Seminal works in felt and animal fat by Joseph Beuys, the first survey in Europe of Ursula von Rydingsvard’s meticulously assembled structures, and the largest collection of British surrealist art in the country – this week’s selections take us to Oxford, Wakefield and Kendal, via Milton Keynes and London.
The Intellectual Property Office has published new guidance for copyright holders ahead of reforms to UK copyright law.
As national portfolio organisations in England wait for news on their funding applications to Arts Council England, Three Johns and Shelagh argue that the system is flawed and that it’s time to rethink both what ACE is and what it is for.
Emma Smith, former Head of Creative Enterprise at the Bluecoat, will lead the biennial festival through next phase of growth.
a-n’s Artist + AIR membership continues to grow, with over 18,000 ‘professional and well-networked’ UK artists now signed up.
This week (11-17 April), we’re getting agitated in Limerick with EVA International, celebrating Van Gogh at a new gallery in Arles, and visiting Cologne for the 46th edition of the world’s oldest art fair.
From over 2500 entries, 52 artists have been selected for the 2014 John Moores Prize exhibition, the UK’s largest prize devoted to painting.
The full programme for Liverpool Biennial 2014 has been announced and includes works by Sharon Lockhart, Will Holder and Jef Cornelis, and will open with the performance of a new composition by Michael Nyman commemorating the Hillsborough disaster.
Sajid Javid, MP for Bromsgrove and financial secretary to the Treasury, replaces Maria Miller as the new culture secretary.
Creative Scotland has launched its 10-year plan for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland, setting out its ambitions and priorities over the next decade.
Maria Miller, the culture secretary, has resigned from the cabinet following mounting pressure over her expenses.
Suspended from the station’s Grade 1 listed Barlow Shed roof, David Batchelor’s newly commissioned public art work is unveiled at London’s St Pancras International as part of the latest Terrance Wires installation.
The artist Alan Davie, who was known for creating works that drew heavily on myth and ‘magic symbolism’, has died at the age of 93.
New Glasgow International director Sarah McCrory has stamped her personality on the festival’s programme, but the sixth edition of this biennial with a difference still retains its unique character and sense of place.
While the Top ten blogs for March sees new entries by J Kay Aplin and AnnaMaria Pinaka & Jennifer Picken, it’s Marion Michell’s blog Sleep Drunk I Dance that once again hits the high spot, with another impressive score.
This week we get all immersive with new installations by Wu Chi-Tsung in Sheffield and Shezad Dawood in London, while in Leeds, Ian Kiaer’s works explore questions of value and form, and in Colchester, Aleksandra Domanović looks into how the post-war environment of the former Yugoslavia has been shaped by the media and technology.
26 disabled artists to be supported bringing ambitious new works to audiences across the UK.
Major development project will restore former Rubber Company HQ to create specialist arts centre for the city.
This week (4-10 April) we take a trip to the 12th Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador, worry about modern living in Pinheiros, Brazil, and ponder the impact of digitalisation in Düsseldorf.
Roe Ethridge’s latest photobook, Sacrifice Your Body, is a searing exploration of the real making itself present in an artificial world, and provides plenty for Tim Clark to think about.
Sir Sandy Crombie, the first chair of Scotland’s arts funding body Creative Scotland, is to leave his position after four years in the role.
The sixth edition of Glasgow International, the biennial festival of contemporary art in Scotland’s biggest city, is the first with new director Sarah McCrory at the helm. On the eve of its public launch, she explains why both laughter and tears are important in art.
This year’s FutureEverything in Manchester included an art programme looking at the role of technology in the cities of the future, and exploring how mass data gathering and surveillance is affecting our lives. Bob Dickinson reports from the festival’s ‘pop-up urban experiment’.
The Canal & River Trust has announced an ambitious programme of contemporary art as part of its Arts on the Waterways programme.
The recently published Arts Council England report, The Value of Arts and Culture to People and Society, has been attracting criticism from academics for the quality of its research and its subsequent findings. Mike White, Research Fellow in Arts in Health, is unimpressed by its ‘holistic case’ for arts and culture.
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