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From the Current Issue

Issue 488 July–August 2025

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Joe Namy, Until this Elegy Ends, 2024

Letter from Amman

In Jordan Mark Sheerin encounters softly spoken artworks that nevertheless burn with urgency

Working with the materials they have to hand, they document the many overcrowded camps in the territory. While all stylistically different, the four artists conveyed fragility and resilience, made powerfully affecting by their proximity to mortal danger.

 

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From the Back Catalogue
Representing Destruction
Matthew Bowman considers the role of archives in recording the destruction of art. First published in 2021, now free online.

 

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TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976

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Art Calendar

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Emeka Ogboh, Ode to the Channel, 2025, photo by Igor Emmerich
Folkestone Triennial Critic's Tour with Hettie Judah, 11am Sat 16 Aug

Selected Events

  • Creative Reflective Practice Session
    G39, Cardiff, Thu 31 Jul 6.00pm
  • Pour Decisions at The Corner
    Tate Modern, London, Thu 31 Jul 7.00pm
  • Vision or Dream: Make a Headdress
    Mostyn, Llandudno, Fri 1 Aug 10.30am
  • Barra/B: Exhibition Curated by Beatrice Borra
    Casildart, London, Sat 2 Aug 4.00pm
  • Saturday Talks: Alexa Chow on Giuseppe Penone
    Serpentine Gallery, London, Sat 2 Aug 12.00pm
  • Lughnasadh Music & Art Festival
    Forgan Arts Centre, Newport-on-Tay, Sat 2 Aug 2.00pm
  • Amruta Garud Performance: Indian Healing Sounds
    Chapter, Cardiff, Sun 3 Aug 2.00pm
  • Timeless Bottomless Bad Movie
    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Sun 3 Aug 6.00pm
  • Inside Out: Plastique Fantastique Performance
    The Photographers' Gallery, London, Fri 8 Aug 4.00pm
  • Raven Chacon: Voiceless Mass Performance
    The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Sat 9 Aug 8.00pm
  • Feed Your Mind: Curator's Talk and Tour
    Impressions, Bradford, Thu 14 Aug 12.30pm
  • Late Programme Inspired by Pakeezah
    Whitechapel Gallery, London, Thu 14 Aug 6.00pm
  • Eve Stainton: The Joystick and The Reins (World Premiere)
    Bold Tendencies, London, Thu 14 Aug 7.30pm
  • Wang Bing's Youth Trilogy
    Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Fri 15 Aug 6.30pm
  • In Conversation: The Life and Legacy of Ithell Colquhoun
    Tate Britain, London, Fri 15 Aug 7.30pm
  • Folkestone Triennial Critic's Tour with Hettie Judah
    Folkestone Triennial, Sat 16 Aug 11.00am
  • Online Slow Reading Group: We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself
    Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, Mon 18 Aug 6.30pm
  • Reading Circle: Talking Beasts and Trickster Tongues
    The Whitworth, Manchester, Thu 21 Aug 6.00pm
  • Conversation: School and the Migrant Experience in Britain
    Autograph, London, Wed 3 Sep 6.00pm
  • Switched-On Bach: Virtuoso Electronic Performances of Wendy Carlos
    Bold Tendencies, London, Fri 5 Sep 7.30pm
  • Bodies of Water Symposium: Regenerative Art Practice
    The Black-E, Liverpool, Thu 11 Sep 12.30pm
  • Earth Rising Festival
    IMMA, Dublin , Fri 12 Sep 5.30pm
  • Emma Critchley: Soundings Performance
    Tate St Ives, Saint Ives, Sat 20 Sep 10.20am
  • One Island Many Visions Symposium
    Drill Hall Gallery, Portland, Sat 27 Sep 9.30am

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Selected Exhibition Openings

