The President of the Royal Academy of Arts reflects on a year that saw a major celebration of Australian art at the Academy, a £12million award from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and the deaths of four distinguished Academicians including Sir Antony Caro.
The Glasgow-based producer and entrepreneur is becoming an increasingly influential voice in the conversation around the arts and digital technologies. He looks back on a busy year that, amongst other things, has seen him join the Board of the British Council.
As he looks forward to the gallery’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2014, the director of Ikon remembers a year of challenges and achievements, including curating the Iraqi Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
This year saw Emily Speed, based at The Royal Standard, Liverpool, nominated for the Northern Art Prize and join the Board of a-n. Busy times, then – so busy, in fact, that she really does need a holiday. Or maybe two…
The Director of Edinburgh Art Festival looks back on the festival’s tenth year, and looks forward to a culturally vibrant 2014 in Scotland.
This year has seen Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams represent his country at the Venice Biennale while, amongst other things, next year he will play a starring role in the programme for the Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. If only his big toe wasn’t hurting so much…
For this bumper edition of Now Showing, we present 10 must-see exhibitions to see over the Christmas holidays.
After seven years as head of the Arts Council Collection, in October Caroline Douglas became the new Director of the Contemporary Art Society. She looks back on a hectic, ‘high-octane’ year.
It’s been a difficult year personally and professionally for Bob and Roberta Smith. But the success of the Art Party Conference in November has reinforced his view that it’s always worth advocating for the arts and demanding change.
Arts Council England prepares to cut NPOs again next year, but strategic funding will take the hit from 2015/16.
Leading ‘contemporary miniaturist’ Imran Qureshi has completed the latest Art on the Underground commission, celebrating 150 years of London’s underground tube network.
The Director of Spike Island, Bristol, reflects on 2013, from the impact of funding cuts to surviving cider-based cocktails at the opening night of the New Contemporaries exhibition.
Is it acceptable to advertise for unpaid, full-time interns? And what is a reasonable level of pay for the directors of a registered charity that receives over £1million a year from Arts Council England? Two stories about the Serpentine Gallery provide food for thought.
A just published summary of a-n’s audited accounts to March 2013 shows how its operations benefit its members, subscribers and stakeholders.
Peter Bazalgette took up his new role as Chair of Arts Council England in February this year, replacing Liz Forgan. So, as government funding cuts continue to bite, how has 2013 been as head of England’s arts funding body?
Jeremy Deller’s British Pavilion show at this year’s Venice Biennale was a wittily subversive highlight of the 55th International Art Exhibition. No surprise, then, that his answers to our 2013 questionnaire are witty and – perhaps – just a little bit subversive…
For the last of guides to Christmas shopping alternatives to the high street, we take a look at gift ideas from artist-led charities, self-organised publishers and craft centres around the UK.
How do artists fare when they show work in publicly-funded galleries in the UK? New research commissioned by a-n and AIR looking specifically at artists’ experiences reveals the gulf between the expectations of artists and galleries.
No Boundaries conference aims to break the mould and stimulate debate among leaders and emerging leaders on new directions for the arts.
The Warwick Commission is aiming to develop new policy thinking and practical recommendations related to the long-term sustainability of culture in the face of tough economic challenges.
This week’s must-see shows include Madge Gill in Twickenham, Edward Chell in Liverpool and a digital exploration of gravity in Derby.
This week (13-19 December) our whistlestop tour of the global art scene takes us to Brazil, Sweden, Italy and Germany.
Artes Mundi, the Cardiff-based international art prize, has announced a shortlist of ten artists for the 2014 edition.
Four new directors have been announced at Creative Scotland as part of CEO Janet Archer’s restructuring of the senior staff team.
In part three of our series highlighting artworks by artists and designer-makers that provide an enticing alternative to the high street, we visit Bexhill-on-Sea, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London.
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