Why are things the way they are? This is the question which the twelve participating creatives tackled when producing their new work for ‘Objects Rescoped’ at the Galerie van de Water during this year’s Dutch Design Week. The meanings behind ordinary objects were challenged by the designers, making us re-think and re-appreciate things around us.

A fortnight ago, the Pavilion of Art & Design (PAD) held its fifth arts fair in London’s Berkeley Square. 58 galleries from 11 countries brought a high standard of modern painting, photography, tribal art, design and decorative arts to the capital.

Oxford Street on a Saturday is usually somewhere to avoid like the plague, but last weekend ARTS THREAD was keen to tackle the mystery surrounding the latest offering from weird and wacky independent arts organisation, The Museum of Everything. This meant a visit to Selfridges, a prized venue for an organisation whose very aim is to gain wider recognition and understanding for the self-taught artists it promotes.

Art, robotics and computing collide in Patrick Tresset’s most recent work.

47 MA students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art will unveil the fruits of their labor at the 2011 Dundee Masters Show.

We are excited to announce the opening of a fresh and vibrant new contemporary art space opening in the heart of Shoreditch: EB & Flow. Occupying an old printing workshop, the gallery aims to provides a platform to exhibit and support young artists during the early development of their professional careers.

If you are lucky enough to be in in New York before the 15th May, don’t miss the truly inspiring exhibition on at the Museum of Art and Design, The Global Africa Project. If you can’t head out to the Big Apple, then check out their website for comprehensive images and information.

You heard it right! The most talked about graphic art fair at Somerset House is back with an exciting line up of artists, collectives and galleries for this year’s Pick Me Up!

Running from 17-27 March 2011, the art fair will bring you the UK’s most original and cutting edge graphic design talents to galleries along London’s Embankment.  This year’s exhibition, Pick Me Up Selects consists of 24 rising stars of the graphic/illustration world, who will showcase their work in a selling exhibition curated to reflect recent themes within the field.

Future Map is the annual exhibition of the top graduates from the six London colleges that make up the University of the Arts. The exhibition is currently on show at the Zabludowicz Collection. ARTS THREAD went along to see the work.

On the 28th of November I was one of many art lovers mad enough to brave sub-zero temperatures and slide across Budapest’s historic Heroes Square to attend the Budapest Arts Fair. Now in its 4th year, the event is now one of the most important on the Hungarian arts calendar. This year saw no fewer than 25 galleries from 12 countries showcase their finest collection of contemporary art.