A group exhibition of newly-commissioned photography has opened at Jerwood Space London, enabled by the inaugural Jerwood/Photoworks Awards. Tim Clark speaks to Photoworks director, Celia Davies, about the impetus for setting up this joint programme and what the various bodies of work might reveal about the new generation of practitioners.
Scottish Artists’ Union and Artists’ Union England call on the Department for Work & Pensions to revoke Universal Credit and implement a more workable welfare system.
A London-based French artist’s response to Friday night’s terrorist attacks in Paris has become a symbol of solidarity.
This week’s selection includes installation work in London, minimalism in Edinburgh and an exploration of language in Glasgow.
Andrew Gifford awarded £5000 ING Prize for his oil painting The Tyne at Wallsend Study 1, one of a series of northern scenes featured in annual exhibition in London.
The second in Artquest’s System Failure series of conversations took place earlier this week, with a discussion looking at how artists can benefit from urban regeneration. We report from the event at Block 336, an artist-led space in Brixton, London.
Highlights for the week ahead selected from our busy Events section and featuring exhibitions and events posted by a-n’s members.
Speaking at last night’s Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Artists event, author Jeanette Winterson spoke passionately and at length about the true value of art and the need for artists to be supported and encouraged.
Recipients of the 21st annual Awards for Artists, the largest individual awards made to visual artists and composers in the UK, revealed at keynote speech in London.
Manifesta has announced that its 2018 edition will take place in the Sicilian city of Palermo with migration and climate change as its theme, while a pre-biennial programme will aim to engage the local community by setting out a framework for the city’s revitalisation.
For her book REGENERATION!, artist Jessie Brennan spent time on the soon to be demolished Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, London talking to residents and making rubbings of their doormats. She speaks to Chris Sharratt about the nature of her practice, the importance of conversations and the clash of ideologies that the regeneration of the estate represents.
London-based photographer David Stewart wins prize on his 16th attempt with a restaging of his 2008 entry.
A three-day residential workshop aimed at fostering a peer network among artist associate schemes takes place at Plymouth Arts Centre this weekend, as a ‘Jamboree’ of six such schemes meet to create long-lasting connections.
Council rejects collaboration between Bold Tendencies and Second Home in favour of rival proposal from Pop Community Ltd.
An installation by Ann Veronica Janssens is currently filling the gallery at the Wellcome Collection in London with an enveloping and brightly-coloured mist, as the first part of a year-long exploration into the experience of human consciousness.
The UK’s longest-running artist collective has announced the prize winners of its 82nd open exhibition.
As the Creative Time Summit NYC takes place this weekend at the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, Nato Thompson speaks to Pippa Koszerek about the summit, his new book Seeing Power and how art can impact social change.
This week’s selection includes fantastical collages in London, risk-taking in Margate and exquisite painting and drawing in Kendal.
Four artists up for award that includes group exhibition at London’s Photographers’ Gallery, with winner receiving £30,000 in prize money.
The British Ceramics Biennial has selected the winner of its 2015 FRESH award for recent graduates.
Five events posted by a-n’s members on our popular Events listings section.
Artquest launched its System Failure series of conversations earlier this week with a discussion looking at how the arts funding system could be restructured to better benefit artists. We report from the event at Block 336, an artist-led space in Brixton, London.
Artwork created in memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight fellow activists, who were executed by the Nigerian military almost 20 years ago, has been seized at Lagos port, with demands for its release ignored by authorities.
Southwark Council in London has been presented with plans to convert a multi-storey car park into ultra-affordable studios for artists and creative entrepreneurs.
Artist and poet Nancy Campbell explores the disappearing languages and environments of the Arctic in her latest limited edition work, which launches later this week at a book fair in London. Sarah Bodman tells the story behind Proviso.
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