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Latest news and announcements about public art activity
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Jeremy Deller selected for the pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 2013
Jeremy Deller has been selected for the British pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
Date uploaded: May 21, 2012
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Photography Flash Mob – Uncommon Land – seeks Participants
Uncommon Land is looking for participants for its upcoming flash mob taking place in a surprise location in Dublin city centre on the 19th May, 2012.
Date uploaded: May 14, 2012
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dOCUMENTA (13)
dOCUMENTA (13) opens to the public in Kassel on 9th June 2012. For 100 days, over 150 artists from 55 countries and other participants from around the world will gather and present artworks.
Date uploaded: May 14, 2012
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Manifesta 9 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art
Manifesta 9 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art - takes place from June 2 until September 30, 2012 at the impressive site of the former Waterschei mine in Genk, Limburg, Belgium.
Date uploaded: May 14, 2012
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Daniel Buren's site specific commission opens in Paris' Grand Palais
Daniel Buren's temporary commission, Excentrique(s), the annual Monumenta site specific commission, is on show in Paris' Grand Palais.
Date uploaded: May 14, 2012
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Millimetre's film documenting the process of constructing 'A Room for London'
Millimetre have made a film documenting the construction process of the making of A Room for London - which is perched on the roof of The Queen Elizabeth Hall at the London South Bank Centre.
Date uploaded: May 9, 2012
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Apply for Awakes – the West Midlands Artist taking the lead project free tickets for Godiva
Apply for free tickets for Godiva Awakes – the West Midlands Artist taking the lead project.
Date uploaded: April 18, 2012
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Central line series: Anna Barham and Alice Channer
Two new site specific commissions have just launched as part of the Central line series: Anna Barham at White City station and Alice Channer at Notting Hill Gate station.
Date uploaded: April 16, 2012
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Greenway Sculpture Project – Deadline Extended to 27 April 2012
The Greenway Sculpture Project 2012, part of the Greenway Artists Initiative, is a none site specific temporary outdoor exhibition of contemporary sculpture open to all practicing sculptors and will run along the Great Western Greenway, Co. Mayo until October 2012.
Date uploaded: April 16, 2012
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LAHF - Linking with commissioners
London Arts in Health Forum (LAHF) is planning some research into the barriers, challenges and incentives facing commissioners looking to work with the arts.
Date uploaded: April 16, 2012
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Making meaning or ticking boxes – which is cultural education at its best?
In this article, Paul Collard analyses the vision for cultural education Henley sets out in his review of cultural education in England and explores how rich an education it will provide.
Date uploaded: April 16, 2012
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Happy 10th Birthday UP Projects!
Congratulations to UP Projects, who are celebrating their tenth birthday.
Date uploaded: April 4, 2012
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Award winning artist commissioned for Birmingham’s Church Street Square
Colmore Business District (CBD) and Birmingham City Council have commissioned award winning artist, Wolfgang Buttress, to create a piece of public art to complement a new public square in the city.
Date uploaded: April 2, 2012
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LANDMARK Public Art Programme – Invitation to Connect
Lough Lannagh will be a hive of creativity over the weekend of April 20th-22nd 2012, marking the official launch of an 18-month long public art programme ‘LANDMARK’.
Date uploaded: April 2, 2012
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The Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture 2012
The Marsh Christian Trust and the PMSA invite nominations for the Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture 2012.
Date uploaded: April 2, 2012
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Culture in Planning Alliance
ixia has come together with 19 arts and cultural organisations who jointly campaigned to see culture included in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to establish the Culture in Planning Alliance.
Date uploaded: March 28, 2012
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Update: culture and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)
On the 27th March 2012 the Government published the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). ixia welcomes the inclusion of cultural well-being and good design within the NPPF as supporting the provision of public art.
Date uploaded: March 21, 2012
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Connolly & Cleary awarded RPA Luas Cherrywood Public Art Commission
Paris-based Irish artists Connolly & Cleary have been awarded the Railway Procurement Agency (RPA) Luas Cherrywood Public Art Commission managed by Visual Artists Ireland.
Date uploaded: March 21, 2012
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FcNK
FcNK, by Clive Parkinson, explores the relationship between art in the public realm and well-being. He investigates public art's sometimes superficiality and its occasional potential to question societal norms.
Date uploaded: March 14, 2012
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Public Art and the Art of the Public -- After the Creative City
This short study by Jonathan Vickery aims to assess the current situation of public art in the UK within an urban cultural policy context.
Date uploaded: March 14, 2012
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The Past and Possible Future of Countermonument
This article by Jonathan Vickery looks at the frameworks of thought and practice of ‘countermonument’.
Date uploaded: March 14, 2012
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The Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture
The Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, announces the launch of the book, 'Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture' which investigates the historical connections between health, design and the environment.
Date uploaded: March 14, 2012
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Arts and Music in Healthcare: An overview of the medical literature: 2004-2011
Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity have published a report by Rosalia Staricoff and Stephen Clift which updates the review of arts and health research conducted by Rosalia Staricoff for Arts Council England in 2004.
Date uploaded: March 5, 2012
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Publication of the Henley Review of Cultural Education
The independent review of Cultural Education in England was commissioned at the request of the Secretary of State for Education and the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries. Darren Henley, Managing Director of Global Radio's national classical music station, Classic FM, was asked to consider how we can ensure the ambition that every child should experience a wide variety of high quality cultural experiences, ensuring both quality and best use of public investment.
Date uploaded: February 29, 2012
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Whitechapel Gallery unveils plans for first permanent Rachel Whiteread artwork in the UK
Whitechapel Gallery Director Iwona Blazwick OBE has unveiled detailed plans of a major new commission by British artist Rachel Whiteread for the building’s historic façade.
Date uploaded: February 29, 2012
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Bristol Royal Hospital for Children: Publication Offer
The 70 page catalogue, published to celebrate the outcomes of the Arts Commissioning Programme at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, is now available free of charge (while stocks last).
Date uploaded: February 27, 2012
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Robert Smithson: Art in Continual Movement
'Robert Smithson: Art in Continual Movement': A publication about the contemporary relevance of the oeuvre of Robert Smithson (1938 - 1973).
Date uploaded: February 27, 2012
