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Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios 2012
January 29, 2012
Norfolk Open Studios 2012 runs from 26 May – 10 June 2012. Norfolk & Norwich Open Studios is delivered by Norfolk & Norwich Festival in partnership with Norfolk artists for the benefit of Norfolk artists. Each year for the last 16 years, hundreds of artists scattered across the county have opened up their studios, homes, garden sheds and outhouses…
read moreThe Other Art Fair
November 21, 2011
Runs from 24th November to 27th November 2011 This autumn, London will see the launch of a new and unique Contemporary art fair to be held at The Bargehouse on Southbank. Beginning on 25 November, The Other Art Fair will provide a platform unlike any other for artists, collectors and gallerists to connect directly. A carefully selected array of…
read moreFreud Museum 25th Anniversary Art Auction
September 12, 2011
20 October 2011 – 20 November 2011 The Freud Museum is organising a fundraising art auction as part of the celebrations surrounding its 25th anniversary. Exhibitions of work by contemporary artists have been an important strand in the Freud Museum’s programme for many years. Artists welcome the opportunity to respond to Freud’s home, collections and ideas, and the Museum has… read more
Deptford X Open Submission Exhibition at Core Gallery, UK. Curated by Rosalind Davis and Jane Boyer
August 04, 2011
Exhibition runs 24th September 2011 until 2nd October 2011 Preview: Friday 23rd September 7-9pm Participating artists: Alison Hand, Annabel Dover, Amy Moffat, Carolyn Lefley, Charlotte Bracegirdle, Christopher Eyles, Clare Mitten, David Fletcher, EJ Major, Emma Cousin, Emma Roche, Freya Douglas-Morris, Gabrielle Lockwood-Estrin, Iain Andrews, James Ryan, Jon Williamson, Joshua Uvieghara, Lindsey Bull, Lisa Muten, Louisa Chambers, Rachel Wilbeforce, Robert Lang… read more
A Century of Artists' Films
May 21, 2011
OUTCASTING – A Century of Artists’ Films Curated by Mike Cousin in partnership with Oriel Mwldan Saturday 21 May – Saturday 2 July 2011 FREE The ability to understand and bestow importance to moving images is embedded in the cultural psyche. From cinema, television and the Internet there is an endless stream of content to view, one that we can… read more
(Darling) You Send Me
May 11, 2011
New work by Rachel Wilberforce previews at b9 Galerie Bauernmarkt, Vienna on Friday 13 May 2011 · 19:00 – 23:00 Participating artists: AD reinhardt. AMIT greenberg. BRIAN belott. BENEDETTA jacovoni. CHRISTIAN kobald. CONSTANTIN luser. DAN walsh. DONALD baechler. ELAINE de kooning. HERBERT hinteregger. HERBERT oppeneiger. ILSA murdoch. JAMES andrews. JAMES franklin. JAY gaskill. JEF (wolfy) scharf. JONATHAN quinn. JULIE ryan.… read more
Information Highway Mentoring Scheme
April 11, 2011
Rachel Wilberforce joins artist Gary Stevens for the Information Highway Mentoring Scheme for mid career artists throughout 2011. The scheme is run by New Work Network’s National Activator 2011-2012 programme, Colchester Arts Centre’s Escalator: Live Art and Arts Council England. http://www.newworknetwork.info/activator/information-highway-mentoring-scheme read more
AIR Council invites you to join us on Saturday 26 March for rally against cuts.
March 01, 2011
AIR Council invites you to join us on Saturday 26 March for rally against cuts. The entire cultural landscape is set to contract, along with our job opportunities and potential commissions. This is not just about our livelihoods, galleries and politics. It is about our lifeblood – our culture! How to get involved We are asking AIR members to do… read more
The Salon Photo Prize 2011
February 01, 2011
Rachel Wilberforce is shortlisted for the Salon Photo Prize 2011. The Salon Photo Prize is the inaugural photography exhibition produced by Matt Roberts Arts. Private view Thursday 3 February from 18.30 – 21.00. The exhibition runs from 4 February – 26 February at Matt Roberts Arts Project Space, Unit 1, 25 Vyner Street, London, E2 9DG. This year’s selection panel… read more
Artists Interaction & Representation (AIR) Council members announced and to be inaugurated this month
January 01, 2011
Following a widespread call across the AIR membership in November 2010, AIR Council now includes seven new members who join the seven co-opted artists from the AIR Artists’ advisory group. Katriona Beales – Relocated to London in 2010 following nine years in the North West of England. Her work is deeply influenced by a migratory childhood – questions of how… read more
International Slavery Museum release their first publication on slavery
October 09, 2010
Transatlantic Slavery: An Introduction draws on the wealth of material held by the International Slavery Museum and tells of the 400-year period in which at least 12 million Africans were taken into slavery in the largest forced migration in human history. With a foreword by Reverend Jesse Jackson it’s an excellent introduction to the subject. Wilberforce’s Missing; focusing on sex… read more
Vanishing Point screens at BFI Southbank in onedotzero_adventures in Motion Festival, 10-14 November 2010
October 07, 2010