  • Manifesto for Sustainable Experimentation
    Beaconsfield, London, until Sat 9 Aug
    BAW, Sonia Boyce, David Burrows, Michael Curran, Luana Duvoisin Zanchi, Minna Haukka, Trevor Mathison, Emily Mulenga, Ellis Parkinson, A.L. Steiner, Luke Turner, Joseph Walsh and many others celebrate 30 years of Beaconsfield, 1995-2025.
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  • Beyond the Weave: Crafting Tradition, Sparking Play
    October Gallery, London, opens Wed 30 Jul | PV 31 Jul
  • Tanya Ling
    The Mayor Gallery, London, opens Thu 31 Jul | PV 30 Jul
  • In the Moment: Photographic Exhibition
    Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, opens Sat 2 Aug | PV 2 Aug
  • Showing/Off
    studio1.1, London, opens Thu 7 Aug | PV 7 Aug
  • Tai Shani
    Somerset House, London, opens Thu 7 Aug | PV 6 Aug
  • Home with a Man
    Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, opens Fri 15 Aug | PV 14 Aug
  • Interior Motives
    Hauser & Wirth, London, opens Fri 22 Aug | PV 22 Aug
  • Helen Anna Flanagan, Gavin Gayagoy
    Fact, Liverpool, opens Fri 29 Aug | PV 28 Aug
  • Anal Peace
    Corvi-Mora, London, opens Thu 4 Sep | PV 4 Sep
  • Masao Nakahara
    Pippy Houldsworth, London, opens Fri 5 Sep | PV 4 Sep
  • Route 19
    Belmacz Gallery, London, opens Wed 10 Sep | PV 9 Sep

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  • Jul: Morgan Falconer asks whether contemporary art is in decline and, if so, why; Tom Denman wonders why there is deafening silence in the art world as the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki looms.
  • Jun: Morgan Quaintance analyses the absence of discussion of working-class lives in the arts, and the cultural influence of the middle class in how such lives are understood.
  • May: Rachel Pronger discusses the work of Vaginal Davis at the Gropius Bau, Peter Suchin covers Barbara Steveni's work at Modern Art Oxford, Henry Broome looks at the troubled history between art and gentrification and Elizabeth Fullerton reports on the art scene in Tallinn.

Opportunities

Jobs

Events and Engagement Manager

The Courtauld, London | 31 Jul
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Studios Maintenance Manager

Cell Project Space, London | 31 Jul
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Press Assistant

Rees & Co, London | 1 Aug
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Records Management Officer

Imperial War Museum, London | 1 Aug
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Part Time Art Teacher

art-K, South East | 3 Aug
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Project Management Office Administrator

London Museum | 3 Aug
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Assistant Art Technician

Henry Moore Foundation, East | 4 Aug
henry-moore.org

Chief Operating Officer & Deputy CEO

Sussex Past | 4 Aug
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Director

Fishbourne Roman Palace, South East | 4 Aug
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Part Time Exhibition Officer

Royal College of Physicians Museum, London | 4 Aug
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Research Manager

The British Museum, London | 5 Aug
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Content, Research & Press Manager

Thaddaeus Ropac, Milan | 6 Aug
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Digital Content Coordinator

Artes Mundi, Wales | 7 Aug
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Part Time PA/Carer

Nancy Willis, London | 7 Aug
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Head of Contemporary Visual Arts

Focal Point Gallery, Southend | 8 Aug
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Intern

Strobel Lall Communications, London | 8 Aug
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Museum Support Officer

Crewe Heritage Centre, North West | 8 Aug
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Exhibitions Project Manager

Royal Museums Greenwich, London | 10 Aug
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Freelance Project Manager - Canaletto at Tatton Park

Cheshire East Council | 10 Aug
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Press and Communications Manager

MACK, London | 10 Aug
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Curator, Second World War and Mid Twentieth-Century Conflict

Imperial War Museum, London | 11 Aug
iwm.org.uk

Gallery Assistant

Niru Ratnam, London | 15 Aug
niruratnam.com

Lecturer in Fine Art

University of Cumbria, Carlisle | 17 Aug
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Curator of Learning

Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art | 17 Aug
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Lecturer in Filmmaking

