• Art Exchange Moving Image

    Art Exchange Moving Image | participants announced

    During 2023-2024 LUX and Guest Artists Space Foundation will work with curators in Sub-Saharan Africa to develop a series of exhibition projects responding to moving image works in the British Council Collection. We are happy to announce the following participants on the programme.

  • Biennials Connect Curators’ Week

    Updates from the Liverpool Biennial, Biennials Connect Delegation Week

    Read and watch the updates from the Liverpool Biennial 2023 Delegation, when sixteen international curators, primarily from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, took part in a week of tours, events and networking.

  • Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes

    Biennials Connect support for Visual Artists 2023

    British Council Visual Arts is offering grants of up to £10,000 to UK and eligible international biennials/festivals to support visual artists’ participation. Applications are welcome from UK biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary international visual artists, and from international biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary UK visual artists.

  • A photograph of an exhibition space with people viewing artwork on the walls. In the centre of the room is a large figure wearing a flamboyant golden dress with recycled materials.

    Announcing the delegates for the Liverpool Biennial, Biennials Connect Delegation Week

    In partnership with Liverpool Biennial, and as part of the Biennials Connect programme, the British Council has invited curators to take part in a curatorial delegation, coinciding with Liverpool Biennial 2023 ‘uMoya, The Sacred Return of Lost Things’.

  • Applications close: 18th August 2023

    Call for curators | Art Exchange: Moving Image

    British Council Visual Arts, LUX and Guest Artists Space Foundation are pleased to announce a new curatorial development opportunity for curators based in Sub-Saharan Africa.

  • The British Pavilion, 2022 Image_ Cristiano Corte © British Council

    Open Call For 2024 UK Programme Partners

    Our Fellowship Partners are absolutely central to supporting emerging creatives and future talents and we welcome both returning and new partners each year.

  • No City for Poor Man - Obuh Christopher Nelson

    Biennials Connect Grants to support Visual Artists

    British Council Visual Arts is offering grants of up to £10,000 to UK and eligible international biennials/festivals to showcase contemporary visual artists’ work.

  • Delegates

    Updates from Biennials Connect Venice Delegation 2022

    We hosted a delegation of ten curators, five from the UK and five from Africa, at the Venice Biennale di Arte as part of the Visual Arts Biennials Connect programme.

  • Liverpool Biennial

    Liverpool Biennial X British Council Biennials Connect Curators’ Week

    In partnership with Liverpool Biennial we are excited to offer 10 fully-funded opportunities for early to mid-career Curators from selected countries to attend a Curators’ networking week within the 12th edition of Liverpool Biennial.

  • Akya Sy

    Biennials Connect - Venice Biennale Delegation

    This delegation is part of the British Council Visual Arts Biennials Connect programme. The programme promotes cross-cultural and cross-border exchange and collaboration by providing opportunities for curators to connect, collaborate and build meaningful partnerships with colleagues across the globe and to nurture future engagement with British Council arts programmes and partners.