Concerning the word ‘spiritual’ in art. Mark Dean considers the historical roots of art’s contemporary alliances to spirituality and asks whether art is the new religion.
Comings and goings amongst arts professionals and curators, designed to aid networking and collaboration.
Dan Thompson from The Revolutionary Arts Group reveals how artists are once again making use of empty spaces as a means to kick-start both the cultural and economic well being of town centres, and suggests seven steps to enable this area of practice to flourish.
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, officially re-opened its upper galleries to the public in October with Connect, a new permanent exhibition that makes connections between works of art from different cultures and times.
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Mima) has opend its doors to the public after a major lottery-supported refit.
Contemporary Art and Ideas in and Era of Globalisation
Published by inIVA
Chris Ofili has designed the logo for next year’s celebration of African arts and culture across London. The logo design rotates the silhouette of Africa fifty-two times, once for every country in Africa, with the map rotated around Cape Town, […]
Artist’s jobs and opportunities 1989-2003
News in October that twenty-three ‘leading’ artists are to donate artworks to the Tate collection prompted a flurry of debate across the visual arts world. It raised the issue of whether it is a good thing for artists, at any […]
A-n Director of Programmes Susan Jones reviews artists’ jobs and opportunities over the years.
International fairs are a great opportunity for researching galleries and making contacts, here is a selection of just some of the 150 showing at this year’s Frieze Art Fair.
As the international art world’s attention turns to London, Eliza Patten previews Frieze Art Fair and some of the events taking place alongside it.
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
11 June – 29 August
Edith-Marie Pasquier talks to inIVA Director Gilane Tawadros and artist Alia Syed about their experience of working together.
Linda Weintraub
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
The shortlist has been announced for the new annual Comme Ca Art Prize for contemporary visual artists in the North of England. The five lucky artists are Matthew Houlding, The Little Artists, David Mackintosh, Paul Rooney and Richard Talbot. For […]
This year’s Venice Biennale sees the first separate national presentations from Wales and Scotland. Gordon Dalton and Graham Ramsay preview the two country’s contributions.
Devolution in the UK has hit this year’s Venice Biennale, with England, Scotland and Wales each having an independent presence there. This year, the British Pavilion will be showing the work of Chris Ofili; Scotland will be represented by Jim […]
The Contemporary Art Society (CAS) supports the museum collection of contemporary art. Hugh Adams investigates the society’s aims and activities and offers advice on making an approach to CAS.
Heralded as the north of England’s answer to the Turner Prize, the Comme ça Art Prize North aims to raise the profile of artists living and working beyond London. Worth £10,000 (against the Turner Prize of £20,000), the prize will […]
Continuing our series on the career development of well-established artists, writer Roy Exley meets Sonia Boyce to discuss how she has steered her career from British Home Stores shop assistant to celebrated artist.
What are artists’ associate programmes and what do they offer within the broad landscape of artists’ professional development? What should artists consider before applying? Based on extensive research into sixty arts organisations across England, Scotland and Wales, this guide by Dany Louise offers artists help in thinking through the various options available to them.
Highlighting just some of the festivals, events and exhibitions taking place across the North of England this season.
Reviews editor appointed We are pleased to announce that from this issue onwards we have a new reviews editor. Chris Brown, an artist based in Cardiff, will be selecting and commissioning writers for the reviews section of a-n Magazine – […]
Dion Ellis gives an overview of SCAN (Southern Collaborative Arts Network), an evolving consortium of ten independent arts organisations that aims to promote emergent, collaborative and experimental practice based around new media.
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