This week’s selection of member-posted shows and events includes exhibitions in Leeds, London and Penarth … plus a moving image festival in north east France.
A one-day symposium organised by Crate Studio and Project Space in Margate and University for the Creative Arts Canterbury is to explore the different ways artists make a living at a time of austerity.
Nominations for the 2015 Turner Prize, which this year takes place at Tramway, Glasgow, are open until 13 April.
The current deputy director of Madrid’s Prado museum has been announced as the new director of the National Gallery, London.
a-n is supporting 21 artists to attend the 56th Venice Biennale preview week in May, through the latest round of its Go and see bursary awards scheme.
Finalists for the British Glass Biennale 2015, which forms a major part of the International Festival of Glass taking place in Stourbridge in May, have just been announced.
Staff and performers at Battersea Arts Centre pulled together over the weekend to ensure that two performances went ahead just 24 hours after a fire devastated large parts of the building, while a fund to save the performance and theatre space in south west London has already raised over £52,000.
Edward Humphrey, a graduate of The Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, has won the Fleming-Wyfold Foundation Bursary at the RSA New Contemporaries in Edinburgh.
This week’s UK-wide exhibition selection ranges from a major show of work by Glasgow-based 2008 Turner Prize nominee Cathy Wilkes at Tate Liverpool, to Chinese painter Zhang Enli at Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
After 12 weeks of detailed work, forensic archaeologists have revealed what was lost, and what survived, following last May’s fire at Glasgow School of Art’s historic Mackintosh Building.
Five events by a-n’s members – posted onto the popular Events listings page – take us to Birmingham, Eastbourne, Manchester, London and Scarborough.
IdeasTap, the arts charity founded in 2008 by Peter De Haan, has announced that it is to close in June, prompting the launch of a campaign to try and save the organisation.
Artists including Jake and Dinos Chapman, Richard Wentworth and Jeremy Deller are contributing to an online fundraising auction for Milton Keynes Arts Centre by creating original work from a white ceramic plate.
The curator of the 56th Venice Biennale has revealed the 136-strong list of participating artists for the International Exhibition, including works by many high-profile names such as Steve McQueen, Jeremy Deller and Oscar Murillo.
Judith Carlton has been announced as the new director of CGP London as founding director Ron Henocq steps down after 30 years.
ISIS Arts in Newcastle has just launched Corners, a major European-wide collaborative residency and exhibition programme that will see 30 artists and producers arrive in the North East of England during March.
Graham Fagen, the Glasgow-based artist representing Scotland at this year’s Venice Biennale, has revealed details of his Scotland + Venice exhibition.
MFA students at Glasgow School of Art are calling on the school to reinstate 24-hour access to their studios.
This week’s must-see shows include Brazilian sculpture in Edinburgh, Japanese woodcuts in Harrogate, and French Impressionism in London.
This week’s events range from an investigation of flux and change in art to an exhibition featuring works that experiment with the constraints of paper.
As International Women’s Day 2015 approaches, we highlight talks, events and performances taking place through the UK in the days preceding and on Sunday 8 March.
A three-year agreement between artists’ groups CARFAC and RAAV and the National Gallery of Canada has secured guaranteed fees for artists in Canada.
The visual arts programme for this year’s Manchester International Festival has been announced, with new works by Gerhard Richter, Ed Atkins, Olafur Eliasson and Douglas Gordon among the highlights.
A new project encouraging people to vote launches across the UK in April, with a series of billboards featuring works by artists Bob & Roberta Smith, Fatima Begum, Janette Parris and Jeremy Deller. Plus a competition to find a fifth artwork created by a first-time voter is open for entries.
The latest sculpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, Hans Haacke’s Gift Horse, has been unveiled.
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