Speakers and delegates from the spheres of music, the visual and performing arts come together in London this December for a day of talks and discussions on how the economy is affecting the social ecology of the arts. We find out more from symposium organiser Third Ear Music, and offer a ticket giveaway exclusive to a-n members.
Grayson Perry used his final Reith Lecture for BBC Radio 4 to look at his journey to becoming an artist, and to discuss the central purpose of creating art, which he described as “meaning making”.
Angus McEwan is the only British artist to feature amongst the 24 award-winners of the Shenzhen Watercolour Biennial in China.
The 55th Venice Biennale achieves daily attendance record – and surpasses 400,000 visitors.
Scotland’s Creative Learning Plan has set out a vision for creativity in education over the next ten years.
Creative workers are seen as paid hobbyists rather than as professionals with valuable labour power, says Dave O’Brien.
This week’s must-see shows take us to Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds and London.
Collaboration and partnerships are seen as key to achieving the overarching goal of “achieving great art and culture for everyone.”
ACE blames local authorities while DCMS points to the Lottery as the sector starts to examine the regional arts funding imbalance.
For this week’s snapshot of international art activity, covering 1-7 November, we’re in New York, Shanghai, Warsaw and the district of Tensta in Sweden.
The highly-regarded Director and Chief Executive of Arnolfini, Tom Trevor, is leaving the institution for pastures new.
An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, according to a new independent report by three senior arts figures.
The Seven on Seven conference in London paired seven artists with seven technologists and challenged them to create and present something new in 24 hours. But as Lesley Taker reports, the event was as much about developing new dialogues and potential future collaborations as it was about creating ‘neat’ outcomes.
A new artist-led space at the heart of Manchester’s city centre is aiming to provide emerging artists with essential support and professional practice development.
In his third Reith Lecture for BBC Radio 4, Grayson Perry discussed the art world’s obsession with novelty, and asked if art has lost its ability to shock.
The performance artist, curator and writer Ian White has died following a long illness.
This week’s must-see shows include a major solo show in Glasgow from 2009 Turner Prize nominee Lucy Skaer, a career-spanning retrospective of landscape painter William Tillyer in Middlesbrough, and Arte Povera pioneer Marisa Merz in London.
The 9th Battle of Ideas, initiated by The Institute of Ideas, saw a panel of critics and public art producers debate whether much of public art is actually an insult to the public.
A social media-led website that showcases Glasgow’s visual arts scene has taken first place in the Public Sector category at this year’s Herald Scottish Digital Business Awards.
Continuing our series on art books, Tim Clark is blinded by Lorenzo Vitturi’s A Dalston Anatomy, a vibrant and kaleidoscopic look at London’s Ridley Road Market that blends photography, sculpture and collage.
The winner of the 17th National Open Art Prize, worth £10000, is the Glasgow-based painter Graeme Wilcox.
This week’s selection, covering 25-31 October, takes us to New York, Singapore, Utrecht, Krakow and Minneapolis.
Sir Anthony Caro, the pre-eminent British sculptor, has died of a heart attack aged 89, his family have confirmed.
Two major contemporary art events on the Kent coast have announced dates for their 2014 editions.
An intriguing event at the Barbican Centre sees seven artists, including Haroon Mirza, Susan Philipsz and Mark Leckey, teaming up with creative technologists to develop new ideas over the course of one day.
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