Art Archive

  • Wish you were here!

    This week The Surface Gallery on Southwell Road launched its first exhibition of 2012 with its annual  nostalgic look at the good old fashioned postcard. A total of 265 postcards produced by 122 established practitioners, students, new comers and international artists  are exhibiting their original artwork...

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  • Desperately Seeking Paradise 2010

    Everthing is Happening At Once

    Everything is Happening At Once – Rashid Rana Every generation has thought it lives in the golden age of image making, however what is unique about this moment in time is the sheer number of images surrounding us in our daily lives.  Some researchers have found...

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  • Lowry Head of a Man, 1938. Copyright Lowry Collection Salford.

    Are you one of the 12,000?

    It’s ok, it’s not a cult. 12,000 refers to the number of people who visited Djanogly Gallery’s Lowry exhibition last year. Some of us, of course, have skewed this figure by going more than once. But if you’ve not made it yet then make it...

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  • You say you want a resolution …..

    Apologies to the Beatles I know they had revolution in mind! I can’t promise that but with the mad dash towards Christmas almost over,  let’s look ahead to the New Year! Why not make a few creative resolutions you can easily keep? Here’s a links line...

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  • Need a crafty Christmas gift or a different way to celebrate?

    More crafty gifts available from Molly Queen’s markets in the run up to Christmas.  Starting this Saturday 17 December the host venue is the aptly named Good Elf on Market Square.   http://mollyqueencollective.blogspot.com/ EMVAN East Midlands Visual Arts Network http://www.emvan.net/ celebrates Christmas with host Bruce Asbestos On Wednesday...

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  • Klaus Weber – Exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary

    Currently exhibiting at Nottingham Contemporary is Klaus Weber’s “If you leave me i’m not coming” and “Already there!” exhibitions, which will be running through until 8th January 2012. Weber’s exhibition is the latest in a list of successful, high calibre exhibitions to be displayed at the...

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  • Local Christmas Art and Craft Fairs

    his time of year is full of events to find great gifts for the holidays for friends and family. Some highlights include Nottingham Comtemporary’s new “Craft. Design. Contemporary.” craft market and Sheffield’s Frost Fair, both on this weekend. They both present good opportunities to pick...

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  • Sneinton Square from a distance (Sunset from space over western Europe/Africa by Nick Stenning www.flickr.com/photos/nickstenning/7379770/)

    Links Round-up: Space, Space, Space (and apples)

    If you walk from the centre of Nottingham to Hackspace, which you may have done after our recent guest blogs, you will have had to circumnavigate the physical space that is the building site that is Sneinton Square and the about to be revamped Market....

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  • Round-up part 1 – Anish and more, on tour

    Kapoor works on Nottingham City tour The Arts Council Collection including works by previous Turner Prize winner Anish Kapoor, opens at Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery this Saturday – a privilege not to be missed! Kapoor has left his mark in Nottingham already – as creator...

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  • the Nottingham Hackspace Laser cuts 3mm plywood

    Guest Blog – The New Industrial Revolution is FAB

    Editor of Wired Magazine, Chris Anderson tell us that “Atom are the new bits” in what he describes as “the next industrial revolution” (1). The last few decades has been a digital revolution, the commodity is bits, tiny pieces of information. Now in the new...

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