Spring / Summer 2012 - Places and Spaces

The Jerwood Gallery opened in Hastings in March bringing a different dimension to the contemporary art world on the south coast. Independent curator Gill Hedley reports back after visiting the new space.

Once the haunt of famous painters, Fitzrovia is now home to a fresh generation of commercial galleries. Gill Hedley takes us on a tour of this lively neighbourhood's newest venues.

All eyes are on Scotland as Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art opens this week (running until 7 May 2012) in venues across Glasgow. Below, Chris Sharratt introduces the curatorial approach of this year's festival and points us to some highlights.

Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art (GI) puts the spotlight on Glasgow every two years. But how do artists who are living and working in the city all the time feel about it? We send Chris Sharratt to find out and meet some artists who are getting really involved this year.

Last week, Axisweb's Sheila McGregor attended the launch of Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. In two long days, Sheila saw so much, she'll be reporting back in two articles, here's the first of them...

In the second instalment of her report from Glasgow International 2012, Sheila encounters a lot more art, marvels at the city's architectural heritage and wishes she'd brought a toddler to play with.

How much would you spend on a limited edition screensaver? 
That's what s[edition] - the website which sells affordable digital work by big name artists - offers. David Trigg takes a look and wonders if it is all a little too limiting.

Dany Louise asks why artists and curators continue to use the old-fashioned term Private View. Suggesting they should start to consider what it stands for, she proposes it's time the contemporary art world comes up with an alternative.