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Out and About in Frieze Week: Blogs from our Team
Our Visual Arts team have been out and about in London during Frieze week and these series of blog posts offer a snapshot of what we have seen.
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Laura Aldridge’s ceramic pots travel from Nigeria to Frieze in London
Five ceramic pots designed by artist Laura Aldridge have travelled from Nigeria to be shown at Koppe Astner’s stand at Frieze Art Fair in London this week.
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Kingston-based curator selected for Tilting Axis curatorial fellowship
Kingston-based curator Nicole Smythe-Johnson has been selected for this year’s Tilting Axis curatorial fellowship, which is supported by British Council Scotland.
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‘Perspectives’ begins with two British Council Collection exhibitions opening in Ireland
In September 2016, two British Council Collection exhibitions opened in Letterkenny and Sligo in Ireland as part of 'Perspectives', a programme of visual arts and literature that promotes and celebrates cultural relations between the UK and Ireland.
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Curators from Saudi Arabia visit the UK as part of Contemporary Collective
Last week, the British Council Visual Arts team welcomed six curators from Saudi Arabia who were selected to take part in Contemporary Collective, a professional development programme.
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Last chance to see Shrigley in Chile
David Shrigley’s exhibition, Lose Your Mind, is now its final weeks at the Museo De Arte Contemporaneo in Santiago, Chile.
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Watch films about the East African Mobility Project artists’ residencies
The British Council in Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya has collaborated with three arts organisations in East Africa on this residency programme, which creates opportunities for artists in the region to move across borders.
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Damien Hirst: New Religion opens in Macedonia
Following the success of Damien Hirst’s New Religion in Banja Luka, Bosnia, where it was seen by over 20,000 visitors, the exhibition has travelled to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Macedonia, where it opens to the public on 22 June.
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Let’s talk about art: education resource pack for schools on the British Council Collection
The “Let’s talk about art” education pack is part of the British Council’s Schools Online Education Programme. The pack is aimed at Key Stage 2 ( 7 – 11 years) and Key Stage 3 ( 11 – 14 years) and aims to encourage students to explore selected artworks in the British Council Collection.
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Phyllida Barlow to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale 2017
The British Council is delighted to announce that Phyllida Barlow has been selected to represent Britain at the 57th Venice International Art Biennale. She will present a major solo show in the British Pavilion, which runs from 13 May to 26 November 2017.
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