Canary Wharf Film Festival 2009
One of our partners this year, Canary Wharf Film Festival, opens next week with a bang. Established in 2007 to break down the barriers between鈥
One of our partners this year, Canary Wharf Film Festival, opens next week with a bang. Established in 2007 to break down the barriers between鈥
Exciting news from the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition continues to stretch far and wide, with one of our finalists, exhibiting in Poland this year. The鈥
Leading British artists Edwina Ashton, Bob and Roberta Smith and Matt Stokes are preparing to begin work on a major new art project, Independent State鈥
Taking advantage of my friend鈥檚 car, I escaped the city this weekend to visit the unique environment of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. It鈥檚 a fantastic summer鈥
This collection of art confronts the Western misinterpretations of the Middle East, offering a catalogue of the cultural diversity that is occurring in the region.
A mammoth text, now in its seventh revised edition, this is a seminal work looking at the history of art from 鈥渂efore history鈥 through to the third millennium.
This book is a brilliant artefact of the event. It opens with a foreword by the venerable Martin Scorsese, and is organised in three parts 鈥淥rigins鈥 鈥淭he Event鈥 and 鈥淭he Aftermath鈥.
Narrative Essays, part of a set with Critical Essays, was collected by George Packer to do justice to Orwell鈥檚 extra-ordinary talents as a non-fiction writer.
Donohue has a mastery of the time-space continuum, with a narrative arc that spans three decades in a heart-wrenching exploration of the human condition.
Sadie Jones has done it again. Not only has she sold 400,000 copies of her debut, The Outcast, but also created a new story, rich in complex human relationships.
The latest African writer to come to prominence in Europe, Unigwe engages with prejudice and polarised conceptions of right and wrong.
A radical restructuring of Federico Garc铆a Lorca from Metta Theatre, tackles our preoccupation with knife-crime and highlights the writer鈥檚 relevance today.
Andy Balman started his career in events and moved into the arts when he jointly set up and ran the Biscuit Factory, Europe鈥檚 largest commercial art gallery.
There鈥檚 no beating about the bush here as Bastila attack like ADD drummer-boys on Christmas day in opening tracks You Can鈥檛 Catch Me and The Slacker.
Having worked the New York club circuit for over a decade, Larry Tee is frequently credited as responsible for the initiation of electro-clash.
The band brings together a combination of psychedelic rock and New American Weird to team idiosyncratic lyrics with nostalgic melodies and raw guitar riffs.
Little Dragon’s influences oscillate between pop, jazz, soul and R&B, creating atmospheric tracks like Never Never, and the more experimental Come Home.
Often compared to the likes of Bob Dylan, Elliot Smith and Syd Barrett, Julien Barbagallo aka AKA Lecube holds a special place in the music world.
From the very first sun-drenched guitar chord, Telekinesis! is imbued with an overarching immediacy 鈥 wrenched, quickly, from somewhere raw and honest.
In 2006, Acoustic Ladyland released Skinny Grin to great critical acclaim. Living with a Tiger is the long-awaited follow-up, and it doesn鈥檛 disappoint.
As Woodstock celebrates its 40th anniversary, the nostalgia for those three very important days back in August 1969 is almost omnipresent.
In this edition, we鈥檝e teamed up with Shooting People and Branchange Jersey International Film Festival 2009 to give you hints and tips for finding successful routes to market for your short films.
Rage strips away cinematic paraphernalia to the bare minimum of the character and their emotion, the basic elements which are all too often left behind in cinema.
The London and Berlin based collective Artists Anonymous resist definitions and skilfully create interplay between anonymity and the artist.
This Artist is Deeply Dangerous, Bob & Roberta Smith’s 11-metre painting, opened at The Grey Gallery as part of 2009鈥檚 Edinburgh Art Festival
Provocative as ever, the 2003 Turner Prize winner, Grayson Perry, takes on a new role as curator with Unpopular Culture at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Rankin is refreshingly free of pretensions, 鈥渇or me it鈥檚 always been really important not to call myself an artist, but a photographer.鈥
A series of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the International Photographic Review will be unveiled from 30th July 鈥 2nd August 2009. The鈥
This just in鈥 The Board of Trustees of Tate has announced today that the Prime Minister has appointed Bob and Roberta Smith and Wolfgang Tillmans鈥
Contemporary visual art takes many forms – the aritsts’ mission today in infused with defining that concept. Gustavo Ortiz is one of Argentina’s rising stars鈥
Inkygoodness is a Bristol-Birmingham based duo that organise exhibitions providing a unique platform for emerging talent to showcase their work alongside established artists. Inviting you鈥
Opening on 4 July at Eastside Projects in Birmingham, a solo show by Glasgow based artists Joanne Tatham & Tom O鈥橲ullivan. The collaborative duo have鈥
Installation is one of my favourite art forms. Depending on the work it can embody the space, enhance it and inevitably change it in some鈥
Beating Los Angeles, Cannes and Venice on 12 June Bradford became the first ever UNESCO City of Film. Revealing pride for his home-town, Slumdog Millionaire鈥
The sentiment reflected throughout the art world has been that of the recession, cut backs and closures. It has been a tumultuous time for all鈥
Chronophotography was first explored in the 19th cen颅tury, using sequences of images to investigate ideas of space, time, movement and duration.
Art and Electronic Media is an essential read, which surveys the importance of electronic media vis-脿-vis the art we are producing today.
Interspersed with African turn of phrase, On Black Sisters鈥 Street draws on story-telling tradition to illuminate the West from an under-represented perspective.
The Blind Side of the Heart begins in 1945 with a boy abandoned at a railway station in provincial Germany. Helene leaves her son on the platform, never to return.
Fixating on a small community in rural Buckleigh, Love Me Tender balances a large cast of characters and their stories of love, anger and disappointment.
The four-book strong Ox-Tales collect together work from the best of British and Irish writers today under themes closely related to Oxfam鈥檚 work.
Western democracy has long been considered the blueprint of the 鈥榗ivilised world鈥, but a new play at the National Theatre questions this dominance.
With a cast of varied and unexpected characters, Cooke reveals herself to be a keen evaluator of individuals and their silent struggle with the outside world.
Having formed in 1980 during the No Wave movement and with 16 studio albums under their belt, it鈥檚 hard to know just what to expect from Sonic Youth.
It鈥檚 pretty exciting when a band releases a ground颅breaking first album, more so when the second album embodies a pure and unadulterated music.
Acoustic Ladyland is back with something rather promising. Although it can be tough to find your element in an instrumental album, Living With A Tiger assures listeners this is, indeed possible.
Revolution brings together Cuban musicians with top artists and producers from the UK and the USA, showcasing the eclecticism of Cuban music.
Here Come The Vikings is an eclectic mix of electric pop and smooth ballads. Williamson is revealed to be a multi-talented musician and songwriter.
