A £2.8m transformation of London's Studio Voltaire addresses shortage of affordable studio space

Building projects

Studio Voltaire

Frieze London 2021

Frieze

House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire’s design shop, gets a permanent home on the renovated site after using pop-up venues across London over the past few years. 

Looking for free artist studio space in central London? A new scheme could help out

Residencies

Funding

Arts funding

Loewe Foundation

Awards

Prizes

Emerging artists

Studio Voltaire will re-open in October after a 2.8m transformation 

Architects impression; courtesy Matheson Whiteley Architects

Beryl Cook, queer history and Dolly Parton: gallery director Joe Scotland on his cultural influences

A brush with

Interview

Phyllida Barlow sculpture to pop up in partially ruined, gothic chapel in London cemetery

Sculpture

Commissions

London

Phyllida Barlow

Monster Chetwynd

Phyllida Barlow's work will be in the central Anglican Chapel, built in 1844, which is open to the elements 

Praise and plaudits for Studio Voltaire as it gears up for major expansion

The Buck stopped here

Diary

Peter McGough, David McDermott and Joe Scotland in McDermott & McGough’s Oscar Wilde Temple 

Jeremy Deller says studios are 'a lifeline' for artists as Studio Voltaire announces £2.3m expansion 

Artists

Jeremy Deller

Rendering of Studio Voltaire's new public entrance, due to open in London in 2020 

Courtesy of Studio Voltaire and Matheson Whiteley

Get wed at the Oscar Wilde shrine 

In the frame

LGBTQ

Ireland

Oscar Wilde

Visitors to the Oscar Wilde Temple can get married there too 

Elisabeth Bernstein; courtesy of the artists

The Oscar Wilde Temple by the US artist duo McDermott & McGough 

Laughing on the Edge

Performance art

British Museum

United Kingdom

First-time comedians in art collective They Are Here's ROUTINE 

Valeria Napoleone spreads the love in support of  Alexandra Bircken and London art space Studio Voltaire

Exhibitions

From left: Tomma Abts, Alexandra Bircken, Louisa Buck, Nikky Verbier, Valeria Napoleone and Joe Scotland 

Rainbow Aphorisms bring sunshine—and wisdom—to south London 

Public art

Courtesy of the artist and the Estate of David McDiarmid, Sydney. Photo: Benedict Johnson

Voices from the past talk to our present in Putti’s Pudding at Studio Voltaire

Nan Goldin, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

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