As you’d imagine, ‘through the new’ means something different for each artist. There’s new to the art world. New to the jargon. New to exhibiting. New to selling. New to hosting studio visits. New to building a sustained practice. New to something culture hasn’t even considered yet.
For 75 years, helping artists through the new has meant adapting to each new cohort of contemporaries and the specific needs of the times in which they are creating art.
With advice, introductions, opportunities, exhibitions and mentoring we clear paths for artists to focus on the new symbols, new philosophies, and new practices with which to renew society.
We partner with major institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts, MIMA Middlesbrough and the South London Gallery. Every year we organise a national exhibition, with work from new artists who have been selected by internationally renowned artists. Internationally renowned artists who once were also new.
For 75 years we have been led by the approaches, needs and spirit of the latest contemporaries. There will always be artists. Artists renew society.
New Contemporaries is a registered charity and Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
