Founded in the 1960s and celebrating its 15th year in Brindleyplace, IKON gallery is the most established contemporary art space in Birmingham. Newly appointed curator Stuart Tulloch gave us the the l...
Eastside Projects is the main hub for contemporary artists in Birmingham. We spoke to Associate Director Ruth Claxton about setting up and maintaining such an important artist-led project. www.eastsid...
Over the weekend of 2 - 3 February 2013, the Contemporary Art Society North ran a unique event called 'Art in the Home'.The event saw commercial galleries Arcade (London) and WORKS|PROJECTS (Bristol) ...
What do you do if there aren't enough artist studios? Set up your own of course! Cheryl Jones talks to us about getting things done at Grand Union in Birmingham. www.grand-union.org.uk www.axisweb.org...
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Recent graduate Aly Grimes tells us about running one of Birmingham's newest artist-led spaces. Stryx is based at Minerva Works in Digbeth. www.stryx.co.uk www.axisweb.org/webzine/birmingham
We talk to Elly Clarke about moving beyond the confines of the white cube and her attempt to stimulate Birmingham's commercial art scene with her new project FRAME_. www.projectframe.net www.ellyc...
In July 2012 we were the lucky recipients of Artplayer's 5K video services competition. We thought we'd use this to highlight a success story that one of our artist members received through Axisweb's ...
After the heady excitement of the London Art Fair opening night, we went to talk to other galleries taking part in Art Projects this year: Ceri Hand Gallery, BEARSPACE, Works|Projects and PEER. htt...
On the 15 January 2013 the London Art Fair opened its doors for the 25th year, bringing together over 130 galleries from across the UK and overseas. With our Axisweb stand in P27 complete, and the pre...
In the second part of our interview with artist and Vice Chair or AIR Joseph Young, we ask him how the art world has changed since 1991, the year Axisweb was founded. He tells us how important the web...
We interview Joseph Young about his art practice and his role as Vice Chair of the AIR Council. He also talks about the challenges facing artists in the current economic climate. www.axisweb.or...
In July 2012 Axisweb ventured down to Hereford to interview Mark Houghton about his site-responsive practice and how he uses found objects to reinterpret the everyday. www.axisweb.org/artist/mark-h...
Hanae Utamura is the second recipient of the Axis/Florence Trust Award, a 12 month funded residency at The Florence Trust, London. Axisweb catches up with Hanae as she comes to the end of her resid...
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