The first results of AIR’s UK-wide Paying Artists Survey – which focuses on artists’ experiences of publicly-funded galleries – reveal low earnings, miniscule or no fees at all for exhibiting, and shrinking production budgets.
AIR invites artists to take part in a UK-wide survey exploring artists’ experiences of exhibiting their work in publicly-funded venues.
AIR announces major research and campaign areas for 2013.
Research by a-n shows a continued decline in paid opportunities for artists.
Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery has responded to widespread criticism from artists and withdrawn an advert for unpaid volunteers to help install a forthcoming exhibition by Glasgow artist Jim Lambie.
a-n’s Artist + AIR membership continues to grow, with over 18,000 ‘professional and well-networked’ UK artists now signed up.
Speakers and delegates from the spheres of music, the visual and performing arts come together in London this December for a day of talks and discussions on how the economy is affecting the social ecology of the arts. We find out more from symposium organiser Third Ear Music, and offer a ticket giveaway exclusive to a-n members.
Exhibitions and events from a-n members, plus other major shows.
Influential Director of Wysing Arts Centre, who was made an MBE in 2020, has died after living with lung cancer for the last two years.
The Leeds-based arts charity is hoping to raise £15,000 to commission artists to populate its relocated Art Hostel with new artworks.
In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: high court rules that £10m Giotto painting was removed from Italy unlawfully; OMA wins approval for revised plans for £111.6 million flexible art space on site of the former Granada TV studios; plus Scottish Government announces £5m fund to help businesses affected by Glasgow School of Art fire.
The £150m Creative Industries Sector Deal supports the development of creative clusters and the roll out of a creative careers programme but prioritises digital businesses over culture. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
What does 2018 have in store in terms of exhibitions, art fairs, festivals, conferences and other events? We take a month-by-month look at what the year ahead has to offer.
Highlights for the week ahead with exhibitions and events in London, Margate, Swansea and Newcastle upon Tyne, all selected from a-n’s Events section.
The 20th edition of the Mostyn Open in Llandudno features a broad range of international artists working in a variety of media, including painting, video and metalwork.
Dave Beech’s book Art and Value was the subject of a recent symposium at London’s ICA that raised important questions about such diverse areas as the role of arts organisations, corporate sponsorship and paying artists. Laura Harris attended and found pockets of insight in an incohesive day.
The arts community in Scotland and beyond has responded to the shock announcement that Edinburgh’s Inverleith House gallery is to close, with a petition calling for the decision to be reversed.
This week’s selection includes figurative work in Eastbourne, cyanotype prints in Bradford and drawing in London.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Last art history A-level axed, London’s free art school moves to Margate, and exhibition on slavery causes uproar in Paris.
Susan Jones, a-n’s director for 15 years, receives an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Former a-n director Susan Jones will be sharing evidence gathered through a-n/AIR’s Paying Artists campaign over a hearty lunch of vitamin-rich soup at Stoke-on-Trent’s AirSpace Gallery, the latest event in a series of talks and workshops.
Standpoint Gallery’s Mapping Art Practice Symposium invites practitioners and key thinkers to discuss the geographical and economic implications of art practice in the UK.
A new report published today by the researchers behind last year’s Rebalancing our Cultural Capital, reveals that Lottery funding of the arts in England is largely benefiting the wealthy to the detriment of the country’s poorest and least arts-engaged communities.
AIR Council welcomes three new artist members to its ranks as the a-n/AIR Paying Artists Campaign gathers momentum.
In the final questionnaire in our series featuring the thoughts and experiences of artists and other arts professionals, a-n’s Director reflects on how 2013 was for her and the organisation.
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