Discussion of the work of Daria Martin from the past 10 years; work explores the historical ideal of the ‘gesamtkunstwerk’ or total artwork in order to create new frictions.

Flora Parrott on her exhibition 'Trapezius'. Interviewed by Dominic Bubb at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Coventry, Spring 2011.

Derek Nisbet - an audio-visual installation responding to Raymond Mason's 'Belsen Head' (1945). Interviewed by Richard Elms at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Coventry, February 2011.

Lisa Gunn on her exhibition 'Trapezius' - interviewed by Richard Elms at the Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry. Feb, 2011.

You can find out more about Lisa's preparation for 'Trapezius' on her blog.

Timed out is a pioneering study of modern and contemporary art in the aftermath of empire. It addresses the current ‘global turn’ in the study of art by way of the transnational Caribbean, offering an in-depth account of its integral role in histories of art in the Atlantic world. The book looks at why art of the Anglophone Caribbean and its diaspora has been placed not only ‘outside’ but ‘behind’ more familiar and dominant art canons, and how the politics of space and time can be engaged in new ways to rethink the global geography of art.

On Saturday 1st October 2011, as part of 'Rashid Rana: Everything Is Happening At Once' exhibition at The Cornerhouse, Manchester artist Rashid Rana was joined in conversation with David Elliott, a freelance international curator based in Hong Kong and Berlin. A small audience heard a presentation by the artist of his practice. The event was presented as part of the Asia Triennial Manchester 2011 with the support of the Lisson Gallery.

Rebecca Chesney was artist in residence at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in 2010. She used her time there to research the bees and other wildlife on the estate, with a view to producing work for an exhibition at the Park's galleries to be held in April 2011. In conversation with Helen Pheby, one of the curators at YSP, Rebecca discusses in this film what her residency has taught her about bees and the landscape of the Park, thus bringing together two realms (art and estate management) that have in the past remained separate.

Brett Littman, Director of the Drawing Center, and New York artist Lawrence Weiner discuss the ‘Drawing in Progress’ exhibition held at mima in 2010. A notable highlight of this show was a major commission for the 5002 metre glass façade of mima by Lawrence Weiner. After visiting Middlesbrough in May 2010 Weiner developed the 24-hour artwork A LINE IS A LINE FOR ALL THAT, 2010. This is the single largest commission ever produced by Weiner in the UK.