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With each issue of Variant, three times a year, 15,000 copies of the magazine are distributed throughout the UK and Ireland.
Distribution outlets from remote areas like the Outer Hebrides, Shetland and Orkney to the centres of major towns and cities throughout the UK and Ireland are as diverse as: galleries and museums, performance events, symposiums and conferences, internet cafes, arthouse cinemas, book shops and libraries. Complementing this individuals also regularly distribute copies via their social, familial, institutional, direct local networks.
We are committed to extending our distribution as the magazine grows and welcome responses from potential new outlets, including one off events...

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venues are listed alphabetically by town / city

A

Aberdeen: Aberdeen Art Gallery; Arts Development Team, Aberdeen City Council; Peacock Visual Arts; Gray’s School of Art

Aberystwyth: Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Aultbea: West Coast Arts

Ayr: Maclaurin Art Gallery

B

Ballyvaughan: Burren College of Art

Bath: Hotbath Gallery, City of Bath College

Bedford: Bowen West Theatre, De Montfort Uni.

Belfast: Northern Visions; Crescent Arts Centre; No Alibis Bookstore(s) ; Belfast Exposed Photography; Factotum; Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Community Visual Images; Linen Hall Library; MFA, Fine Art Dept., Uni. of Ulster; Old Museum Art Centre; Ormeau Baths Gallery; Queen’s Film Theatre; Catalyst Arts

Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Gymnasium Gallery

Birmingham: Arts Council England, West; Bookshop @ Ikon Gallery; The Concourse, Birmingham Institute of Art & Design; The Custard Factory; B16

Bolton: Dept. of Art & Design, The Bolton Institute

Bradford: Gallery II, Uni. of Bradford; National Museum of Photography, Film & Television

Brighton: Arts Council England, South East; Brighton Media Centre; AWoL c/o BHUWC; Centre For Continuing Education; Fabrica; Phoenix Gallery; Uni. of Brighton Gallery; Anarchist Teapot; Gardner Arts Centre, Uni. of Sussex Campus

Bristol: Arnolfini; Kebele Kulture Projekt; Spike Island Art Space; The Cube

Bury St. Edmunds: Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery

C

Cambridge: Arts Council England, East; Cambridge Contemporary Arts; East England Arts ; Institute of Visual Culture, Fitzwilliam Museum; Kettles Yard; The Junction

Cardenden: Fife Council Arts

Cardiff: Centre For Research In Fine Art, UWIC; Chapter Arts Centre; Ffotogallery Wales Ltd.; Time Based Arts Dept., Uni. of Wales Institute; Trace; tactileBOSCH

Carlisle: Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery ; Ottakars Bookshop; The Source

Cirencester: Brewery Arts

Colchester: Firstsite

Coleraine: Dept. of Media Studies, Uni. of Ulster

Cork: Crawford College of Art; Kino Arthouse Cinema; Triskel Arts Centre; Uni. College Cork; National Sculpture Factory

Coventry: Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre

Cumbernauld: Cumbernauld Theatre

D

Dalkeith: Newbattle Abbey College

Derry: The Pat Finucane Centre; Context Gallery; VOID

Dewsbury: Arts Council England, Yorkshire

Dublin: Connolly Books; Fire Station Artists Studios; Irish Film Centre Bookshop; Gallery of Photography; Green On Red; Project Art Centre; Temple Bar Gallery & Studios; The Douglas Hyde Gallery; Visual Arts Dept., The Arts Council ; Anthology Books; Broadstone Studios; Sculptors’ Society of Ireland; Irish Museum of Modern Art

Dumfries: Gracefield Arts Centre

Dundee: Generator; The Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone ; Visual Research Centre, c/o Dundee Contemporary Arts; Hannah Maclure Centre, Uni. of Abertay Dundee

Durham: She’s Gott It

E

East Kilbride: East Kilbride Arts Centre

Edinburgh: Artlink; Assembly Rooms; Autonomous Centre Edinburgh; BBC, Broadcasting House; Cameo; City Art Centre; Collective Gallery; Dean Gallery; Edinburgh College of Art; Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop; Filmhouse; Forest Cafe; Fruit Market Gallery, Bookshop; International Culture Desk, c/o British Council; Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Garden; North Edinburgh Arts; Out of The Blue; Photography, Film & Tv Dept., Napier Uni.; Reception, Scottish Arts Council; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; Scottish National Portrait Gallery; Scottish Poetry Library; Stills Gallery; Talbot Rice Gallery, Uni. of Edinburgh; The Baked Potato Shop; The Bongo Club; The British Council ; WASPS; Word Power; Embassy; analogue; L’Institut Francais d’ Ecosse

Egham: The Media Arts Dept., Royal Holloway, Uni. of London

Essex: Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology, Uni. of East London; Uni. of Essex Gallery

Exeter: Arts Council England, South West; Dept. of Drama, Uni. of Exeter; Spacex Gallery

