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Dallas Biennial

For the Dallas Biennial 2014 (DB14) over 50 national and international artists come together to exhibit work in multiple venues across Dallas. Running for four months, DB14 fills Texas with exhibitions, performances and lectures.

Richard Deacon, Tate Britain

Best known for his large and open forms, leading British sculptor Richard Deacon utilises elements of engineering and combines these with sculptural techniques to create sinuous and contorted shapes.

Artangel Open 2014 Deadline

Artangel Open is inviting artists working in all media across the UK to submit bold, site-specific proposals that will transform and enrich the UK’s cultural landscape. Championing innovation and creativity is at the heart of this project.

Art Projects, London Art Fair

In a new section of Art Projects, a pivotal component of the annual London Art Fair, a series of collaborations between emerging UK and international galleries is to take place.

Art Basel Miami Beach Opens Today

Classic art deco boulevards, long white beaches and a glitzy night life provide the backdrop to Art Basel Miami Beach. Art Basel, which began in 1970, is recognised as a premier international art fair.

Interview with John Cheim of Cheim & Read Gallery

John Cheim is known as one half of influential New York gallery Cheim & Read. Cheim is also an outstanding book designer and has produced a number of important artist publications.

Interview with Desmond Morris on The Artistic Ape

Now ranked as one of the foremost exponents of surrealism in Britain, painter Desmond Morris encapsulates the sociological importance of art through his paintings and books.

Buy Art Fair, Manchester

The largest art buying events in the North of England open later this week. Buy Art Fair and The Manchester Contemporary will return to Hardman Boulevard, Spinningfields, Manchester.

Formento+Formento: Circumstance

This September Formento+Formento celebrates the launch of a new artbook, Circumstance. The book will be released by YellowKorner internationally and will shortly arrive in the UK and France.

Susan Yardley: SCAR, Finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012

There’s over a week left to enter the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition. Now in its sixth year, the award is a great opportunity for emerging and established writers to showcase their work.

Isabel Bermudez: January, Mortlake, Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012, Isabel Bermudez was born in Bogota in 1968 and grew up in London. Her poetry has been shortlisted in a number of competitions.

Anna Wallace-Thompson: Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2012, Anna Wallace-Thompson is a Middle Eastern contemporary arts journalist who grew up predominantly in Dubai.

Nick Boreham: Red, Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition, Nick Boreham writes poems and short stories which have appeared in a number of publications including Poetry Scotland and Equinox.

One Month To Go: Enter the Aesthetica Art Prize

In a celebration of contemporary art, outstanding works shortlisted from the Aesthetica Art Prize will be displayed in the setting of York St Mary’s – York Art Gallery’s contemporary art space.

Samuel Wright, Short Fiction Finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition, Samuel Wright’s stories have appeared in a variety of collections and magazines, including the Bristol Short Story Prize anthologies.

Interview with Creative Writing Competition Finalist, Susan A. Katz

Susan A. Katz has been writing and loving poetry all her life. Her work has appeared in The American Scholar, The Kansas Quarterly, The Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry.

Aquatopia, Nottingham Contemporary

Even in the modern age, 90 percent of the earth’s oceans still remain unexplored. Aquatopia examines how the ocean comes alive in human minds at Nottingham Contemporary this summer.

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition Prizes: Bloodaxe & Vintage Books

The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition is open for entries. Now in its sixth year, the award offers existing and aspiring writers the chance to showcase their work to an international audience.

Interview with Sylvia Adams: Winner of the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Sylvia Adams is author of a novel, a poetry collection, an award-winning chapbook and a children’s book. Her poem Water was the winning entry in the Creative Writing Competition’s Poetry category.