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Artists Newsletter #3: The 2000s

With a nod to the Noughties, Guest Editor Shy Bairns explores collectives and how artists work together to build their own art worlds.

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Cover of the a-n Degree Shows Guide 2021
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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2021

The 2021 Guide includes a snapshot of this year’s graduating artists, plus Next Steps interviews with Joy Labinjo, Matthew Burrows and Jody Mulvey.

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Artists Newsletter #2: The 1990s

Catherine Bertola and Rosie Morris provide a platform for women artists and writers to highlight less visible, marginalised and precarious practices in the second series of our magazine style publications celebrating the a-n archive.

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Artists Newsletter #1 The 1980s
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Artists Newsletter #1: The 1980s

In the first of our new series of magazine style publications celebrating the a-n archive, Birmingham-based Black Hole Club unearth the past, probe the present, and look to the future.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2020

Includes an expanded ‘Class of 2020’ section featuring images and insight from both graduating students and lecturers, plus there’s an extensive interview with collaborative duo Jane and Louise Wilson, and collectives from around the UK discuss why ‘putting heads together to collaborate is an artistic no brainer’. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2019

Includes an extensive interview with London-based artist Larry Achiampong – a graduate of the University of Westminster and Slade School of Fine Art – plus insights from graduating students, lecturers and visual art professionals. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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Degree Shows Guide 2018

The annual guide captures the buzz and excitement around degrees season with a wide range of content, listings and adverts for shows across the UK. Includes an interview with conceptual artist Ryan Gander, plus ‘Class of 2018’ final-year students give an honest assessment of their experiences, working processes and hopes for their degree shows. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2017

The perfect degree show season companion. Includes an in-depth introductory interview with Elizabeth Price, listings of more than 70 shows across the UK, plus contributions from Christine Borland, Nicolas Deshayes, Laura Oldfield Ford and many more practising artists and final-year students. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2016

At 58 pages, this year’s a-n Degree Shows Guide is the biggest yet and features interviews with artist Bedwyr Williams and mima director Alistair Hudson, plus contributions from artists including Ruth Ewan, George Barber and Marianna Simnett. Available on issuu and as downloadable pdf.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2015

50-page Degree Shows Guide 2015 featuring more than 75 forthcoming shows across the UK, plus perspectives from artists, curators, academics and graduating students on what artist Bob and Roberta Smith refers to as an “incredible rite of passage”. Available on issuu or as pdf.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2014

Featuring more than 60 forthcoming shows across the UK, plus perspectives on this vital and exciting time from artists, curators, academics and graduating students. Available as a flip-page version on digital publishing platform issuu.

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Artist-Led Hot 100

An artwork by Kevin Hunt created as part of Signpost that aims to draw attention to some of the most superb activity being facilitated by emerging independent artists and curators right now in the UK.

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a-n Degree Shows Guide 2013

2013 Degrees publication highlighting the best graduate art and design shows around the UK.Downloadable PDF version [size 6 MB]. Requires PDF reader.Issue also available in flip-page format (requires Flash) – including non-Flash version for mobile devices.

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Joe Stevens
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Choice blogs archive 2009 – 2012

Over the course of four years, artists, curators and writers were invited to select blogs from the a-n site. Their choices highlights the range and depth of practice discussed on a-n’s artists’ blogging platform at that time.

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Ten two zero zero five

Deborah Smith explores modes of dissemination for contemporary cultural practices. Includes introduction from guest editor Smith, and article contributions from William Davies, Maria Fusco, Adam Sutherland, Sally O’Reilly, Sacha Craddock and Rob Wilson. From the a-n Collections series. Pdf [size: […]

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Comment
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Then & Now: Professional practice

In 1999 John Carson made a passionate call for a more rigorous approach to arming graduating art students with knowledge of where their work and practice fitted within the wider world and interfaced with audiences. Sarah Rowles, commissioned by a-n to research the state of professional practice provision on BA fine and applied art courses, offers a perspective on the situation now.

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Installation image at GoMA
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Reviews: June 2012

Critical commentary and contextualisation of contemporary art exhibitions and events across the UK and beyond. Read, comment and post your own reviews at www.a-n.co.uk/interface. This month Kevin Hunt goes to Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (GI) and selects reviews from Interface and beyond, giving a taster of the great things going on in the city and across Scotland.

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Alias/Reveal HubBrewhouse, Taunton, 2012
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Then & Now: Artist-led

Highlighting a-n’s long-running interests and the wealth of historical knowledge held in our archive.

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a-n Magazine June 2012
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a-n Magazine June 2012

Special issue: the last a-n Magazine. Then & Now features on Professional practice, Collaboration and Artist-led activity highlight a-n’s enduring concerns and wealth of intelligence in our archive; interview with Mag coordinator Chris Brown; Kevin Hunt selects reviews from Glasgow […]

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Postgraduate focus

Here, we profile a selection of courses offering postgraduate level study for artists seeking to develop their practice further within creative, supportive and critically challenging environments.

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Chris Brown in g39?s new premises
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Rewards and challenges

Artist S Mark Gubb talks to Magazine Coordinator Chris Brown as he prepares the last ever issue of a-n Magazine.

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Rebuild
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Celebrating a-n’s achievements

We’re proud of what a-n Magazine has achieved over its thirty-two years. On the occasion of the last print edition we invited many of our collaborators and contributors to help us celebrate and mark this moment by giving us a ‘few words’ – a short testimonial of what a-n means to them. Here, they reflect on our significant role for artists and on the value of a-n Magazine, publications or initiatives.

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What The Hell Are You Doing?
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Then & Now: On the cover

Front: David Shrigley, What The Hell Are You Doing? originally featured as the cover image to What the Hell Are You Doing?: The Essential David Shrigley, published by Canongate, 2010. Back: David Shrigley, Progress.

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Lace in Place
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Art in unconventional settings

A round-up of projects that explore approaches to making and siting art beyond conventional white cube spaces – from travelling fairgrounds and riverboat processions to site-responsive installations and public sculpture.

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