a-n and AIR has launched the Paying Artists Regional Advocates – a team of eleven artists across five cities tasked with ensuring more artists’ voices get heard within the campaign in the lead up to the general election.
This week’s selection includes ‘solo’ shows in York and Nottingham by two artists who include examples of other artists’ works to create a dialogue around their own, while a double-header in Leeds sets in place a more formal conversation around the meaning of sculptural objects.
Francesca Blomfield, Archie Franks and Dale Lewis have been announced as the latest recipients of the Jerwood Charitable Foundation Painting Fellowships, a year-long programme that supports early career artists through studio time and mentoring.
The third round of a-n’s Re:view bursary scheme has made nine funding awards to a total of 11 artists to develop their practice through self-determined professional development.
Our weekly selection of member-posted shows and events taken from a-n’s lively Events section continues with exhibitions, festivals and workshops in Aberdeen, Bristol, Corby, Plymouth and St Leonards-on-Sea.
Penelope Curtis, director of Tate Britain, is leaving London to take up a new role in Portugal.
Taryn’s Simon’s new title, Rear Views, A Star-forming Nebula, and the Office of Foreign Propaganda – published on the occasion of a major exhibition at Jeu de Paume, Paris – is more than a catalogue. Tim Clark argues that it’s a veritable tome of essays, images and ideas on the nature of photographic information and misinterpretation.
Glasgow School of Art has announced Page\Park Architects as the design team to lead the restoration of the Mackintosh Building after last year’s major fire.
The Margate-based contemporary art gallery has successfully raised £1m through donations since April 2013, enabling it to access a further £1m in match-funding from the Catalyst fund.
The closure of the not-for-profit, artist-run Dalston Underground Studios due to proposed rent increases is indicative of a wider trend across London says the organisation’s manager.
As the UK gears up to celebrate three ‘cities of culture’ between 2017 and 2023, questions still remain over how they will be funded. Frances Richens reports.
Serena Porrati has been awarded the £10,000 Mostyn Open 19 prize for her work, 365 Days of Sun.
This week’s selection includes works on paper in London, a multi-channel sound installation in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and a deconstruction of corporate advertising in Oxford.
This week’s selection from a-n’s Events section – featuring exhibitions and events posted by members – ranges from an exhibition of online ‘election art’ to a project to grow edible bananas outdoors in Exeter.
Oriel Wrecsam is leaving its home at Wrexham Library and will be without a permanent venue until at least 2017.
Protesters against the closure of the Contemporary Crafts course at Falmouth University took the opportunity to highlight their campaign during the inauguration of Dawn French as the university’s new chancellor.
The British painter and printmaker Albert Irvin has died aged 92.
Details of the 15th annual pavilion at London’s Serpentine Gallery, which is this year designed by Madrid-based architects SelgasCano, reveal a polygonal structure covered in a translucent, multi-coloured fabric membrane.
Tate has announced the addition of 16 visual arts organisations to its Plus Tate network, including Artes Mundi in Cardiff, The MAC and Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast, and Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh.
The programme for this year’s annual Edinburgh Art Festival includes the first solo show in Scotland from Phyllida Barlow and an open call for proposals from early career, Scotland-based artists.
Manchester’s Cornerhouse marks its closure and relocation to new purpose-built venue HOME with a mass participation storming of the building on Saturday 4 April.
The House of Commons has selected Adam Dant as the nation’s official artist to document the processes and outcomes of the 2015 General Election.
This week’s selection includes the Whitechapel Gallery’s major exploration of Modernism in art, Caravan Gallery’s photographs of Britain, and a Suffragette-inspired exhibition in Colchester.
The visual arts education charity AccessArt is asking parents, teachers and ‘creative adults’ to think more about the importance of art education.
Nominations are now open for Artes Mundi 7, the Cardiff-based international art prize and exhibition which this year was won by Chicago artist Theaster Gates.
Alternative insights into the visual arts, with fast-paced news, comment, debate.
Get in touch
[email protected]
a-n offers a range of memberships for individuals and groups – from £38 annually – find out more.
Supported by:
