Axisweb Staff Blog http://blog.axisweb.org contemporary art radar Tue, 14 May 2013 09:41:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What Next? Mobilising audiences to advocate for art http://blog.axisweb.org/index.php/2013/04/whats-next/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-next http://blog.axisweb.org/index.php/2013/04/whats-next/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:08:06 +0000 Sheila http://blog.axisweb.org/?p=1351

When you’ve worked in the arts for many years, you might be forgiven for looking a little askance at any new campaign to make the case for arts funding. It’s a cyclical battle that comes round with depressing regularity and … Continue reading

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Artists are inveterate collectors and hoarders, with a predisposition for meticulous research, documentation and display. That much was very clear at the latest of our seminars about Artists and Museums at the Harris Museum and Art Gallery in Preston, where … Continue reading

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The National Portrait Gallery is one of those London museums that amply repays even a flying visit. As a regular visitor, you know roughly what you will find: awesome Tudor portraits that bristle with the trappings of status and power; … Continue reading

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It’s an inevitable aspect of running a website about art that, however much you try to get out and about, much of the contact you have with artists happens remotely by email or on social media. At the London Art … Continue reading

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Over the last month we’ve been busy planning our stand at London Art Fair. We often get asked about how we select the artists we show. With over 2,500 artists in the directory and the possibility of only showing a … Continue reading

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]]> http://blog.axisweb.org/index.php/2012/07/henry-moore-institute/feed/ 0 Inch Kenneth http://blog.axisweb.org/index.php/2012/04/inch-kenneth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inch-kenneth http://blog.axisweb.org/index.php/2012/04/inch-kenneth/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:19:13 +0000 Ruth http://blog.axisweb.org/?p=1210

Jules and I have spent the last 24 hours on the Isle of Mull filming Adrian and Jane of ‘Strongarbh House‘ in the picture-perfect town of Tobermory, as part of a series of films on collecting for Own Art. I … Continue reading

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I am one of a seemingly small minority of art lovers who neither made it to Hockney at the Royal Academy (much as I like his work) nor had the foresight to book advance tickets for Leonardo at the National … Continue reading

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