journal
Axis will be launching
Future50, an annual selling show in Leeds on 21 November 2008. So to open an investigation into the commercial artworld, three artists and a gallery director talk frankly about the ups and downs
Manifesta 7 this year takes on a whole region in Italy - the Trentino, South Tyrol, confronting four cities, as well as diverse cultures and traditions. Curator, critic and publisher Axel Lapp decides how well Manifesta deals with this enormous undertaking
Do English artists have to be represented by London galleries? Can artists in regional cities make it in the international commercial art world without moving to the capital? Matt Price looks at Workplace in Gateshead to see how they represent North East artists
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news
With a substantial prize fund, and now in its second year, the Northern Art Prize is a major fixture in the contemporary art calendar. Who will make it to the shortlist? Meanwhile, read more about Axis artists who were selected for the longlist
Abby Sohn has been working with the rhythmic interplay between two lighthouses in South Wales. A preview of the work takes place this friday 5 September, beginning with the sound of a diaphone foghorn promptly at 8pm
discussion
Dialogue sent Axis artist Matthew Cowan to review the ICA touring exhibition,
Double Agent, at BALTIC. Add your own thoughts and comments
Cafe Artistique will accompany
Ways of Looking: a month of photography in Leeds and Bradford, starting 12 September
featured
Sculptor John Atkin recently made a large-scale piece for Beijing. Now his canvas runs to a whole plaza in San Francisco