F

Falkirk: The Park Gallery

Farnham: James Hockey Galleries, Uni. College for the Creative Arts

Fort William: West Highland Museum

G

Galway: Kenny’s Bookshop; Galway Arts Centre

Gateshead: BALTIC

Glasgow: Alliance Française de Glasgow; The Arches; Art History Dept., Uni. of Glasgow ; Bar 10; Bar 91; BBC, Broadcasting House; Bean Scene(s); Blackfriars; Cafe Hula; CCA; Chillies; Clutha Bar; Glasgow Metropolitan College; Collins Gallery, Uni. of Strathclyde; Gilmorehill G12, Uni. of Glasgow; Performing Arts & Venues, Glasgow City Council; Glasgow Film Theatre; Glasgow Independent Studio; Glasgow Media Access Centre; Glasgow School of Art; Glasgow Uni. Bookshop; Glasgow Women’s Library; GOMA / Stirlings Library; Grassroots Cafe; Halt Bar; Hillhead Library & Learning Centre; Hunterian Art Gallery, Uni. of Glasgow; Intermedia; John Smith & Sons, & learning café, @ Caledonian Uni.; Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum; The Lighthouse; Market Gallery; Mitchell Library; MONO; NUJ Offices; Offshore Cafe; One World Shop; Project Ability; RSAMD; Russian Cultural Centre; Scotia Bar; Street Level Photoworks; STUC; Tchai -Ovna Tea House(s); The 13th Note; The Doublet; The Glasgow Print Studios, Shop; Tramway; Transmission Gallery; Tron Theatre; Uisge Beatha; UNISON; Where the Monkey Sleeps; Victoria Bar; So Central Cafe; Scottish Screen; King Tuts; WASPS; Tapa; Green City; McSings; GalGael Trust; Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance; Bar Transit; Threshers @ Albert Drive; Bibliocafe; Glasgow LGBT Centre; Stables Gallery; Nice ‘n’ Sleazy; Postgraduate Club, Glasgow Uni.; Stow College; Glasgow Sculpture Studio; Goethe Institut

H

Hexham: Queens Hall Arts Centre

Hove: APEC Studios

Huddersfield: the media centre

Hull: RED Gallery; Hull Film

I

Irvine: Harbour Arts Centre

J

Jedburgh: Woodschool

K

Keele: Keele Uni. Art Gallery

Kilbirnie: The Valley ARC, Arts Resource Centre

Kilkenny: Butler Gallery

Kilmarnock: Dick Institute

L

Leeds: Leeds College of Art & Design; Henry Moore Institute; Leeds City Art Gallery; Leeds Uni. Union Bookshop; School of Cultural Studies, Leeds Metropolitan Uni.; Sociology Dept., Leeds Metropolitan Uni.; The Uni. Art Gallery, Uni. of Leeds; Gallery & Studio Theatre, Leeds Metropolitan Uni. ; Lumen

Leicester: City Gallery Leicester

Leigh: Turnpike Gallery

Limerick: Limerick Art Gallery; Real Art Project, Bell Table Arts Centre

Liskeard: Liskerrett Community Centre

Liverpool: Bluecoat Gallery; FACT; News From Nowhere; Open Eye Photographic & Media Arts Gallery; Static Gallery; Uni. of Liverpool, School of Politics & Communication Studies; Tate Liverpool

Llandudno: Oriel Mostyn

Lochmaddy, North Uist: Taigh Chearsabhagh

London: Limehouse Town Hall; Daniel Shand; The Brunei Gallery SOAS; 56a Infoshop; Andrew Mummery Gallery; Area 10 Project Space; Arts Council England, London; Artsadmin, Toynbee Studios; Artwords; Beaconsfield; Bloomsbury Theatre; bookartbookshop; Bookmarks, The Socialist Bookshop; Bookshop @ Whitechapel Art Gallery; Camden Arts Centre Bookshop; Chisenhale Gallery; Conway Hall, South Place Ethical Society; Cubitt Studios & Gallery; Delfina; Dept. of Fine Art, London Metropolitan Uni.; Diorama Gallery; Four Corners Film Workshop; Gasworks Gallery; Hayward Gallery Shop; Housmans Bookshop; ICA Book Shop; Institute of International Visual Arts; Jerwood Gallery; Lisson Gallery; Live Art Development Agency; London Institute Gallery; Dept. of Fine Art, London Metropolitan Uni.; Library, London Metropolitan Uni.; London Review Bookshop; Mary Ward Centre; Matts Gallery; New Beacon Books; Photofusion; Pump House Gallery; Resonance FM; Students Union, Royal College of Art; Serpentine Gallery Bookshop; Space triangle; SLaM NHS Trust Arts; South London Gallery; The Approach; The Nunnery; The Showroom Gallery; The Spitz; Tram Depot Gallery; Brady Arts & Community Centre; RampART Creative centre; Exhibitions, St Pancras Hospital; Cockpit Arts; CARTE, Uni. of Westminster; Arts Council England, London; Dept. Arts Management, Faculty of Continuing Education; Print/Graphic Media Area, Wimbledon School of Art; Centre for International Human Rights, Institute of Commonwealth Studies; The Horse Hospital; Aquarium Gallery & Bookshop; The Eclectic Gallery; Conor Donlon Books; Space Station Sixty-Five; Louise T Blouin Institute; Tate Modern; ACAVA studios; Space Studios; London Print Studio

