Why I stopped making art
This is the story of why I stopped making art for years and how I rediscovered my passion. I’m not juggling it perfectly and haven’t given up the day job. Maybe you can relate. The…
A Complete Unknown
The 97th Oscar awards were presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on 2 March 2025 in Los Angeles, honouring movies released in 2024. Nominated in eight Oscar categories, A Complete Unknown is a…
Copyrightability
Many governments worldwide are currently seeking to keep pace with the impact – on their economies, infrastructures and industries – of AI developments and innovations. In the visual art ecosystem, two challenging issues are being faced: whether AI generated…
The Last Year of the Inequity Olympics
Artist and writer Alistair Gentry critiques the art world’s focus on marginal diversity gains while it ignores underlying issues of class, disability, and other systemic inequities. Precarious employment, underfunding, and a lack of…
Copyright and AI Consultation
The year is barely a month old and already 2025 is being variously described by digital technologists worldwide as: ‘A Year of AI Hype and Quiet Evolution’, ‘Maybe the Year of AI Legislation: Will We See…
Smarter Artists’ Funding
The UK’s Autumn Budget 2024 promulgated government’s fiscal policies and plans aimed at establishing economic foundations for its mission of ‘national renewal’ over the next five years. Many suggestions and proposals have been made in recent months…
Ladies Lounge
The history of modern and contemporary western art and law is punctuated with rare court decisions demonstrating extraordinary understanding of the content of artwork, and respect for the artist’s creative intentions. One such case was decided recently, and…
Drawing Connections: Four works from 30works30days by an artist with chronic illness
I need structure to function. I live with cystic fibrosis (CF) and I don’t have a job, so I’m used to creating my own structure. My daily routine…
Disclosure of Buyers
High profile artists rarely speak publicly about the commercial dimensions of their practices. It is significant, then, that a leading British artist, the usually reticent Peter Doig, recently voiced concerns about the way artists can be mistreated…
The White Pube Creatives Grant
Open deadline
The White Pube Creatives Grant is a one off £500 grant to be given out to a different working class creative practitioner based in the UK once every month. This grant has been set up…
Store-To-Own
The first Zero Art Fair in Upstate New York was scheduled to last four days in July 2024, but lasted only two, because nearly all the exhibited artworks were taken away by collectors – who paid no money to…
Adaptations
A practice development award of £2000 for an artist to trial new ways of working. Adaptations is undergoing evaluation and will relaunch in 2026. Subscribe to our mailing list to hear about deadlines, revised eligibility, and the scope of…
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…
40 Years of Collecting
During 2024, the UK’s Design and Artists Copyright Society, DACS, celebrates forty years of operations. DACS is a not for profit share rights management organisation that champions, protects and manages the intellectual property rights of visual…
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Damien Hirst sculptures made by preserving animals in formaldehyde were dated by his company to the 1990s even though they were made in 2017, an investigation by the UK’s Guardian newspaper alleged in March 2024.…
Political Statements
The year 2024 has been described as being ‘the ultimate election year’, when more people than ever in history may vote in national polls for their governments and leaders: in over 70 countries worldwide, representing 49% of the…
DIY Residencies
Resources to inspire and guide artists to self organise their residencies An introduction to DIY residencies We exist in a time of funding cuts, oversubscribed, and structurally inaccessible opportunities. Data from our Applied research programme shows that 44%…
Ties That Bind
A recently filed lawsuit focuses on whether it is lawful for an exclusive trader of goods to sell only to would be buyers deemed suitable. The eventual outcome of the case may have significance for the way…