This week’s recommendations range from Sarah Lucas’s major show of new and existing works at the Whitechapel Gallery, London, to the citywide Art Sheffield festival.
Without warning or ceremony, yesterday Newport City Council demolished an historic Chartist mural in the city centre. Neil McNally, who has been involved in the campaign to save the mural, was there when it happened.
This week’s look at the next seven days (4-10 October 2013) on the international art scene takes us to Italy, the USA, Austria and South Korea, with events, art fairs and new permanent commissions.
a-n launches bursaries for artist-led initiatives to go to November’s Art Party in Scarborough.
Over 70 non-commercial venues across east and south London are opening their doors as part of the first ever Art Licks Weekend.
Writing in an open letter, the new CEO of Creative Scotland, Janet Archer, has announced a new senior staff structure for the organisation and suggested that there are more changes to come.
Announcing a-n’s latest fundraising workshop for artists and arts organisers in Newcastle upon Tyne – presented in partnership with north-east England arts and business network The Sponsors Club, and with support from funding platform Kickstarter.
Funding cuts have forced museums and galleries to employ more unpaid volunteers and reduce the numbers of museum professionals, affecting education and outreach programmes.
This year’s Abandon Normal Devices, a festival of digital culture, film and art, takes place in Liverpool from 3-5 October and for the first time includes the AND Fair – a showcase for new innovations.
Exchange, labour, economy and collaboration: the fifth instalment of Art Sheffield fills the city’s galleries and industrial quarters with Beuys and debate.
Schools are playing a critical role in levelling access to the arts in London, but those in outer London are still missing out, according to new research.
Leeds’ new contemporary art space The Tetley launches in November with a programme that looks to ‘unpick the fabric, history and future use’ of its art deco home – the city’s former Tetley Brewery headquarters.
An arts-rich approach to teaching could be a ‘game-changer’ for education in Wales, according to a new report commissioned by the Welsh government and led by Arts Council Wales’ Chair Dai Smith.
Must-see shows ranging from Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ ‘maintenance art’, 1969-1980, at Arnolfini in Bristol, to a new film installation by Scottish artist Sarah Forrest at CCA, Glasgow.
A new survey by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport reveals over half of all adults in England have visited a museum or gallery in the past year.
The third instalment of a new weekly series providing a snapshot of what’s happening internationally in the visual arts over the next seven days: 27 September–3 October.
Q-Art, the art education organisation, is launching a new pocket guide and video at a forthcoming day of screenings and discussions that will explore the topic of the art crit.
Our series on art books continues with New Irish Works, a rich resource showcasing a wealth of projects from 25 artists born or based in Ireland.
The second edition of the Artists’ Moving Image Festival at Tramway, Glasgow, features an eclectic selection of film exclusively programmed by artists and writers who have a connection to the city, and includes screenings of work by the American artist Ellen Cantor, who died earlier this year.
This year’s Contemporary Glass Society conference takes place at the National Glass Centre, Sunderland in October – and a-n is offering two conference places in return for a review of the event.
Two artists take share of this year’s Threadneedle Prize for representational art.
Chisenhale Art Place is marking its +30 anniversary with an open event across the three organisations that occupy the building in east London. We talk to Arts Manager Andrea Davidson and founding artist John Fuller about its history, ethos and how it plans to celebrate.
A new offsite project in Leigh from Castlefield Gallery and Cross Street Arts, comes at a time when the town’s Turnpike Gallery is facing an uncertain future as council budget cuts bite.
Andrew Bonacina, Director/Curator at International Project Space in Birmingham, has been announced as the new Chief Curator at The Hepworth Wakefield.
This week, Jane and Louise Wilson explore the act of surveillance at Paradise Row, London, Leonora Carrington is reassessed in Dublin, and art history is cross-examinded in Scarborough.
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