The city is rich with people, colour, shapes and atmosphere. Find out how a selection of illustrators from the WIA shortlist use the urban environment as inspiration.

The AOI, in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, is delighted to announce the 200 projects that have been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2020! In December 2019, we..

In a thriving indie magazine scene, Ben Tallon joins editor John Walters and art director Simon Esterson of Eye magazine as they release issue 94, with an astounding 8,000 unique cover designs

Ben Tallon brings us an incredibly insightful 2-parter, all about the world of creative book publishing! The first episode focuses on Laurence King, one of the world’s leading publishers in..

‘Ever since I was a boy I have been drawn to fishing, and to this day remain fascinated by the variety of the sport.’

The show will feature work by 30 illustrators and artists inspired by adventure, exploration and discovery in a range of mediums from traditional print, collage digital art, as well a virtual reality installation.

Until 1 September 2017 Barbican Centre, London From the 19th century cabinet of curiosities, to the vastness of space. Through future cities, into the inner landscapes of human perception. This..

Creative Review has been a mainstay of the creative industry for a long time. Undeniably a beautiful magazine with great journalism, where do we find them in 2017? Ben Tallon..

The exhibition features examples of many well-known cartoon strips from newspapers and magazines from the past 100 years.

Solo show by New York Artist Buff Monster

Alasdair Gray’s self-illustrated, tour de force novels, plays, poetry and short story collections now number more than 50 titles and have been translated into 17 languages, including Polish, Serbo-Croatian and Turkish.

Digital Arts editor Neil Bennett joins Ben Tallon to take a look at where the creative industry is today and where it’s heading during a time of fast-paced technological developments,..

For the first time ever PLR announces the most borrowed illustrators from UK public libraries, and includes AOI Patrons Shirley Hughes, Oliver Jeffers, Mick Inkpen, Quentin Blake and member Alex..

The AOI’s Portfolio Consultant, Fig Taylor, has once again contributed her invaluable insights to the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook 2018 edition. Fig has written on Freelancing for Beginners and Selling..

Freshly Pressed is a new print fair for South Yorkshire

Illustration Cupboard Gallery celebrates Shirley Hughes’s 90th birthday with a display of original artwork

Places of the Mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850–1950 will display a selection of stunning works from the rich collection of the British Museum’s Department of Prints and Drawings

Through this exhibition these illustrators explore and celebrate flatness, colour, pattern and form.

Seven Stories welcomes talented illustrator and cartoonist Jason Ford as he takes over our Studio for a weekend residency!

For just over an hour, Hegarty (an AOI Patron) manages to take me down his rabbit hole and when I return, gasping for air, I feel like we’ve come pretty close to understanding everything there is to know about it.

This is the second exhibition in Ben Uri’s series on refugee and migrant artists, highlighting the Polish contribution in Britain over the last century.

Claudine O’Sullivan has picked up the prize for the advertising category in the World Illustration Awards 2017. Her distinct, vibrantly coloured illustration crosses many contexts and platforms and her stunning..

The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for distinguished illustration in a book for children has been declared – and it’s Lane Smith for There is a Tribe of Kids. AOI member,..

Reveal Your True Self with a Character Selfie! Back in 2013—when ‘selfie’ was the Oxford English Dictionary’s freshly nominated word-of-the-year and the first Oscar celebrity group selfies went viral, no-one..

Award-winning graphic novelists Metaphrog discuss their latest adaptation The Little Mermaid

Beach London launches with an exhibition of new artwork by Camberwell-based painter Gaurab Thakali.

Since it’s episode 75 of the Arrest All Mimics podcast, Ben Tallon was allowed to slip through the net to spend an hour with one of creativity’s greatest minds. AOI..

The Gallery will show original drawings by Quentin Blake from four recent limited editions published by The Folio Society.

Faber Children’s and the Andlyn Agency are thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural FAB Prize for BAME writers and illustrators. The first prize winner for illustration was a..

ILLUSTRATED 2017 brings its illustration showcase collection to the heart of East London