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…
War Sanctions
The Property of a Lady is a 1963 short story by Ian Fleming, in which 007 is tasked by M with rooting out a London based Soviet spymaster and his espionage activities to justify his expulsion from the…
Types of art gallery
Artquest has commissioned five film interviews with gallery directors. These galleries represent the main types of galleries operating in the UK. The films were made for our Gallery Films project from 2014. Some of the gallery…
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…
BNC Mentors
Mentoring and events for New Contemporaries exhibitors from 2016 2023 As part of the New Contemporaries public programme, Artquest ran peer mentoring training and practice sessions held in ICA (London), BackLit (Nottingham), Gasworks (London) and the BALTIC (Newcastle).…
Get Minted
2021 saw NFTs flooding into the contemporary art ecosystem; but will 2022 see their arrival as a welcome cornucopia of plenty or an unwanted pandora’s box of unforeseen pestilence? A selected survey of the current NFT landscape, keeping…
Promoting your art
Promoting your art is a key part of developing your career. Get it right and it will lead to more opportunities. If you don’t let people know what you are doing, your career is likely to progress…
Social networks and websites
An important part of making sure people can hear about you and your work is to be present on the internet. There are a number of different ways to do this. Choose the ways that work…
North Devon: opening an artist-led gallery space
Opening an artist led contemporary gallery space during a global pandemic in rural Devon doesn’t sound like a good idea on paper, but one year in it feels like one of the best…
Sustainable Arts Practice
The COP26 climate summit took place in November 2021. Global demonstrations have been calling for drastic action to prevent catastrophic global warming. Now has never been a better time to consider our impact on the planet. As…
Black Artist Grant
The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.The BAG is no strings attached financial support to help the selected artists in whatever they…
Getting an exhibition
Exhibitions are public shows of your art. They can take place in art galleries, museums, or another space if you organise an exhibition yourself. A lot of work goes into making an exhibition. It takes money to…
Selecting opportunities
Artquest, along with many other websites and independent organisations, list opportunities for artists. But how do you pick the one’s that are right for you? Opportunities could take the form of These are often competitive, selected through an…
The New Lockdown
Reopening attitudes amongst artist led organisations in England (July 2020) In July 2020, as the UK Government published guidance to encourage arts and cultural organisations reopen, Artquest conducted a targeted survey of artist led organisations to understand…
Make promotional images of your art work
It’s important to have good images of your work. You’ll use these to send to curators and galleries who are interested in exhibiting your art. They could also be useful for catalogues, your…
Artist CV
A CV brings together your professional achievements as an artist on one document. Having a concise, up to date CV is vital. You’ll use it to apply for exhibitions and other opportunities. Curators will also consider it when…
Internships
An internship is a junior level job. It should include hands on training while you work and earn money. What is an internship? There is no legal definition of an internship. An internship is a type of low level…
Press releases
A press release is an announcement to news outlets about a significant event. Use a press release to send information to newspapers, radio, TV or internet news organisations. A press release is sometimes called a ‘media release’. A…