News

12 January 2017

Meet the nominees of the Artes Mundi international art prize

Find out more about six artists nominated for the 7th Artes Mundi contemporary art prize.

16 December 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Rachel Maclean in focus

For the seventh and final blog post in our series celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Council in Scotland, read about Rachel Maclean's film.

12 December 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Hamish Fulton in focus  

For the sixth in a series of blog posts celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Council in Scotland, read about Hamish Fulton's screenprint.

8 December 2016

Artists’ film on the road: Moving Pictures travels from Estonia to Uzbekistan  

Artist Laura Buckley went to Talinn in Estonia and Brad Butler is off to Uzbekistan to introduce our Moving Pictures programme of artists' film.

5 December 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Claire Barclay in focus

For the fifth in a series of blog posts celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Council in Scotland, read about Claire Barclay's sculptural work.

28 November 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Robert Colquhoun in focus

For the fourth in a series of blog posts celebrating the 70th anniversary of the British Council in Scotland, read about a watercolour by Robert Colquhoun.

21 November 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Jim Lambie in focus

For the third in a series of British Council Scotland 70th anniversary blog posts on Collection works, Susanna Beaumont has written about a sculpture by Jim Lambie.

15 November 2016

Damien Hirst's exhibition broke audience records in Bosnia and Herzegovina and continues its tour to Kazakhstan

An exhibition by Damien Hirst toured in partnership with Paul Stolper Gallery and British Council Visual Arts, opened on 11 November at the Kasteev Art Museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

14 November 2016

British Council Scotland 70th Anniversary: Ethel Walker in focus

For the second in a series of British Council Scotland 70th anniversary blog posts on Collection works, Susanna has written about a watercolour by Ethel Walker.

8 November 2016

Apply for a new UK-Caribbean artist residency by 2 December

The British Council is collaborating with UK and Caribbean based cultural partners to offer new residency opportunities open to visual artists, art critics and curators who are living and working anywhere in the UK.