Promoting northern talent
When Annette Petchey moved to the north of England she was shocked at the low prices for visual art. She explains how New Light is…
When Annette Petchey moved to the north of England she was shocked at the low prices for visual art. She explains how New Light is…
A lack of business skills and access to equipment was holding artists in Dumfries and Galloway back. Clare Hanna explains the…
What’s it really like to work as a curator? Bluecoat’s Adam Smythe shares his story and advice for those consider…
When you look at a painting in a gallery, do you ever wonder how it got there? David Gosling explains how to stay cool and focused…
A new scheme will see one work by a leading British artist acquired for a Contemporary Art Society member museum every year.
Five days, five photos. What does a week with a print-making, book-binding artist like Ben Goodman look like?
How do you stop art crime when it is the most lucrative criminal sub-sector after guns and drugs? Jeanna Heeraman has a few tips.
A year before Tate is due to renew its sponsorship with BP, Platform London is curating a free, completely unauthorised festival i…
How do you market exhibitions to audiences with competing preferences? Hannah Carroll shares her top tips.
The Art Fund has had to call off its campaign to save Rembrandt’s portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet as the seller has withdrawn…
What’s it like to be a Communications Assistant at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art? Alison Brown fills us in.
A publicly accessible website will be home to digitised contemporary art in a major research and archiving project that will explo…
How many older people do you expect to see in a contemporary art gallery? Clare Hankinson tells how Fabrica’s older audience…
Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Clare Lilley, gives an insight into her work with sculptures, Ai Weiwei and bea…
A comprehensive review of the visual arts sector in Scotland is to be informed by the findings from an online consultation. The Sc…
Lorna Lee reveals how William Morris Gallery boosted its visitor numbers from 17,000 to 110,000 by engaging local people.
New research finds that galleries play an important part in their own communities, as well as playing a significant role in the lo…
The debate about privatisation of staff at the National Gallery spilled into the House of Commons, but Culture Minister Ed Vaizey…
What happens to sculptures and other artworks in a forest trail over time as they surrender to the elements – or to the nati…
Anna B. Sexton reads Mel Evans’ Artwash: Big Oil and the Arts, and says it’s time to change the way we think.
A new report finds that artists and gallery representatives agree artists should be paid for exhibiting their work in a publicly f…
Should textual information in galleries be made easier to understand? Jennifer Locke reviews Dany Louise’s contribution to t…
Online sales of art may have grown significantly in the past year, but artists and galleries must work hard to attract a digital a…
An annual visual arts event in Brighton seeks to take visitors away from the usual tourist hotspots in the centre of the city, say…