• Here are the five curators about to take part in ‘Art Exchange: Moving Image’ programme in South Asia.

    Art Exchange: Moving Image 2024

    We’re delighted to announce the five curators about to take part in the ‘Art Exchange: Moving Image’ programme in South Asia, supported by us together with LUX (UK) and ASAP (UK).

  • Art Exchange Moving Image 2024

    Call for curators | Art Exchange: Moving Image

    We're pleased to announce a new curatorial development opportunity for visual arts curators based in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

  • Biennials Connect - grants awarded

    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

    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

    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.

  • Biennials Connect Curators’ Week

    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.

  • Lagos, Peckham, Repeat: Pilgrimage to the Lakes

    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.

  • A photograph of an exhibition space with people viewing artwork on the walls. In the centre of the room is a large figure wearing a flamboyant golden dress with recycled materials.

    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’.

  • The British Pavilion, 2022 Image_ Cristiano Corte © British Council

    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.

  • No City for Poor Man - Obuh Christopher Nelson

    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.