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  • Installation view of Ed Hall's banners, The Art of Dissonance, Seoul Museum of Art, 2017 ⓒ Seoul Museum of Art. Photo: Sangtae Kim
    16 October 2017

    Artists Lubaina Himid, Alan Kane and Ed Hall head to Korea for The Art of Dissonance

    Three of the 16 artists featured in our latest group exhibition at SeMA in Korea are heading to Seoul in early November to take part in events.

  • Moira Lindsey
    9 October 2017

    Welcome to our new Head of Collection, Moira Lindsay

    Moira Lindsay joined the Visual Arts team as our new Head of Collection this month to look after our British Council Collection of more than 8,700 artworks.

  • Helen Cammock, Shouting in Whispers
    6 October 2017

    Out and about during Frieze week: what caught our Visual Arts team's eye

    During Frieze week, our Visual Arts team has been visiting exhibitions, talks and fairs across London.

  • The delegation exploring the Tool Appreciation Society exhibition.
    29 September 2017

    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.

  • International Curatorial Delegation at the Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
    26 September 2017

    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.

  • Graham Fagen
    18 September 2017

    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.

  • Grayson Perry gives a talk on the occasion of his exhibition, The Vanity of Small Differences, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 2017
    11 September 2017

    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.

  • Detail of poster for CURRENT
    5 September 2017

    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.

  • British Council Turkey Curatorial Residency Programme
    29 August 2017

    An opportunity for curators in Turkey to create an online exhibition from the British Council Collection

    The British Council in Turkey has launched an open call to create an online exhibition of works from the British Council Collection.

  • Front cover of an Iranian art magazine Herfe Honarmand
    23 August 2017

    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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