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People viewing a large artwork in a gallery.
Date
12 September 2024 - 15:30

The art that travels the world building relationships for the UK

The British Council Collection consists of around 8,800 works of British art, but has no permanent gallery. We talked to Head of Collection, Moira Lindsay, to find out more.

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Visual Arts
A grid collage of drawings of women in period clothing undertaking household tasks, some of the grids are solid black or green.
Date
14 November 2023 - 14:30

A st.itch in time: unravelling gender stereotypes with Afrah Shafiq

How can public art help to change perceptions of locations? Or our view of the world? Laura Green spoke to multi-disciplinary artist Afrah Shafiq.

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Visual Arts
Blurred people in a gallery
Date
29 April 2020 - 14:46

How I created a digital exhibition

David Drake, Director of Ffotogallery, tells us how he created the digital exhibition The Place I Call Home.

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Visual Arts, Technology
Page from Miseyieki by Shangomola Edunjobi
Date
20 June 2019 - 10:59

How I became a Manga artist

Shangomola Edunjobi is a British Manga artist. He talks about the skills you need to make it in the industry, and how to turn storytelling into a career.

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Literature, Visual Arts
Zoe Whitley facing the camera
Date
29 April 2019 - 08:10

'There's a mystique around expertise' – how Dr Zoe Whitley built her career as a curator

Dr Zoe Whitley is Senior Curator, Hayward Gallery, London, and curator of Cathy Wilkes’ British Council commission at the British Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia 2019.

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Visual Arts
Glass teeth on a white surface
Date
21 May 2018 - 12:16

How one sculptor chooses and uses materials

Artist Anina Major talks about how she turned glass into teeth, built a floor-to-ceiling spine, and how she sources sustainable material.

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Visual Arts
Drawn image of a pineapple on a cream surface
Date
22 March 2018 - 12:03

How two artists interpreted their shared history for one exhibition

Bahamian artist Sonia Farmer and Scottish artist Graham Fagen created two very different artworks for an exhibition on the historical significance of slavery.

Tags
Visual Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity, History
Animated pink and blue fruit floating against a grey background
Date
15 December 2017 - 12:43

How does one virtual reality animator find inspiration, communities and audiences?

James Paterson is a creative director and founder of Presstube.

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Visual Arts
Man standing on a rooftop looking at the camera
Date
27 November 2017 - 11:35

How one competition winner photographs people

Claudia Cuomo is the winner of EnGENDERed 2017. She told us how she approaches portrait photography.

Tags
Visual Arts, Equal opportunities and diversity
'[Maria Stoian's book] is a collection of comics based on stories of women who have experienced abuse.' Image (c) Maria Stoian, used with permission.
Date
18 May 2017 - 01:59

The rich, international world of comic books by women

Anamaria Pravicencu, who curated events at the European Comics Festival Exhibition in Bucharest, talks about the rise of international comic books by women authors.

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Visual Arts, Literature, Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity
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