Arts Council England has announced that £180m of Lottery funds will be used for the core funding of NPOs involved in touring or working with children and young people.
The results for a-n’s Artists talking top ten blogs during May have just been published, with a new entry straight in at number five – and one prolific blogger still riding high.
Redeye’s National Photography Symposium, an annual gathering for ideas and discussion, takes place at the new Library of Birmingham this month. Redeye director Paul Herrmann explains what’s in store.
Artist-led festival Hackney WickED has announced it will provide a number of artist bursaries for its 2014 edition, following news that it has received Arts Council England funding for the first time.
Glasgow School of Art has announced that whilst this year’s MFA and Design and Architecture shows will go ahead as planned, special arrangements have been put in place for graduating BA Fine Art students following the recent fire.
Standpoint Gallery’s Mapping Art Practice Symposium invites practitioners and key thinkers to discuss the geographical and economic implications of art practice in the UK.
A new collaborative research study from Warwick University and a-n will explore the impact of artist-led initiatives on cultural value.
This week, we catch a New Wave of emerging artistic talent at Birmingham’s RBSA Gallery and explore national identity through Rachel Maclean’s timely exhibition at CCA in Glasgow. Plus there are shows in London, Exeter and Liverpool to enjoy, including a life-size reconstruction of Piet Mondrian’s Paris studio at Tate Liverpool.
The 7th Whitstable Biennale launches this weekend with a programme of performances, moving image, talks by and on the sea – and its own app.
Staff from Glasgow School of Art and Historic Scotland have begun the first stage of reconstruction work on the fire damaged western section of the Mackintosh building.
Charlotte Prodger has been announced as the recipient of the annual Margaret Tait Award, awarded to a Scottish or Scotland-based artist working in experimental film and/or moving image.
In just over one week, more than 1000 supporters have signed up to back a-n and AIR’s Paying Artists campaign.
Nathan Eastwood has been awarded the £10,000 East London Painting Prize for his work Nico’s Café.
The Visual Arts and Galleries Association is to close with immediate effect after its board decides its future is untenable.
German photographer Michael Schmidt has died just days after winning of the Prix Pictet photography prize 2014.
A generative artwork based on woodland ecosystems has launched in Thetford Forest, Suffolk, and will tour to three more forests in England throughout the summer.
Artist Sean Lynch, commissioner Mike Fitzpatrick and curator Woodrow Kernohan have been announced as the Ireland at Venice team for the 56th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale.
As work continues to clear the historic Mackintosh building following Friday’s fire, Glasgow School of Art announces bursaries for students and the Scottish government pledges its support in restoring the damaged section of the art school.
We continue our coverage of degree shows across the UK with a tour of the Slade School of Art BA/BFA show in London.
This week’s selection includes a marrying of abstract and representational imagery in Nottingham, two exhibitions exploring different aspects of London life, and a chance to revisit work by Douglas Gordon as part of a celebration of the last 25 years of Scottish art.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has issued a statement saying the destruction of the structure and majority of the contents of Glasgow School of Art has been prevented.
Fire fighters in Glasgow are tackling a major blaze at Glasgow School of Art’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed building.
Bob and Roberta Smith’s Art Party film is to be released on 21 August and will be accompanied by a series of parties across the UK.
The artists for the 2014 edition of Bloomberg New Contemporaries, which will this year form part of the Liverpool Biennial programme, have been announced.
The German photographer Michael Schmidt has been selected as the winner of this year’s Prix Pictet photography prize, for his series investigating the ways in which we feed ourselves.
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