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Work with us: research and consultancy
Work with Artquest to make the arts more equitable for artists by finding out about artists’ working lives and lived experience. Artquest works inside and outside the arts to help make the art world more equitable for all artists. Our consultation and advice is backed up by evidence on how artists work to build better […]
Applied: Artist Workforce Data
Data and insight on artists’ working conditions, career barriers, and ambitions Applied addresses a crucial gap in data and insights related to artists in England — specifically, their working conditions, the barriers they face, and their…
PRIMER
Essential advice and information for artists in England starting out in their professional career PRIMER is an ebook for early career and new starting visual artists, whether graduating from art school or just switching career. It’s aim is to…
Artists decolonise museums
Workshops in June and July 2021 on how artists practice can help with the work of decolonising UK museums and collections Artists decolonise museums built on research and action for systemic change in how we can address…
Unlocking the Collections
A research residency for an early career, London based artist to engage with The Collections Library at the Museum of the Home. Residencies took part in 2021 and 2022 with advice from Artquest on improving application and…
Artquest was 20 in 2022
In 2022 we celebrated 20 years of Artquest Artquest 20th anniversary party Artquest’s 20th anniversary party was held on online platform Gather, a mixture of an ‘old skool’ video game and Zoom. Guests designed an avatar…
WFH Residency
£1000 award to convert the first COVID lockdown in 2020 into a ‘work from home’ residency Responding to a collapse in work opportunities during the first COVID lockdown, the WFH Residency paid artists to conduct a ‘working from…
The Artist Researcher: artists and museums working together
Panel discussions on collaboration between contemporary visual artists and museums in the UK The talks, held in June 2019, were particularly aimed at smaller museums looking to broaden access and think differently…
Almanack
Online articles drawing together the art world with wider social, economic and cultural issues The Artquest Almanack (2018 2020) was an online journal that drew together the art world with wider social, economic and cultural issues, setting the arts…
Jojo Taylor: Go Thee Rhino and Make your Dreams Come True
Whenever I feel like giving up, I take a look at a piece of photocopied paper, with a picture of a rhino on it and these words. Go Thee…
Reykjavík: designing with tradition and modernity
Bobby caught our attention after we came across a number of his album artwork designs making reference to the Icelandic landscape; moody shots of lava fields, coastal scenes overlaid with weather symbols and mineral…
Iceland: recycle, rethink & redesign
Birta Rós Brynjólfsdóttir is a recent graduate of Iceland Academy of the Arts. Fresh faced, with an enthusiasm for designing a more environmentally conscious world, she and her collaborators have been making moves to reduce…
Art Worlds Margate
It’s Monday morning and I’m walking along the seafront, waves crashing to my right and seagulls squealing overhead. I’m not on holiday; I’m on the way to my studio. I moved to the coastal town of Margate,…
Collectivity, collaboration and experimentation in Budapest
I was first drawn to Budapest as a tourist, a love kept me coming back, and then I met someone who spoke the same artistic language and we started our first project, a non…
California: driving around LA with Orlagh Woods
I arrived in Los Angeles in the sunshine and heat of August, and was struck immediately by the sheer size of the city, which sprawls in every direction along its network of freeways.…
California: an interview with Frankie Carino
Arizona born, Los Angeles based Frankie Carino has been carving out a name for himself as an artist tearing at the traditions of photography, disobeying its materials and testing its presentation techniques. Lively, young…
California: an interview with Bunnie Reiss
A recent addition to the Los Angeles art community after a move down state from her old stomping ground of Oakland, Bunnie Reiss has set up studio and home in the district of Echo…
California: an interview with Kelly-Lynn Jones
Kelly Lynn Jones has been making a name for herself in San Francisco as the founder of internationally renowned creative platform and store, Little Paper Planes. Despite worldwide recognition amongst lovers of handcrafted…