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Platform Graduate Award 2016: CVAN South East announces winner
University of Kent graduate Daniel Owusu wins £2,500 bursary and programme of professional development.
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2016 in view: “Out of the messiness came solidarity and collaboration”
a-n’s Executive Director Jeanie Scott reflects on an incredibly busy year for the organisation that has seen the publication of the Paying Artists Exhibition Payment Guidance, wide-ranging support for artists through a-n bursaries, and membership reach a record high. And, despite an increasingly messy global situation, says there’s much to look forward to in 2017.
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Best exhibitions of 2016: a-n writers pick their top five shows
Five a-n News writers – based in London, Birmingham and Glasgow – pick, in no particular order, their top five exhibitions of the year.
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Doggerland publishes artist-led map of the UK
The interactive map of artist-led organisations across the UK aims to capture the diversity of the arts ecology, while also aiding development of self-inititiatives. Jack Hutchinson reports.
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a-n bursaries 2017: open for applications from artists
The 2017 a-n bursaries are now open for applications from a-n Artist members, and alongside our regular Professional development, Travel awards and Venice Biennale bursaries, for the first time we’re offering members the chance to attend the preview of Documenta 14 in Kassel.
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Blast Theory wins 2016 Nam June Paik Art Centre Prize
The Brighton-based artists’ group, known internationally for its interactive and game-based artworks using digital technology, has been awarded the US $50,000 prize presented by the Nam June Paik Art Centre in Korea.
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A Q&A with… David Brian Smith, painter
The Shropshire-born artist grew up on a farm, with his childhood experiences influencing everything from the content to the materials of his paintings. Here he discusses the continuing importance of painting and his latest body of work, currently on show at the Saatchi Gallery’s ‘Painters’ Painters’ exhibition.
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Peckham Platform retrospective: “We want to continue fostering positive relationships”
Prior to its relocation to a new space, Peckham Platform gallery is celebrating its work since launching in 2010 with a retrospective show featuring its 20 artist commissions to date, all co-created with local people in the south-east London neighbourhood. Lydia Ashman reports.
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Helen Marten wins 2016 Turner Prize: “I hope it has no effect on me whatsoever”
The Macclesfield-born artist wins the £25,000 prize and gives an emotional, politically-charged acceptance speech.
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Art history A-level saved: “A good day for art and culture”
After AQA exam board announced it was to cease offering an A level in art history, Pearson has said it is to develop a new A-level in the subject to be taught from September 2017.