The CEO of Creative Scotland looks back at the work of the organisation over the last year, which saw the arts funding body launch its ten-year plan, Unlocking Potential, Embracing Ambition.
Artist Craig Barnes – who in 2014 completed his project to restore a 1960s Futuro house, exhibiting it on the roof of Matt’s Gallery, London – looks back on a year of small miracles and big emotions.
The new director of mima in Middlebrough, previously deputy director at Grizedale Arts, reflects on a year that he likens to an art world fairground ride with Ryan Gander and Jeremy Deller at the helm…
The director of Hauser & Wirth Somerset, which opened to the public in July, reflects on a busy time that saw two years of planning and development come to fruition.
“So many of our friends are now having to leave London, who can afford to stay?” Artes Mundi-shortlisted artists Karen Mirza and Brad Butler on a year of “being squeezed”.
The international curator and former director of Liverpool Biennial looks back on a year that, amongst many other things, saw him curate the third Folkestone Triennial.
For the final Now Showing selection of 2014, Jack Hutchinson selects shows in Derby, Nottingham, London, Liverpool and Glasgow.
In the first of our end-of-year series, Rose Wylie – winner of the John Moores Painting Prize 2014 – reflects on 12 months that have seen the joy of her achievements tempered by personal loss.
A 10 metre high lightning bolt by artist S Mark Gubb has been unveiled as a new permanent beacon in Cardiff city centre.
Arts Council England has awarded MK Gallery in Milton Keynes nearly £3m towards its major expansion project.
Inspired by its location on a busy junction along Essex Road, north London, Tintype gallery is hosting eight newly commissioned film works in its window space over the holiday season. Gallery director Teresa Grimes and artists Suki Chan and George Eksts explain.
Six a-n writers – based in London, Hastings, Glasgow and Edinburgh – pick, in no particular order, their top five UK exhibitions of the year.
Arts Council England has appointed Darren Henley, current head of Classic FM, as its new chief executive.
DACS has announced that a record 23,000 visual artists and artist estates have claimed almost £5 million through the Payback royalties scheme this year.
As part of a year-long research programme exploring how artists and academics have worked together, Castlefield Gallery is hosting a discussion event exploring the approaches artists take to working in higher education. Plus, a-n is offering writer bursaries to enable two artists to attend the event and report back.
The search is on for the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2015, with the fundraising charity announcing that the photographer Martin Parr has been commissioned to produce a portfolio of the shortlisted museums.
This week’s selection of must-see UK shows stretches from Nestor Armando Gil in Exeter to Alasdair Gray in Glasgow, with detours to London and the North East along the way.
While strategies to pay artists better are forging ahead in the UK, this vital issue is also on high on the agenda in some other countries. Susan Jones reports on Working Artists: aspects of art and labour, a recent conference in South Korea which she also spoke at.
Lowcs International has awarded commissions to two artists, Liam Aitken and Rich White, following the Swansea-based organisation’s second annual Public Art Open Submission competition.
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard have been announced winners of The 2014 British Independent Film Award’s Debut Director category for 20,000 Days on Earth, their feature film about Nick Cave that merges fiction with documentary.
The latest in our series on the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts looks at Project Daedalus, AND Festival’s investigation into the creative and practical potential of drones in the arts.
The five artists selected for the fifth Jerwood Makers Open, who will each receive a £7500 commission, have been announced.
A new five-year strategy for Arts Council Wales abandons artform emphasis and sets out to enable creative professionals to work at their best and connect with the whole of Wales.
The UK now has representative cities for five of the seven creative industries championed by the Creative Cities Network. Arts Professional’s Liz Hill reports.
The winner of the 2014 Film London Jarman Award and the four recipients of Random Acts commissions for Channel 4 have been announced.
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