Category: News
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Newsletter: February 2017
This month eye.on.art continues with a diary of exhibitions highlighting the historical and contemporary contributions by black artists to British art scene. Sonia Boyce’s We Move In Her Way opened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and is on until 16 April. At Nottingham Contemporary, a major exhibition revisiting Britain’s 1980s ‘Black Art Movement’ with works that strongly…
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John Akomfrah wins Artes Mundi 7
British artist John Akomfrah has been chosen from a shortlist of 6 of the world’s most important artists to win the UK’s leading prize for international contemporary art, Artes Mundi 7. Ken Skates AM, Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure, announced John Akomfrah as the winner of the biennial award, with a prize sum of…
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Maria Balshaw appointed Tate Director
MARIA BALSHAW APPOINTED NEW DIRECTOR OF TATE Tate has announced that Maria Balshaw, currently Director of the Whitworth (University of Manchester) and Manchester City Galleries, and Director of Culture for Manchester City Council, has been appointed the new Director of Tate. The appointment by the gallery’s Board of Trustees has been approved by the Prime Minister,…
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