Listening vividly
Roz Chalmers explains how audio description can now help blind and partially sighted people to ‘see’ work in museums a…
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New Gallery combines science and culture
A new venue for arts and science collaboration will open in London following two capital funding awards totalling £7m. In 20…
The art of merchandising
Linda Weston tells how the William Morris Gallery has recorded increased shop sales since its recent refurbishment.
Liberate Tate brings week-long protest to gallery
Protest group Liberate Tate is marking the 3rd anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster with an artistic performance, ‘…
Visual arts graduates head to London rather than add to local arts scene
The difficulty of keeping arts graduates in the areas in which they trained, and of communicating the transferable nature of skill…
Art draws in the crowds
Tate Modern, the National Gallery and the V&A were among the most popular visitor attractions in the UK in 2012, according to…
Job Ladder
Matthew Rowe charts his career path in the visual arts.
Report for small scale visual arts sector
Common Practice, a group working for greater recognition of the role of the small-scale visual arts sector in London, has publishe…
York Art Gallery closes as renovation starts
York Art Gallery closed its doors at the end of last year as it began preparations for an £8m renovation that will see it re…
Art Fund looks for Museum of the Year
The Art Fund has launched its annual hunt for Britain’s best museum or gallery with new, wider criteria. The winner receives…
Woking’s Lightbox wins Big Society Award
A gallery run by 150 volunteers with an award winning outreach program has won a Big Society Award from the Prime Minister. The Li…
Tate rejects gift of turbine blade
Trustees of the Tate modern have decided not to accept the wind turbine blade, ‘The Gift’, given to the gallery by pro…
iPaddy power
Ellie Manwell explains how bringing digital technology into the gallery space is helping Dulwich Picture Gallery enhance the visit…
Town and gown
A new gallery is opening within London South Bank University. Mary Paterson talks us through the process that led to its arrival
Turning the Tide
Alastair Fairley reveals how a community of artists and a hard-nosed drive for publicity put Hastings firmly on the cultural map
Life at the OUTPOST
Leigh Sneade describes how an innovative membership scheme took a Norwich art gallery into the heart of an international community
Honoured arts: the Queen’s Birthday list
Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Michael Boyd has been Knighted for services to drama. The Queen’s Birthda…
Then and now
June will see publication of the last ever issue of a-n Magazine after 32 years, making space for new programmes from a-n The Arti…
Art on prescription
By collaborating with staff at local doctors’ surgeries, Dulwich Picture Gallery has found a sustainable channel for reaching ou…
Making an impact
Sarah Shalgosky sees university galleries as playing a broad and valuable role in the wider context of the visual arts
Building relationships
What makes a good client for a major capital building project? Alan Tovey makes some suggestions
Expanding horizons
Hayward Touring takes work by hot contemporary artists into the UK’s cultural ‘cold spots’. Roger Malbert explains what goes…
Augmentation optional
The artz trail is taking art out of the gallery and onto the streets of Brighton. Nick Dunn explains the technology behind the pro…
New momentum in Margate
Victoria Pomery describes the remarkable impact of Turner Contemporary on Margate
