July 5th, 2022
We Bear by artist Faye Claridge was commissioned for our third Biennial HYPER-POSSIBLE, alongside UK City of Culture 2021, a project working remotely with people in prisons in the UK and US. We Bear asked participants to create new artworks inspired by themes around the Warwickshire symbol of the chained bear. She paired two folk art […]
June 29th, 2022
As a part of our commitment to creative and professional development for our team, local artists and the sector we often complete group research trips to significant exhibitions, most recently a number of our team visited Venice for the 59th Venice Biennale. Following that trip Adele Mary Reed produced the following short film: Classic and […]
June 29th, 2022
It was wonderful to read in The Guardian that Grace Ndiritu has been nominated for the prestigious Jarman Award! The award is given annually to recognise and support the most innovative UK-based artists working with moving image, and celebrates the spirit of experimentation, imagination and innovation in the work of emerging artist filmmakers. Launched in […]
June 27th, 2022
On the 2nd July, 31 d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists will take over 30 museums and galleries across Britain and Northern Ireland as a part of We are Invisible We are Visible a project developed by our friends at DASH, who were awarded the prestigious Ampersand Prize for this innovative and playfully rebellious project. We are […]
May 21st, 2022
We are delighted to announce that partner organisation Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (SPACEX) are offering 3 micro-bursaries for CV-based artists, writers and community activists to attend a SpaceX training event and public forum on Arts and the urban commons in Coventry on June 30 and July 1 2022. SPACEX are […]
April 17th, 2022
We are delighted to announce (following some delays due to Covid-19) that we are a partner in a new cross-continental and cross-disciplinary research project. Called Spatial Practices in Art and ArChitecture for Empathetic EXchange (or SPACEX for short), this project brings together academic and cultural organisations from across Europe (and beyond) to develop and to […]
April 14th, 2022
We were delighted to hear that Sin Wai Kin has been nominated for the Turner Prize! Soft Opening, the gallery that represents them released a statement saying: “Sin’s work will be featured alongside the other shortlisted artists Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard and Veronica Ryan at Tate Liverpool from 20 October 2022 to 19 March 2023.” […]
March 29th, 2022
We are devastated to hear of the death of Mira Calix, a truly innovative artist and wonderful person. She made a stunning site-specific installation for the very first Coventry Biennial in 2017 and was an absolute pleasure to work with and to spend time with. Our thoughts are with her friends and family.
March 10th, 2022
Presented as a part of the third Coventry Biennial, Listening to the Anthropocene at Coventry Cathedral was a major exhibition of sound and moving image artworks that explored the ways that field recording and sonic research can help attune us to the shifting state of our planet, at a range of scales. We are delighted […]
February 16th, 2022
During the HYPER-POSSIBLE programme we worked with a wide range of researchers, historians, artists and academics on a series of symposiums, discussions and related screenings and performances that explored themes related to our programme and contemporary artistic practice more generally. Among these were events of various scales, dedicated to the three HYPER-POSSIBLE starting points – Art […]