Exhibition at Scottish National Gallery brings together key works by Rembrandt

Britain’s love affair with one of history’s greatest artists is being explored in the major Festival exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery this summer. Rembrandt: Britain’s Discovery of the Master is the first exhibition to tell the exceptionally rich story of how Rembrandt’s work in Britain has enraptured and inspired collectors, artists and writers over the past 400 years. This major new exhibition, which is only being shown in Edinburgh, brings together key works by Rembrandt which remain in British collections, as well as treasures that have left the country. Some of the exhibits have never been on public display before, while others return to Britain for the first time in decades, some after even a century or more. Speaking of the exhibition, Christopher Baker, Director, European and Scottish Art and Portraiture (National Galleries of Scotland), said: “This exhibition

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Städel Museum opens the first institutional survey of Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's work

The photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (b. 1938) has been devoting herself to border landscapes, places of transit and relics of past cultures for more than forty years. With the aid of thirteen extensive workgroups and altogether more than 200 works, the Städel Museum is offering the first comprehensive institutional survey of the artist’s oeuvre ever in the exhibition “Ursula Schulz-Dornburg: The Land In-Between – Photographs from 1980 to 2012”, being presented from 4 July to 9 September 2018. Schulz-Dornburg, who was born in Berlin and now lives in Düsseldorf, devotes herself in her photos to cult and culture sites in Europe, Asia and the Near East, and above all to the visible and invisible borders of these continents and regions. Her analogue black-and-white photographs are testimonies to no-longer-existing landscapes, past political systems, cultural milieus in the process of dissolution, and expir

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Alberta | Call for 2019 Submissions: Alberta Branded Showcase

Influence/Confluence

The process of making is not a singular act of influence or confluence. The creative process demands a confluence of one’s own history, biases, abilities and even limitations with the influences of politics, economics, social constructs and the physical environment. By embracing both influence and confluence, we form a new and original path.

Application Deadline: August 17, 2018

Alberta Branded is seeking art of all shapes, sizes, materials and genres to be featured in the 2019 annual juried showcase, Influence/Confluence.

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A whimsical white house exhibit beckons the imagination in Washington

A massive interactive installation that opened this week fills the US National Building Museum’s cavernous Great Hall with an all-white house, pool and pavilion designed by New York-based design firm Snarkitecture. The idiosyncratic group — which sees itself as creating neither art nor architecture, but rather something in between — invites Washingtonians to immerse themselves in a tactile show that captivates with a sprinkling of whimsy. “We are looking to make architecture accessible and engaging. Part of doing that is to integrate this concept of play,” said Alex Mustonen, who co-founded Snarkitecture with Daniel Arsham. Ben Porto joined the pair in 2014. “We like people to experience architecture and environments in ways that children might experience them,” he said. “Ideally to let your guard down to approach something in a new way.” Visitors enter the free-standing structure filled wi

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OPEN CALL: Instagram Artist / Curator Residency Opportunity

Thursday, July 5, 2018 – 11:45Following the success of last year’s first commissioned artist digital residency, we are pleased to relaunch the opportunity for Autumn 2018. Residency runs from 1 – 20 September 2018 (dates flexible)Minimum content: 1 image/accompanying description per dayFee: £500, all inclusiveDeadline: 11:59pm, Monday 6 August 2018 Over three weeks in September 2018, Arts Catalyst invites a practicing artist or curator to take over our Instagram account. We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with a proactive, demonstrable interest in transdisciplinary artistic inquiry that connects with some of our current strands of research, including science in society, and themes of migration, ancestry, race, biometrics and systems of control. The selected artist or curator will be expected to present a series of posts, that might include work-in-progress, research, documentation of a new work/project, or visual experiments within the context and format of Instagram.  During the residency, the selected artist/curator is offered the option to make use of Arts Catalyst’s King’s Cross space and window-fronts in either a studio and/or display capacity.* Artists  and curators from a wide variety of disciplines, working in any medium are encouraged to submit a project proposal. There’s also a possibility to develop a future project with Arts Catalyst, based on the research/work carried out during this residency. This residency opportunity forms part of Arts Catalyst’s forthcoming programme, The Undisciplinary, a peer-led programme that will provide artists, curators and practitioners with a space for dialogue and learning in an informal, dynamic environment. The Undisciplinary will serve as a laboratory from which to discuss, develop and reflect on transdisciplinary practices and discourse. *Subject to dates and availability PAST  In 2017, artist Korallia Stergides was selected and used the opportunity to develop a new research-based project focused around a species of fish typically eaten in Cyprus and commonly referred to as ‘kourkouna’ in Cypriot dialect and ‘prosfigopoulla’ in Greek dialect (Προσφυγοπουλα ). Stergides documented her research on Instagram, conducting both visual and text-based experiments, and has since gone on to develop the project further, presenting research as part of performances with Siobhan Davies Dance among other institutions. Revisit the residency via the Arts Catalyst Instagram feed. HOW TO APPLY Interested parties should send a proposal of no more than 500 words and a CV to opportunities@artscatalyst.org by 11:59pm on Monday 6 August 2018 with ‘Instagram Residency Opportunity 2018’ in the subject line. Please also complete the equal opportunities form downloadable here. ALL DOCUMENTS MUST BE IN PDF or MICROSOFT WORD – please do not copy and paste your application into the body of an email. REQUIREMENTS – The selected artist / curator will be expected to post at least one image per day as part of the residency along with accompanying descriptive text.– They will also be expected to help maximise digital audiences by working with Art Catalyst’s communications officer to utilise agreed hashtags etc.– Applicants can be based anywhere but should be planning to be in London during these dates.– Minimum age: 21– Applicants must be at least one year out of full-time, undergraduate education (for graduates from further education this year does not apply) and must have exhibited or curated previous projects / be able to supply a professional portfolio. RESOURCES – Meetings with curatorial staff, and Arts Catalyst’s networks (e.g. scientists, academics, and artists from major institutions and potential access to scientific spaces).– Potential to use Arts Catalyst’s project space and equipment as well as the possibility of developing a future project together.– The fee of £500 is all inclusive to be spent at the discretion of the artist / curator (materials, travel and production costs). ABOUT ARTS CATALYST Arts Catalyst commissions and produces cross-disciplinary art and research. We activate new ideas, conversations and transformative experiences across science and culture, engaging people in a dynamic response to our changing world. Through working with artists, scientists, communities and interest groups we produce projects, artworks and exhibitions that connect with other fields of knowledge, expanding artistic practice into domains commonly associated with science and specialist research. In its 24 years, Arts Catalyst has commissioned more than 160 artists’ projects, including major new works by Tomas Saraceno, Aleksandra Mir, Critical Art Ensemble, Jan Fabre and the Otolith Group, and produced numerous exhibitions, events, performances and publications, collaborating with major arts, science and academic organisations. 

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