Bad Video Art is an annual festival that takes place in various locations in Moscow, Russia. Recently, I spoke with its curators Natalia Monakhova and Andrey Schlachilin about what makes video art, bad.
Museums are working hard at digitalising their art collections. But what is the point? Our latest article discusses this change.
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Covid Relief Funding. We discuss options for artists in conversation with Creative Scotland, The Artist Union and Creative Edinburgh. What are sustainable way to develop income for creative? Funding, Freelancing and …
Read MoreCuration is everywhere. Instagram feeds, window displays, hair styles, salads – but who gets to curate culture? With the release of the National Recovery Fund we look at the impact of the governments choices have on the wider story of contemporary British culture. Read here →
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Planning a staycation this year? The Gairloch Museum, is based in the North West of Scotland. Once a nuclear bunker, this stark and deceptively simple concrete block of building has undergone a transformation. After 8 years of planning and plenty of help from the local community, the disused bunker now throws open its doors as a museum and art exhibition space
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Will British Museums Be Selling Their Artwork? It was recently reported that the Royal Academy in London was mulling whether to sell its prize piece (Michelangelo’s Taddei Tondo). In conversation with Alistair Brown, a spokesperson for the Museums Association, we dig deeper in the deaccessioning in the UK
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Community, collaboration, and compassion are at the heart of this project. The pandemic has pulled hundreds of thousands of people into poverty: food bank data reports exceptional spikes in demand, with unprecedented numbers of people facing food poverty. Through creative collaboration, London-based artists are joining forces to bring food to the doors of the North Kensington, London
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A public sculpture was in the headlines again – the end product of a long campaign to erect a statue in celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft, the author of proto-feminist text A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, who died in 1797. Read here →
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The 2020 Taipei Biennial is a commentary on the 'increasing disagreement on how to keep the world inhabitable' as curators Bruno Latour and Martin Guinard explain. How to agree on a future, when the present diverges in political opinions and acceptance of geology and ecology?
The curators invite us to reflect on these questions whilst navigating a fictional planetarium in the form of an exhibition at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
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The Scottish Government sets a legally-binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by net zero by 2045, but how does this affect the arts? Read here →
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When was the last time you had a painkiller? Did you know the use of opioid drugs (aka painkillers) has claimed more than 400,000 lives in the US since 1999? Do you think art institutions should be responsible for the moral integrity of the companies that gift donations?
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Frieze Sculpture is taking place as usual at London’s Regent Park. Featuring the work of 12 artists, the exhibition was curated by Clare Lilley, who has been in charge of its programming since 2012. Read more here →
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The London art scene welcomes Cromwell Place during Frieze week. The new anticipated art community model opens it's doors with a diverse programme of international galleries. Read article here
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In response to George Floyd Murder and the uproar in America
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From the days of Leo Castelli until now, the art world ecosystem continues to evolve in order to survive. Read a short discussion about collaborations and partnerships.
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A blog about ARCO Madrid, including our favourite gallery booth and artists
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Flipping Art. Is it a good thing or a bad thing. A discussion
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