Resources - British Art Show 9

Abigail Reynolds, Elliptical Reading Library Map, Manchester

Exhibition Guide

During British Art Show 9, Abigail Reynolds is developing Elliptical Reading, a regular reading hour at local libraries in each city of the BAS9 tour. Readers meet to share short sections from a favourite book, creating between them an unruly text or word collage, which builds over time.

Press Release, 3 May 2022

Press Release

Hayward Gallery Touring announces new dates, list of artists, highlights and curatorial focus for British Art Show 9 in Manchester

Abigail Reynolds, Elliptical Reading Library Map: Wolverhampton

Exhibition Guide

During British Art Show 9, Abigail Reynolds is developing Elliptical Reading, a regular reading hour at local libraries in each city of the BAS9 tour. Readers meet to share short sections from a favourite book, creating between them an unruly text or word collage, which builds over time.

Abigail Reynolds, Elliptical Reading Bookmarks: Wolverhampton

Exhibition Guide

Elliptical Reading is a regular reading hour, hosted by BAS9 artist Abigail Reynolds. Different readers select passages from their favourite books and have created bookmarks, explaining their book choice.

Abigail Reynolds, Elliptical Reading Bookmarks: Aberdeen

Elliptical Reading is a regular reading hour, hosted by BAS9 artist Abigail Reynolds. Different readers select passages from their favourite books and have created bookmarks, explaining their book choice.

BAS9 Aberdeen Installation Images

Installation images from British Art Show 9 that opened in Aberdeen in July 2021

Simeon Barclay, As a Precursor to Folly, 2021

Press Release, January 2022

Press Release

The UK’s largest touring exhibition British Art Show 9 opens in Wolverhampton launching another big year for culture in the Midlands

Katherin Böhm, Art is Not an Island: on Interdependence and Complicity

Video clip

Held on the occasion of British Art Show 9, this talk and conversation with Kathrin Böhm, Sam Trotman, Rachel Grant and Hammad Nasar discusses and questions how art and culture both depend on and shape the economy we live in.

Caroline Walker, Abi, Midday, Brixton, 2017 © the artist and GRIMM. Courtesy the artist and GRIMM, Amsterdam/New York. Photo: Peter Mallet

Caroline Walker, HOME, Women’s Stories

Caroline Walker's series HOME depicts women refugees and asylum seekers in their temporary accommodations. Read these stories about the women that inspired the series.

Grace Ndiritu, Plant Theatre for Plant People, 2021

Video clip

Plant Theatre for Plant People took place in October 2021 at Aberdeen Art Gallery. Working closely with British Art Show 9 Artist Grace Ndiritu, local painter Kinga Elliott and textile artist Aymee Charlton, participants came together to form a creative community who would, over three full days connect with plant spirits and understand their intrinsic value to humans.

Meet the BAS9 Aberdeen Ambassadors

British Art Show 9 Ambassadors are representatives from the local community in each city of the BAS9 tour. Find out more about the Ambassadors for BAS9 in Aberdeen.

Meet the BAS9 Wolverhampton Ambassadors

In each city of the BAS9 tour, representatives from the local community take on the role of promoting the exhibition and help build new relationships in each city. Find out more about the BAS9 Ambassadors in Wolverhampton.