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 […]
A partnership between Staffordshire County Council Arts Service and the Library Service resulted in the launch in February of a new state of the art mobile library with artist-designed exteriors. As a result of an open submission from West Midlands […]
ART SHEFFIELD 03 is the first citywide contemporary art event of its scale to take place in Sheffield. Running 29 March – 19 April, it will comprise a dazzling array of contemporary art events at the city’s major galleries and […]
Located in a ‘cultural industries’ area ourselves for the past three years, we can confirm that the advantages – creative networking and exchange, vibrant working environment, immediate access to like-minded cultural specialists, mutual support in development, etc – are there […]
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 […]
A gallery run by children is amongst recent recipients of a Scottish Arts Council lottery grant. Room 13, a group of primary school children who run an art studio and gallery at Caol Primary School near Fort William, was awarded […]
Networked Bodies is an ongoing research and development project for New Work Network. Through examination of alternative models of funding and commissioning, the aim is to establish a radical new model for commissioning live work. It is envisaged that this […]
Ten years ago: The TWSA project which intended to create a new perception of possibilities for public art in four cities included work by Mona Hatoum. Vong Phaophanit, Richard Deacon, and Donald Rodney; The Spectator Painting Competition offered a £2,000 […]
A high percentage of Jennie Moncur’s work is commissioned. Since 1986, alongside undertaking a range of private commissions, she has built up a portfolio of public works including thirty tapestries; painted fabrics and rugs for Jardine Insurance Brokers; laser-cut linoleum […]
This year’s Big Draw, running 16-23 October, brings together one thousand venues of all types and sizes. Included are the major national museums, shopping centres, stately homes, Roman palaces, folk museums, steam pumping stations, church halls, gardens, stations and even […]
The Land and the Samling programme reached a climax in July when sixty young people from schools and colleges in north east England worked alongside professional artists at Kielder Forest, Northumberland. The result of a creative partnership between the Samling […]
A CD-Rom documenting Artsway’s three-year project ‘The World of Our Landscape’ aims to further knowledge and debate on the impact of landscape on contemporary practice. The project involved established and emerging artists who through exhibitions, residencies and commissions responded to […]
September saw realisation of two public art commissions involving artist Peter Fink. In Edinburgh, the second phase of his artwork for the Fruitmarket Gallery was officially switched on. A light pavement running the length of the gallery façade, it completes […]
The National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) recently announced over forty new awards worth over £3.5 million, as part of its mission to spot and invest in UK innovation and creative talent. This brings the total awards […]
Recent research carried out in the UK shows that eighty per cent of major corporate collections began in the last twenty years, with collections ranging from less than fifty to over 5,000 works. Significantly, half of the works collected were […]
A recent survey of the crafts sector by Craft Forum Wales found that 63% of makers had access to the internet and 16% were already using it to sell their work. This survey which was undertaken in order to measure […]
Two and a half years ago, Newcastle upon Tyne’s Side Gallery decided to reactivate its programme of documentary photography commissions. Side always flourished on the interaction between its exhibitions and the active documentation of northern lives and landscapes, but, since […]
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