A new collaborative research study from Warwick University and a-n will explore the impact of artist-led initiatives on cultural value.
This week, we catch a New Wave of emerging artistic talent at Birmingham’s RBSA Gallery and explore national identity through Rachel Maclean’s timely exhibition at CCA in Glasgow. Plus there are shows in London, Exeter and Liverpool to enjoy, including a life-size reconstruction of Piet Mondrian’s Paris studio at Tate Liverpool.
The 7th Whitstable Biennale launches this weekend with a programme of performances, moving image, talks by and on the sea – and its own app.
Staff from Glasgow School of Art and Historic Scotland have begun the first stage of reconstruction work on the fire damaged western section of the Mackintosh building.
Charlotte Prodger has been announced as the recipient of the annual Margaret Tait Award, awarded to a Scottish or Scotland-based artist working in experimental film and/or moving image.
In just over one week, more than 1000 supporters have signed up to back a-n and AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
Nathan Eastwood has been awarded the £10,000 East London Painting Prize for his work Nico’s Café.
The Visual Arts and Galleries Association is to close with immediate effect after its board decides its future is untenable.
German photographer Michael Schmidt has died just days after winning of the Prix Pictet photography prize 2014.
A generative artwork based on woodland ecosystems has launched in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, and will tour to three more forests in England throughout the summer.
Artist Sean Lynch, commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick and curator Woodrow Kernohan have been announced as the Ireland at Venice team for the 56th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
As work continues to clear the historic Mackintosh building following Friday’s fire, Glasgow School of Art announces bursaries for students and the Scottish government pledges its support in restoring the damaged section of the art school.
We continue our coverage of degree shows across the UK with a tour of the Slade School of Art BA/BFA show in London.
This week’s selection includes a marrying of abstract and representational imagery in Nottingham, two exhibitions exploring different aspects of London life, and a chance to revisit work by Douglas Gordon as part of a celebration of the last 25 years of Scottish art.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a statement saying the destruction of the structure and majority of the contents of Glasgow School of Art has been prevented.
Fire fighters in Glasgow are tackling a major blaze at Glasgow School of Art’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building.
Bob and Roberta Smith’s Art Party film is to be released on 21 August and will be accompanied by a series of parties across the UK.
The artists for the 2014 edition of Bloomberg New Contemporaries, which will this year form part of the Liverpool Biennial programme, have been announced.
The German photographer Michael Schmidt has been selected as the winner of this year’s Prix Pictet photography prize, for his series investigating the ways in which we feed ourselves.
Esther Teichmann’s Fractal Scars, Saltwater and Tears, published by Self Publish, Be Happy, is an ambiguous and dreamy rumination on loss, longing, femininity and the nude. Tim Clark steps into an imaginary world of desire and finds a vertiginous exploration of womanhood.
Asia Triennial Manchester 2014 returns for its third edition this September, with the theme of ‘Conflict and Compassion’.
As the degree shows season gathers pace, we take a trip to Dundee for the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design show.
For London-based artists, finding a secure, affordable, and long-term studio can be a struggle, with many existing spaces threatened by the relentless march of redevelopment and rising rents. Lou Boyd, Kitty Knowles and Emma Finamore of EastLondonLines.co.uk discuss the problem with artists and studio providers, and uncover how artists in east London are rising to the challenge – and finding new solutions.
DACS is calling on artists and estates to take part in a survey on the Artist’s Resale Right, following a call for evidence on its workings by the UK government.
This week we start our journey in Manchester for a Bob and Roberta Smith curated exhibition of artwork, music and writing by prisoners and offenders, head to Brighton to enjoy the kaleidoscopic sculptural forms of Jacob Dahlgren, and end up in London where artist-in-residence Gerry Bibby is probing an art organisation’s idiosyncrasies.
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