Onedotzero, BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX join forces to present a scintillating array of audiovisual and cinematic experiences, forecasting the future of moving image. Presenting the most progressive new short films, creative talent and moving image work from around the world, including exclusive previews, feature films, playful interactive installations, audiovisual performances, talks, workshops and director Q&As. Educational forums and panel discussions on… read more
Wolf and Badger Summer Residency's Live Art Entertainment in partnership with Salon Contemporary, 12th-31st August 2010
August 12, 2010
The Wolf and Badger Pop-Up shop in Selfridges Wonder Room on Oxford Street continues till August 31st with a programme of live art, video and music events and screenings, to include Wilberforce’s Vanishing Point. Click here for Wolf & Badger in the concept store at Selfridges read more
My Parallel Archive and Vanishing Point at Dark Carnival: Notes from Underground, Old Vic Tunnels, Station Approach Road, London, UK, from 6pm, 20th-21st August 2010
August 08, 2010
Wilberforce’s re-staging of a key element of the private and domestic archive in a contemporary public realm, together with the red velvet curtains (used in numerous family portraits taken by the artist’s father), creates a possibility for the re-enactment of new portraits, as well as a re-imagined space for the theatrical and the performative. Layering with My Parallel Archive (2010),… read more
ArtQuest Jumble Sale, The Rag Factory at Heneage Street, off Brick Lane, London, E1, 12-6pm, Sunday 18th July 2010
June 18, 2010
Bargains, jumble, thrift chic, games, competitions, fab prizes, tea, homemade cake, tarot readings, massage and more! All stalls run by visual artists. Free entry. For more info go to: www.artquest.org.uk read more
Vanishing Point screens as part of East End Film Festival, 22-30 April 2010
April 22, 2010
Vanishing Point is screening at East End Film Festival 2010 as part of the ‘Adventures in Experiments’ – shorts programme. It will screen at Rich Mix, Screen 3, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA on Monday 26th April at 8.30pm. Adventures In Experiments (102 min) – this is a selection of work from artists, filmmakers and animators, exploring the… read more
Missing joins International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool Permanent Collections
March 25, 2010
The International Slavery Museum has acquired Missing as part of its contemporary slavery collecting policy. Photographed in urban and suburban Britain, the images depict sex-trafficking and prostitution: the interiors and exteriors of working or derelict flats, brothels and so-called massage parlours. They are devoid of people, yet at the same time reveal human activity. Missing responds to the psychology of… read more
Celebrating Women, Artist talk, International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool, UK, 6-8pm, 10th March, 2010
March 10, 2010
Rachel Wilberforce Artist talk in honour of the unveiling of three new plaques on the Black Achievers Wall, and to coincide with Wilberforce’s exhibition of ‘Missing’ at the museum. Food and beverages will be available. For more information or to guarantee your place please call 0151 478 4543 or email Education and Communities general enquiries on the ISM web site.… read more
Invisible Empire:Undefined Spaces, Your-Space, Van Abbemuseum, The Netherlands, 30th October- 13th November 2009
October 10, 2009
Rachel Wilberforce joins international artists for Invisible Empire:Undefined Spaces at VanAbbemuseum/Your Space in creating a site-specific installation and a series of digital photographs. The concept behind the works is a virtual territory that allows art to propose new ways of societal living in order to escape heavy-handed cultures. It is a virtual arena of tension within our subconscious, our true… read more
Strange Places, Events: Lunchtime Artist's Talks, 12:30-1:30pm
October 04, 2009
Wed 7 October 2009: Artist Rachel Wilberforce in conversation with curator Alex Stara. Wed 21 October 2009: Artist Steffi Klenz in conversation with curator Alex Stara. Wed 18 November 2009: Artist Rut Blees Luxemburg in conversation with curator Alex Stara. Other events: Tues 10 November 6.30pm: Strange Places: Photography as Alternative Urbanism debate at the Architecture Foundation, chaired by the… read more
Strange Places: Sub/Urban Photography as Alternative Urbanism, Stanley Picker Gallery, UK, 30 September - 21 November 2009
July 14, 2009
This show brings together eleven international contemporary artists who propose an alternative mapping of the globalized urban condition and its margins. Whether gazing at ambiguous thresholds on the edges of the urban, or tracing liminal spaces in the city, these photographs explore themes of place, identity, boundaries and the uneasy encounter between land and built environment. Shared across the exhibited… read more
The Red Thread, Galerie Dana Charkasi, Vienna
April 15, 2009
The Red Thread was conceived as a flexible exhibition format, and has previously been shown in NYC at the Educational Alliance and a private Gallery in Seattle, WA. Originally The Red Thread served as a connective concept that surveyed various ‘threads’ in the international Vienna art scene: In its current incarnation at Dana Charkasi Galerie The Red Thread again serves… read more