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Venice Biennale Fellowship

Announcement

The Axis Awards 2026: this year's recipients

We're delighted to announce our 3 Axis Fellows and 35 Development Award recipients, who will share £47,000. 

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Editorial

35 years of Axis: staff memories

Editorial

£70,000 directly to artists

Opinion

How Axis's independence puts artists first

By Mark Smith

Axis Membership

Knowledge Base

Membership FAQs

Knowledge Base

Insurance FAQs

Knowledge Base

Five Reasons Why You Might Need to Review Your Public Liability Insurance

Independent. Collective. Led by artists.
Artist-led Publishing

A Class Apart

We invited 13 artists and arts workers to share how class has shaped their life, their practice, and their place in the arts.

Personal stories and honest reflections on who gets to be an artist.

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Curated

World as a Diagram

By Maria Hinel
Curated

The Collection Is Not Closed

By Holly O’Brien
Interview

An Update from Lisa Risbec, Axis Venice Biennale Fellow 2026

By Lisa Risbec

Artists

Film

What Do Axis Artists Do All Day? Victoria Lucas

Film

Sasha DeWitt's Pigment Library

Film

Luminara Florescu's Site Responsive Work

Film

Michelle Marie Forrest's Unproductive Algorithm

Film

John Whall's Reminders and Inspiration Points

Collaboration

Artists in Conversation: n:u (melissandre varin), Anna F Hughes and Dorothy Hunter

By Axis

Latest from our member only community space

Blog

Mentor Profile: Harriet Bowman on materials and processes (human and machine)

Event

MEMBER WORKSHOP: A Site Specific Residency In Your Own Work

Curated

Play-grounding

By Emma Gregory

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