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1 June 2017

Shards, stilt walking and mudlarking: an artist from Trinidad and Tobago is in residence at Delfina Foundation

Joshua Lue Chee Kong, an artist, researcher and collector from Trinidad and Tobago, takes part in a new UK | Caribbean/Caribbean | UK artist residency programme, supported by British Counci in the Caribbean.

18 May 2017

See Phyllida Barlow’s sculpture from the British Council Collection at Turner Contemporary

Coinciding with her British Pavilion exhibition at the Venice Biennale, Barlow presents her ARTIST ROOMS in Margate, including a sculpture from the British Council Collection.

20 April 2017

The British Council supports ten artists from the UK taking part in documenta 14

Find out which artists from the UK are presenting at this exhibition in Athens, Greece and in Kassel, Germany.

27 March 2017

The British Council supports Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler's exhibition in Egypt

Artists Noor Afshan Mirza and Brad Butler exhibit in downtown Cairo, supported by the British Council in Egypt.

14 March 2017

Explore a new digital exhibition of British Council Collection works

You can now discover selected works from the British Council Collection via a new online exhibition experience, curated by Elif Kamışlı and produced in collaboration with the British Council in Turkey.

27 February 2017

The British Council supports Graham Fagen’s exhibition in Canada

A solo exhibition by Scottish artist Graham Fagen opened on 24 February at the Galerie l’UQAM in Montreal, supported by the British Council in Scotland and Canada and Creative Scotland.

20 February 2017

Explore the rich history of the UK's artists and architects at the Venice Biennale in our new website

For the past 80 years, the British Council has presented exhibitions by the UK's best artists and architects at the British Pavilion.

17 February 2017

See Eduardo Paolozzi's works from the British Council Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery

Find out which 21 artworks from our Collection appear in a major retrospective of Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.

13 February 2017

Caribbean Queer Visualities exhibition opens in Glasgow

Check out a group exhibition of queer work by young visual artists from the Caribbean at Transmission Gallery in Glasgow, Scotland from February-March 2017.

8 February 2017

Open call for UK-based artists and curators: apply for a residency in Argentina

UK-based artists and curators are invited to apply for a funded residency at La Ira de Dios, Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 27 March – 29 May 2017