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Our international curators reflect on their UK trip so far
Our delegation has been exploring galleries, artists’ studios, public art projects, an art school and even an exhibition in an old public toilet in Hull, Gateshead and Newcastle. We asked them about their reflections so far.
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Curators from across the world travel to Hull, Gateshead, Newcastle and Manchester
The Visual Arts team is delighted to welcome ten delegates from across the world to a week-long programme of gallery visits, studio visits and networking events in Hull, Gateshead, Newcastle and Manchester.
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From the Venice Biennale to the National Gallery of Jamaica
Graham Fagen’s video and sound installation, The Slave’s Lament, which was commissioned by Scotland + Venice for the Venice Art Biennale in 2015, will be shown at the National Gallery of Jamaica as part of a new exhibition.
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Grayson Perry wows audiences in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the opening of his British Council Collection exhibition
Crowds welcomed artist Grayson Perry to Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina to open his exhibition of tapestries.
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Artists from Scotland present new work in China
Solo exhibitions by Scottish artists Bruce McLean and Ross Sinclair open at the Shanghai Himalayas Museum in China this September as part of a collaborative project between Scotland and China.
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Come to a panel discussion on Iranian contemporary art
Join a panel of academics and experts for a discussion on the contemporary art scene and art criticism in Iran on 4 September in London, co-hosted by the British Council and the Iran Heritage Foundation.
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See our Hockneys in Paris and Australia
We are delighted that visitors in Australia and France will be able to enjoy some of the works by David Hockney from the British Council Collection this summer.
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Moving Pictures: from Ukraine to Greece
Our programme of artists’ films from the UK was seen by over 300 attendees in cities across Ukraine and is off next to Athens, Greece.
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Grayson Perry’s tapestries travel from Serbia to Kosovo
The Vanity of Small Differences was seen by 27,000 visitors in Novi Sad, Serbia and is now on view in Pristina, Kosovo.
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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.
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