plus an a-n team visit to one of the graduate shows in London.
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