• Biennials Connect | Grants Awarded

    In September 2023, we offered grants to UK and eligible international biennials/festivals to showcase contemporary visual artists as part of our Biennials Connect Programme. The grants were offered to facilitate new partnerships, new work, cross-cultural exchange, skills building and showcasing.

  • Art Without Frontiers | the British Council Collection

    Our British Council Collection includes nearly 9,000 pieces by the most major figures in British modern and contemporary art. It is an archive of both unique and distinctive art, with work that represents the rich history and changing landscape of British art.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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’.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.