Loughborough: Charnwood Arts

M

Maidstone: Uni. College for the Creative Arts

Manchester: eighth day co-op; Arts Council England, North West; Castlefield Gallery; Cornerhouse, Bookshop; Green Room; Faculty of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan Uni.; The Basement; Contact Theatre

Maynooth: Dept. of English, National Uni. of Ireland, Maynooth

Mold: Oriel Gallery

N

Newcastle-upon-Tyne: LifeWorkArt, School of Arts & Cultures, Newcastle Uni.; Arts Council England, North East; The Biscuit Factory; Well Read Books, Uni. of Northumbria ; Tyneside Cinema Bookshop; Uni. Gallery, Uni. of Northumbria; Waygood Gallery

Newtown: Oriel 31

Newtownabbey: No Alibis Bookstore @ The Uni. of Ulster at Jordanstown

Newtownards: Ards Arts Centre

Norwich: Norwich Gallery, Norwich School of Art & Design

Nottingham: Angel Row Gallery; Arts Council England, East Midland; Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent Uni.; Broadway; Surface Gallery, NVAC; Moot

O

Oakham: Vale of Catmose College

Oxford: Bookshop @ Museum of Modern Art Bookshop

P

Paisley: School of Social Sciences, Uni. of Paisley; Paisley Arts Centre; Paisley Museum & Art Galleries

Penrith: Eden Arts

Perth: A.K. Bell Library

Plymouth: In Other Words; Plymouth Arts Centre

Poole: Arts Institute at Bournemouth

Portadown: Millennium Court Arts Centre

Portree, Isle of Skye: An Tuireann Arts Centre

Portsmouth: Aspex

R

Reading: Jelly Leg’d Chicken Arts; Fine Art Shop, Reading Uni.

Rosedale: Cultural Foundation

S

Salford: Chapman Gallery, Uni. of Salford

Selkirk: Library Hq., Scottish Borders’ Council

Sheffield: MA fine art, School of Cultural Studies, Sheffield Hallam Uni.; Site Gallery; S1 Artspace

Sligo: The Model Arts & Niland Gallery

Southampton: John Hansard Gallery, Uni. of Southampton; Millais Gallery, Southampton Institute; October Books

St. Andrews: Fife Contemporary Art; School of Art History, St. Andrews Uni.

Stirling: Europa Music; Macrobert Arts Centre, Uni. of Stirling; The Changing Room

Stornoway, Isle of Lewis: An Lanntair

Stromness, Orkney: Piers Arts Centre

Sunderland: Northern Gallery For Contemporary Art; Vardy Gallery, Uni. of Sunderland

Swansea: Mission Gallery

T

Tobermory, Isle of Mull: An Tobar

U

Uley: Prema

Ullapool: The Ceilidh Place

W

Wallsend: North Tyneside Arts, Buddle Arts Centre

Walsall: The New Art Gallery Walsall

Waterford: Garter Lane Art Centre

Weisdale, Shetland: Bonhoga Gallery

West Bromwich: Multistory

Westport: Custom House Studios

Wolverhampton: Lighthouse Media Centre; The Waiting Room, School of Art & Design

Worthing: RAG

Y

York: Impressions Gallery

Individuals also regularly distribute copies via their social, familial, institutional, direct local networks in:   Belfast, Cardiff, Dublin, Limerick, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, St. Leonards on Sea...


International
Distribution

Due to costs, Variant has a limited international distribution - but if you are travelling and would like to take copies with you or would like to receive copies for an event, please get in touch.

Moufflon Bookshop, Lefkosia,Cyprus
Copenhagen Free University, Copenhagen, Denmark
Society for Old & New Media, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schmäck, Umeå, Sweden
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Zeitschriftenarchiv/Magazine Archive, Berlin, Germany
Kiosk, Eigeltingen-Münchhöf, Germany
Victor Lafinhan International Gallery, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
AK Distribution (USA), San Francisco, USA
Visual Arts Dept., University of California, San Diego, USA
Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
Screen and Media Studies, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Dept. of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University, USA
Dept. of Political Science, The University of Notre Dame, USA

Individuals also regularly distribute copies via their social, familial, institutional, direct local networks, in: Paris, Zagreb, Ramallah, New York, Helsinki, Portland Oregon