Gustav Metzger, the German-born artist best known for his work as part of the 1960s auto-destructive art movement, has died at his home in London.
At the recent symposium, ‘Art is not a Commodity: Examining Economic Exceptionalism in Art’, Rosalie Schweiker argued that artists need to “stop faking orgasms” and instead start clearly vocalising their dissatisfaction with the art world. Here, we publish an edited version of her presentation.
The disability-led arts organisation appoints creative director and filmmaker David Hevey as its new chief executive as current CEO Tony Heaton steps down after nearly ten years in the role.
35 artists from 19 countries will take part in the once-a-decade sculpture festival in the German city of Münster, with additional partner events in the nearby city of Marl taking place for the first time.
Dave Beech’s book Art and Value was the subject of a recent symposium at London’s ICA that raised important questions about such diverse areas as the role of arts organisations, corporate sponsorship and paying artists. Laura Harris attended and found pockets of insight in an incohesive day.
The Scottish border town of Hawick is to host the seventh edition of the annual Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, which will feature over 120 films, including 24 world premieres and 12 moving-image installations.
The Brexit vote and Trump’s election polarised debate on immigration, censorship and democracy. But while artists have overwhelmingly supported Remain, artist and writer Sarah Peace argues that it’s time to stop sneering at Brexiteers and instead focus on providing a cohesive and compelling case for a thriving creative sector in post-Brexit Britain.
This week’s selection includes a painting show in London, alternatives to screen-based technologies in Manchester, and a film about artists’ sketchbooks in Trowbridge.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from a-n’s busy Events section and including exhibitions in Cardiff, London, Plymouth and Salford.
An exhibition at Glasgow Print Studio presents over five decades of prints from the organisation’s archive, and includes work by 52 artists spanning screenprinting, lithograph, etching and much more.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: bid to catalogue ‘secret’ collection of tax-exempt artworks, French artist to entomb himself in rock, and Edinburgh Fringe venue ditches controversial digital event.
22 awards totalling over £40,000 have been presented at the opening of the RSA New Contemporaries exhibition in Edinburgh, which showcases works by 2016 graduates form art and architecture schools in Scotland.
Having graduated from the Royal College of Art last year, London-based artist Holly Hendry has won numerous awards and just opened her first solo show in a UK public gallery at Baltic, Gateshead. Anneka French talks to her about her whirlwind career so far.
Award-winning architect from Gando, Burkino Faso, becomes first African to be commissioned to design pavilion at site in Kensington Gardens.
Three high-profile artists have been announced as the selectors for the annual New Contemporaries exhibition, which showcases new artists from UK art schools.
Social enterprise My Bookcase is crowdfunding for a new feature on its online platform – a unique directory of independent publishing houses across the globe.
The artist receives a £10,000 commission to produce a new film work, to be premiered at next year’s Glasgow Film Festival.
With work planned to commence in April, Sheffield’s Site Gallery is embarking on a £2.7m expansion programme that will see it extend into a neighbouring building.
As Clore Visual Artist Fellow Maurice Carlin sets off on the second leg of his a-n supported research trip, we look back at his first week of posts on a-n’s Instagram, exploring Hong Kong’s visual art scene.
This week’s selection includes photography and mixed-media sculptures of body parts in London, silk worms in Macclesfield and weaving in Margate.
The decision by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh to close the gallery after over 30 years of exhibitions has prompted a storm of protest from artists and those working in the visual arts, with the latest ‘mass visit’ designed to keep the pressure on.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and this week taking us to Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Wales.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Pieter Brueghel the Younger painting is authenticated and new cultural plan for New York City faces objections from artists.
More than 200 artists, musicians, writers and art professionals including Anish Kapoor, Yinka Shonibare, Mark Titchner and Iwona Blazwick have pledged to take part in exhibitions and art projects around the world confronting the rise of right wing populism in the US, Europe and elsewhere.
Now in its fifth year, for 2017 the New Art West Midlands exhibition welcomes recent graduates from Hereford College of Arts alongside those from Birmingham City University, University of Wolverhampton, University of Worcester, Staffordshire University, and Coventry University.
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