Dr Nikki Kane

  • Lecturer (History of Art)

telephone: 01413306330
email: Nikki.Kane@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns: She/her/hers

8 University Gardens, University Of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QH G12 8QH

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226

Research interests

My research concerns include artistic working conditions and precarity; festival and biennial cultures; curatorial frameworks and how they might offer supportive models for practitioners; the impact of temporary and re-occurring events on both artists’ careers and artworks made; and the narrative of the artistic career itself.

My broader academic and curatorial research interests include:

  • Work and labour
  • Performance, choreography and the body
  • Public space
  • Artist-run spaces
  • Curatorial responsibility
  • Fashion and visual culture
  • Socially-engaged artistic practice

Publications

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Number of items: 9.

2025

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226, Bhose, Rabindranath X. and Coffield, Emma (2025) Where to Begin: Researching artist-run initiatives. [Artefact]

2023

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2023) Festivals as Gatekeepers: The Role of Festivals and Biennials in Contemporary Art Careers. TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present - International Workshop #8: Gatekeepers in the Art Market, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 14-16 Apr 2023.

2021

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2021) American art 1961-2001 (catalogue entries). In: De Bellis, Vincenzo and Galansino, Arturo (eds.) American Art 1961-2001: The Walker Art Center Collections. Marsilio: Venice. ISBN 9788829709281

2020

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2020) Scent as an Incidental and Intentional Artistic Material. Material and Visual Culture Seminar Series, Edinburgh, UK, 09 Dec 2020.

2019

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2019) Basin Bathhouse. [Exhibitions]

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2019) Curatorial Responsibility and the Contemporary Art Career. Raymond Williams Society First Annual Conference: Cultural Production and the Redundancy of Work, Manchester, UK, 26-27 Apr 2019.

2018

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2018) Conflict in Contemporary Curatorial Practice. Association for Art History New Voices Conference: Art and Conflict, Edinburgh, UK, 09 Nov 2018.

2017

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2017) Body at work: a study circle on contemporary labour. [Exhibitions]

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2017) By end of play. [Exhibitions]

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Number of items: 9.

Book Sections

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2021) American art 1961-2001 (catalogue entries). In: De Bellis, Vincenzo and Galansino, Arturo (eds.) American Art 1961-2001: The Walker Art Center Collections. Marsilio: Venice. ISBN 9788829709281

Conference or Workshop Item

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2023) Festivals as Gatekeepers: The Role of Festivals and Biennials in Contemporary Art Careers. TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE - Researching Art Market Practices from Past to Present - International Workshop #8: Gatekeepers in the Art Market, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 14-16 Apr 2023.

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2020) Scent as an Incidental and Intentional Artistic Material. Material and Visual Culture Seminar Series, Edinburgh, UK, 09 Dec 2020.

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2019) Curatorial Responsibility and the Contemporary Art Career. Raymond Williams Society First Annual Conference: Cultural Production and the Redundancy of Work, Manchester, UK, 26-27 Apr 2019.

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2018) Conflict in Contemporary Curatorial Practice. Association for Art History New Voices Conference: Art and Conflict, Edinburgh, UK, 09 Nov 2018.

Artefact

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226, Bhose, Rabindranath X. and Coffield, Emma (2025) Where to Begin: Researching artist-run initiatives. [Artefact]

Exhibitions

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2019) Basin Bathhouse. [Exhibitions]

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2017) Body at work: a study circle on contemporary labour. [Exhibitions]

Kane, Nikki ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-0226 (2017) By end of play. [Exhibitions]

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Grants

I am currently leading the Artist-Run Initiatives in Britain Research Network, funded by the British Art Network.

 

Supervision

I welcome proposals from students who wish to pursue research in any areas relating to contemporary art careers, curatorial practices, artist-led activity and organisations, artistic labour, socially-engaged art practices, art and fashion, performance-based contemporary art, biennials and festivals.

Teaching

I currently teach on the MSc Creative Industries & Cultural Policy programme, where I am convenor for the course 'Cultural Institutions', and the undergraduate Creative Arts & Industries programme, where I am convenor for the level-one course 'Introduction to Creative Practice'.

Professional activities & recognition

Professional & learned societies

  • 2023: Member of Doctoral & Early Career Researcher project board, Association for Art History
  • 2023: Trustee, Scottish Contemporary Art Network

Supplementary

  • Trustee of Scottish Contemporary Art Network (SCAN), a not-for-profit organisation that demonstrates the cultural, social and economic value of contemporary art. June 2023-present Trustee of Wasps (Workshop & Artists Studio Provision Scotland), a charity that provides affordable studios to support artists, arts organisations, and creative businesses, currently housing about 900 artists and 33 organisations at 20 buildings across Scotland. March 2020 - present Trustee of Market Gallery, an artist-run contemporary arts organisation based in Glasgow’s East End that presents a varied programme of contemporary exhibitions, projects and events. January 2020 - May 2022

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