Published on the occasion of her solo exhibition at Foam in Amsterdam, Regine Petersen’s Find a Fallen Star is made up of three hardcover books in one slipcase that combine photography with archival material to narrate and establish a small history of meteorite incidents.
10 artists announced for major new alternative education scheme led by a consortium of artist-led and NPO organisations.
Our selection of what’s on highlights for the next week, drawn from postings by a-n’s members on the site’s Events listings section.
A beardless Gavin Turk will be presenting his new limited editions series Project Beard this weekend at The Other Art Fair London. The art fair for ‘undiscovered’ artists will be launching its first regional edition in Bristol in June.
Axisweb’s board of trustees has announced the appointment of Mark Smith as executive director, replacing Sheila McGregor who stepped down at the beginning of April.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art director Godfrey Worsdale is to leave the organisation in July to join The Henry Moore Foundation as its new head.
Artworks encouraging people to vote in the general election will be appearing on billboards around the UK from this Thursday, 23 April, with a new work by first-time-voter Jordan Alex Smith joining those of the five already announced artists.
A new report just published by a-n gives an overview of nine Paying Artists gallery case studies showing how some galleries are already demonstrating transparency in relation to artists’ fees.
Arts Council of Wales announces support for a-n/AIR campaign for artists to receive fair payment for exhibiting.
Artists who live or practice in East London are in with a chance of winning a cash prize of £10,000 plus a solo exhibition in Bow.
This week’s selection includes an exhibition of abstract painting and textiles at Tate Modern, a history of nitrate extraction at Liverpool’s Bluecoat and a printmaking group show in Scarborough.
Every week, a-n’s members post details of events and exhibitions across the UK on the site’s Events listings section. We pick some of the highlights from the next seven days.
An opportunity to exhibit artwork at the National Assembly for Wales has provoked a strong response from artists in the country, who argue it undermines the profession and makes a mockery of the Welsh Government’s ambitions for Wales’ creative sector.
The fifth Converse x Dazed Emerging Artist Award, open to all non-represented artists who are not currently in education, has gone to Lawrence Lek.
Firstsite gallery in Colchester has announced that it is to be managed by Colchester Arts Centre for the next 12 months, following the recent resignation of director Matthew Rowe.
Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and call for entries, Uliana Apatina has been annnounced as the recipient of the inaugural Kim Fielding Award for experimental arts.
The Jerwood Drawing Prize has announced it is open for submissions for the 2015 edition.
Matthew Rowe, director of Firstsite gallery in Colchester, has stepped down after just over two years in the job.
This week’s selection includes Palaeolithic-inspired paintings at Camden Arts Centre, Chinese performance art in Manchester, and an Anglo-Japanese alliance in Stoke-on-Trent.
Five events by a-n’s members – posted onto the popular Events listings page – consider narratives and histories of loss, displacement, tradition and migration.
40 arts organisations across the UK will host paid placements for graduates from lower income backgrounds through the new Weston Jerwood Creative Bursaries programme.
Nine new commissions by some of the UK’s most talented disabled artists have been announced by Unlimited, the three-year programme that supports artists with disabilities to produce and show ambitious work.
As part of a broad range of research around artists’ fees, a-n commissioned arts writer and researcher Dany Louise to investigate sources of advice within and external to the visual arts that offer guidance on fees and payments to artists.
As London-based Acme Studios becomes a self-sustaining organisation, its co-founder Jonathan Harvey has announced he will be standing down as Chief Executive in March 2016.
The British Museum director says he plans to retire from the role at the end of the year and embark on a number of new projects, including a series for Radio 4 on faith in society and advisory roles in Germany and India.
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