New Contemporaries

🥳 📣 Super excited to announce a fully funded collaborative PhD between Teesside University and New Contemporaries, starting in March 2026, funded by Northern Bridge Consortium. The PhD will examine future directions in early-career artist support and presents an excellent opportunity for someone to work closely with a great research team and an organisation with a national reach. You'll be working with myself, Dr Paul Stewart and Director of NC Kiera Blakey as part of the supervisory team. NC is also coming to MIMA in 2026, offering a dynamic context for this research. We're interested in hearing from a broad range of candidates interested in the shifting landscape for artist development. The portal is yet to go live on the TU website, but I'm keen to get this out as I know it can take a while to reach the right networks. If you’d like to chat or register interest, please email me at [email protected] /// Deadline 28th November /// https://lnkd.in/eYu24jNJ

From the NC Archive: Harry Fletcher, Squeeze it, hug it, thump it, hump it, 2015 hand carved marble, concrete skin, plastic swimming rings which featured in the 2016 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Jack West, A purely functional obsession which featured in the 2016 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Bunmi Agusto, Labour of Self-Love which featured in the 2023 New Contemporaries exhibition. See more of Bunmi's work at #Frieze. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Sandra Poulson, Presidential Suit, 2020, Installation which featured in the 2021 New Contemporaries exhibition. Sandra is part of the Echoes in the Present curated section at #Frieze 2025. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

Congratulations to James Jordan Johnson who is the recipient of the New Contemporaries Studio Residency at FormaHQ! 🙌 Over the next year James will have access to a studio space in Bermondsey, AV equipment and bookable spaces at Forma, as well as dedicated curatorial and communications support. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/eRd4SniF #NewContemporaries

🌿 Artist Residency Open Call 🌿   The Royal Parks charity and UP Projects are excited to announce a brand-new opportunity.   We’re offering a 6-month paid residency for an early to mid-career artist with a socially engaged practice, starting January 2026.   📍 Based at St Mary’s Lodge in the heart of Greenwich Park  💷 £22,000 artist fee & on-site studio space  📅 Open call: 23 September – 2 November 2025   The residency invites an artist to develop their socially engaged practice through creative community engagement and build connections with Greenwich Park’s diverse local communities across Greenwich, Lewisham and Tower Hamlets.    We’re looking for early to mid-career artists who have:    🌿 A socially engaged practice  🌿 Sensitivity to barriers faced by the park’s underserved communities  🌿A close connection to the borough of Greenwich, Lewisham or Tower Hamlets  🌿 An understanding of the social and cultural value of urban green spaces   🔗 Find out more and spread the word https://lnkd.in/ei4Zgm3H

From the NC Archive: Laure Prouvost, Burrow Me, 2009, video, 13 min which featured in the 2010 New Contemporaries exhibition. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

From the NC Archive: Mohammed Sami, Burden of remembering, 2017 Acrylic on linen which featured in the 2018 New Contemporaries exhibition. Mohammed has been nominated for Turner Prize 2025. #NewContemporaries #ThrowbackThursday

Ahmet Öğüt’s ‘Saved by the Whale’s Tail, Saved by Art’ is now on view at Stratford station. The artwork takes inspiration from a remarkable event in 2020 near Rotterdam, when a derailed train was miraculously caught by a sculpture of a whale’s tail, preventing disaster. For Öğüt, this surreal moment became a powerful metaphor for how art can, literally and figuratively, be lifesaving. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e4G533pe #NewContemporaries #ArtOnTheUnderground This project is generously supported by Reed and the Henry Moore Foundation. Images: GG Archard