1 February 2012, Shoreditch, London. Recording Time: 33 minutes.
As part of Joshua Sofaer’s Artist as Leader research, sculptor and installation artist Cornelia Parker discusses how she came to art making and her reluctance to assume the position of leader: “All my work is about undoing positions of power”.
Simon Morrissey cuts to the chase with Cornelia Parker and finds out how she has fought commercial pressures to follow her own artistic agenda.
As the Clore Leadership Programme’s first dedicated ‘Artist Fellow’, Joshua Sofaer set about exploring what ‘Artist as Leader’ might mean. Here he shares an overview of what his research revealed.
Profiling studio and workshop facilities around the country, plus ambitious exhibition projects that are engaging with local communities.
Artist Rona Smith, public art consultant Vivien Lovell and architect Soraya Khan discuss the development of Rona’s ambitious North Elevation work which was permanently installed at Lumen United Reform Church last year.
To celebrate its ten-year anniversary The Multiple Store has announced a new six-month residency at Westbrook Gallery, London.
Opportunities abound for involvement in Independent State, an ambitious participatory project sited in Frome.
Various locations, Frome, Somerset
10 May – 21 June
Manick Govinda on the often secretive processes behind awards by nomination as well as the benefits for artists in terms of recognition and critical acclaim.
Aspex, Portsmouth’s contemporary visual art gallery, opens in its new premises in the heart of Portsmouth’s regenerated Gunwharf Quays in December.
The Comment article published in a-n Magazine’s June issue raises a number of points that need to be addressed.
Despite the fact that more people than ever before are going to galleries, the upsurge of festivals and public and the willingness of foreign collectors to buy British art, it’s clear from talking to artists that their bank accounts are in as dire a state as they’ve ever been.
2006 is the sixtieth anniversary of the Arts Council Collection, the largest loan collection of post-war and contemporary British art in the world.
The thirteen nominees for this year’s £20,000 Beck’s Futures prize have been announced:
Stéphanie Delcroix presents The Multiple Store from behind the scenes.
A new commission from Julian Opie has launched redevelopment of the West Wing at Barts as a national Breast Care Centre of Excellence. Architects Greenhill Jenner’s proposal will create a contemporary, state-of-the-art medical facility with strong ‘patient appeal’ whilst celebrating […]
The University of Gloucestershire and The Jerwood Charitable Foundation recently announced the winners of this year’s Jerwood Drawing Prize, selected from a severty-five strong shortlist. First prize of £5,000 went to Adam Dant, second prize of £3,000 to Ansel Krut […]
Although much funding for artists is firmly tied to delivery of a service – such as a community residency or commission – it’s heartening to hear about opportunities, which enable artists to ‘buy time’ instead. Notable examples include the Hamlyn […]
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