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I am writing to lend support to the ideas expressed in the letter How do other artists feel about unpaid public art competitions? (a-n Magazine, April).

The media is awash with commentary about ‘climate change’, a serious issue that of course affects every one of us.

Critical attitudes on how art practice is dividing or uniting local, international and global practices has been alluded to since the beginnings of modernism; in 2008 these issues remain at the forefront of response to post-modern visual culture.

It’s been fascinating to watch the lively turnover of postings on Interface1 since its launch, both critical writing posted to Reviews unedited and a-n subscribers posting details of their upcoming shows on Interface What’s on.

Chris Brown, Reviews Editor for a-n Magazine, talks to a selection of writers about the practice and pitfalls of taking up the pen.

Since November 2006, Arts Council England has been asking all across the land to add their views on the public value of the arts.

Cultural diversity is a term that has pervaded our language and thinking across all sectors of life and institutions, and its latest manifestation of citizenship is perhaps the most coercive strategy being employed by government.

Every age rewrites its history in its own image. Each age produces art that reflects that image, whether consciously or not.

This month’s a-n Collections: Artists’ profiles presents Edith Marie Pasquier’s selection from over 150 profiles on www.a-n.co.uk.

Artists comment on the Arts Council’s Turning Point Strategy.

Ask yourself these questions. What makes you an artist? And what do you have in common with other artists?

With a government spending review impending, the value of culture has had high scale profiling recently.

Views on cultural policy and the environment for contemporary practice.

The Comment article published in a-n Magazine’s June issue raises a number of points that need to be addressed.

The Meeting of Minds Brain Sciences Project¹ put citizens from nine European countries in open dialogue with brain scientists and policymakers, to explore and make decisions on key future concerns.

I used to subscribe regularly to a-n many years ago and have just renewed my subscription online. In searching the site I have not been able to find anything collated (enlighten me please if I’m wrong!) specific for the more […]

I was fascinated to read your letters page in the July issue of a-n Magazine. Perhaps a new, refreshed debate should commence regarding the value and recompense for all forms of teaching the arts. I have always valued teaching not […]

Cuts in funding at Further Education and Higher Education institutions have had a huge impact recently, particularly within arts departments nationwide, but only cursorily covered in the general press. The government directive to increase student numbers in spite of this […]

Thank you for many years of a-n magazine. I have enjoyed using it very much. Recently I came to the realisation, as I rang yet another competition for details, that I was really using it for the artists’ opportunities. Only […]

Looking back over ten years of Braziers international artists’ workshops World in Motion it’s interesting to see how artists feel about the impact of the workshops on their practice in retrospect. Like Simon Faithfull, who can “track particular career developments […]

Culture secretary Tessa Jowell’s recent essay1 (see News) indicates the government’s rediscovery of the value of culture “for what it does in itself”. Although couched in terms of a “weapon in fighting poverty of aspiration”, this time the battle will […]

We are always keen to hear your opinion on key visual arts issues raised in [a-n] MAGAZINE or discussed elsewhere.