The just-opened ‘Abstract Expressionism’ exhibition at the Royal Academy chronicles a key moment in 20th century art, presenting some of the period’s most iconic works. Fisun Güner reflects on the significance of this last great age of the artist as hero and tortured genius.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Criticism over title of National Gallery Singapore fundraising event, Marina Abramović ordered to pay €250,000 to former co-creator Ula, and Nick Serota says residents overlooked by Tate Modern extension should get net curtains.
Darren Henley uses speech in Sunderland to discuss what the EU referendum result might mean for artists and arts organisations in the north of England and across the UK.
Five projects from a-n members, selected from a-n’s busy Events section and taking us to Folkestone, London, Manchester and Rochester.
The vibrant Plymouth Art Weekender takes place this weekend with over 90 events and exhibitions that showcase the city’s visual arts community.
Six artists from the UK, America and Europe receive awards at the 4th International Print Biennale in Newcastle and across the North East.
The director of Artists Space, New York is set to replace outgoing director Gregor Muir in November.
The ‘Points of Departure’ exhibition at the inaugural Estuary biennial explores the sights, sounds and histories of the Thames Estuary through a range of works utilising sculpture, video, photography, performance, and sound. Patrick Langley reports.
The inaugural award for mid-career female artists will see the Edinburgh gallery present a new exhibition by Glasgow artist Jacqueline Donachie.
This year’s Jerwood Drawing Prize continues its reputation for being deliberately provocative in its definition of ‘drawing’, with the top award going to a video piece. Lydia Ashman soaks up the medium’s shifting forms.
Art world professionals will be sharing their insights on what makes a city an art market centre at the Fair Cities panel discussion, part of The Manchester Contemporary art fair.
This week’s selection of recommended exhibitions includes marble and dust in Edinburgh, modernist Cuban painting in London, and performance gesture in Exeter.
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: MoMA creates digital image archive of all its exhibitions, odds on next Tate director, and new UK arts minister’s first speech.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
The first-ever biennial Estuary festival presents 16 days of art, literature, music and film ‘curated in response to the spectacular Thames Estuary’. Chris Sharratt talks to Kent-based, water-loving artist Adam Chodzko about his latest iteration of Ghost, featuring a specially adapted kayak with room for one reclining passenger.
The four award winners of the longstanding art prize that celebrates and promotes insight into contemporary drawing have been announced.
For the latest instalment in her monthly series on artists’ books, Sarah Bodman looks at the work of British artist Angela Thames as her year-long residency at Chawton House Library in Hampshire draws to a close.
The annual arts education conference, which this year takes place in Liverpool, will explore how issues of access and activism impact on galleries and the visual arts.
Serf, the latest addition to Leeds’ expanding workspace scene, offers much more than studio space for artists – it provides a support structure for early career artists at a crucial time in their development. Lara Eggleton reports.
London-based painter Cathy Lomax wins the first edition of this new, artist-led prize, selected from a shortlist of 15 artists.
The American artist’s new permanent large-scale video installation, Mary, joins his 2014 piece, Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water), inside St Paul’s Cathedral.
This week’s selection includes video in London, drawing in Poole and a different take on domesticity in Leeds.
London-based artist Zoe Childerley has been walking the English-Scottish border as part of a residency with Visual Arts in Rural Communities in Northumberland. Pippa Koszerek talks to her in the lead up to an end of residency exhibition
A weekly briefing featuring national and international art news, including: Local residents claim visitors to new Tate are spying on them, thousands of cultural producers detained in Turkey, and artist-in-residence stranded at sea on bankrupt container ship.
Event and exhibition highlights for the week ahead, selected from our busy Events section and featuring events and exhibitions posted by a-n members.
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