UWE, Bristol | 17 Aug
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Senior Collections and Exhibitions Officer

The Box, Plymouth | 18 Aug
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Research Fellow

Ceramics Research Centre UK, London | 20 Aug
vacancies.westminster.ac.uk

Administration and Data Assistant

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust, North West | 26 Aug
tulliehouse.co.uk


Residencies/Fellowships

5k Hybrid Residency for Disabled Artists

Shape Arts, UK Wide | 10 Aug
ucl.ac.uk

BCU Graduate Studio Programme Open Call

Birmingham City University, Grand Union and Contemporary Other | 17 Aug
grand-union.org.uk

Photography Dark Room Residency

Worthlessstudios, New York | Rolling
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Residencies for Artists at Risk

Artists at Risk, International | Rolling
artistsatrisk.org

2025 Artist & Writer Residencies

Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts | Rolling
gibraltarpointcentre.ca

Palazzo Monti Residency

Brescia, Italy | Rolling
palazzomonti.org


Competitions/Commissions

The Eleventh Edition of the International Award for Art Criticism

Entrants are required to submit a piece of critical writing about any contemporary art exhibition held anywhere in the world or on-line between 1st September 2024 and 31st August 2025, for a chance of winning one of four prizes totalling over 20k euros.
IAAC, Royal College of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, AICA, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiushi Art Museum | 14 Sept
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Call for Artist: Art Under the Bridges at Little Venice

Westminster City Council | 1 Aug
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Open Call for Artists: Timber Square, Southwark

Hive Curates, London | 4 Aug
hivecurates.com

Open Call: Crewe Railway Bridge Art

Crewe Town Council | 8 Aug
crewetowncouncil.gov.uk

Artist Moving Image Open Call

Going Away.tv | 11 Aug
goingaway.tv

Open Call: Werner Fenz Grant for Art in Public Space 2026

Graz, Austria | 12 Aug
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Open Call: University Centenary Mural

University of Reading Art Collection | 17 Aug
collections.reading.ac.uk

Artist Commission Call Out: Celebrating Railway 200

Severn Arts, West Midlands | 14 September
severnarts.org.uk

Aesthetica Art Prize

Aesthetica Magazine | 30 Sept
aestheticamagazine.com


Scholarships/Grants

Funding for Underrepresented Artists

The Black Heart Foundation, UK Wide | Rolling
blackheartfoundation.org

Black Artists Grant

Creative Debuts | Rolling
creativedebuts.co.uk

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants

Pollock-Krasner Foundation | Rolling
www.pkf.org

National Lottery Project Grants

Arts Council England | Rolling
artscouncil.org.uk

Grant Programme

ARTCRY | Rolling
artcry.co.uk

The Digital Artists Grant

The Moniker Foundation, Creative Debuts | Rolling
avnode.net

Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants

Art Fund | Rolling
artfund.org


Exhibiting

$5,000 Curatorial Grants

The Lumen Prize 2025, UK Wide | Rolling
lumenprize.com

300 sq/m Gallery Space Available for Free

Mayfair | Rolling
gallery@allartwelcome.com


Courses/Workshops

Rueda Libre: Salsa Workshops

Barbican, London | 7-8 Aug
barbican.org.uk

Abbas Zahedi: Begin Again Ecological Grief Workshop

Tate Modern, London | 9 Aug
tate.org.uk

Workshop: Camera Obscura Sculpture

The Photographers' Gallery | 9 Aug
thephotographersgallery.org.uk

Holiday Workshop for Families

Modern Art Oxford | 14 Aug
modernartoxford.org.uk

Porous Histories, Fluid Pictures: Talk and Workshop with Samara Scott

Turner Contemporary, Margate | 23 Aug
turnercontemporary.org

Young People Summer School

Royal Academy, London | 26 Aug
royalacademy.org.uk

Interfaces Monthly

Barbican & The Trampery | Rolling
docs.google.com

Artquest One-to-One

Artquest | Rolling
artquest.org.uk


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