London Art Biennale
£10,000 prizes & Tuscan art retreat, New Hockney book, Art on TV & film, Arts jobs & opportunities
Hello! All going well over 400 artists will be showing at the 5th London Art Biennale in July (prize fund of £10,000). 5 artists will be selected for a week long art retreat in Tuscany in 2022 and 25 artists for group shows around Italy (closes 13th Apr).
New Art Competitions
Jerwood/Photoworks Awards - 2 x £15,000+ awards for early career artists (12th May)
Lab18 Art Prize - last call for €5,000 contemporary art prize (25th Mar)
YICCA 2021 - €4,000 prize fund & European exhibition (16th Apr)
BALTIC Bursaries - 3 x £1,000 awards for artists in North East England (26th Mar)
STEM Digital Image Competition for Scottish secondary pupils (30th Jun)
UK Art Competitions - 28 prizes open.
Children’s Art Competitions - 14 open.
New David Hockney Book
New article on Spring Cannot be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy a beautiful new book release from Thames & Hudson out this Thursday. See also David Hockney Prints and our interview with ‘A Bigger Picture’ director Bruno Wollheim.
Joanna Moorhead discovered that her father's cousin, who had disappeared many decades earlier, was now a famous artist in Mexico. Intrigued by her story, Joanna set off to Mexico City to find her lost relation. Fascinating 10 min film, documented in full in The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington, more info in this Guardian review.
Art On TV (UK)
Landscape Artist of the Year Canada - 8pm Wed (Sky Arts). Still time to apply to take part in the UK series (closes Apr 30th)
Grayson’s Art Club - with Jane Seymour on theme Work, 8pm Fri (Channel 4)
The Story of Welsh Art - 3 hour long episodes with Huw Stephens (BBC iPlayer)
Art of Persia - 3 hour long episodes with Samira Ahmed (BBC iPlayer)
Support your local indie cinema & buy a virtual ticket for ‘Stray’, a documentary by Elizabeth Lo on the stray dogs of Istanbul. NYT review. (Dogwoof)
Glasgow Short Film Festival Online is underway (22–28 Mar)
“I say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit." – Kurt Vonnegut
Art in Healthcare Fundraising Artwork Auction is open for bidding (ends 28th Mar)
Art Opportunities
New arts jobs this week in England, Scotland, Wales, NI, Ireland & UK wide.
Art opportunities worldwide from Art Deadline, Art Rabbit & ArtistOpenCalls.
Panda bear sea angel vibes to you all…
See you next week,
Grant