The British Library celebrates West Africa: A region that spans 2,000 years, 1,000 languages and 17 different countries – the grass may indeed be greener in West Africa.
Non-organic Life: Recycling to a level beyond imaginable
Visiting an exhibition about the creative experimentation with non-organic life might not seem something you would put on top of your bucket list. However, ‘Non-organic Life’ proves that the subject is as rare and unidentified as it is interesting.
Introducing: Nick JS Thompson
We interview photographer Nick JS Thompson ahead of his forthcoming show The Decline of Conscience at Hundred Years Gallery.
Solitary by Patrick Colhoun at the Ben Oakley Gallery
With exhibition ‘Solitary’, contemporary sculpture artist Patrick Colhoun introduces his new take on the dark nature his previous works dealt with, going from grievous to playful in an utterly unique way.
‘Be Inspired’, an exhibition by Save Wild Tigers
Save Wild Tigers brings people with an appreciation for art and a love for animals together in exhibition ‘Be Inspired’.
A preview of Judy Chicago's Star Cunts & Other Attractions
Image credit - Judy Chicago at work in her china-painting studio in 1974. Courtesy of Through the Flower Archives
The Riflemaker Gallery will play host to Judy Chicago once again with work both acquainted and un-introduced. Meet her Star Cunts & other attractions; a feminist-fired suite of her historic sculptures, paintings and archival pieces.
Ai Weiwei – Creating Under Imminent Threat
Photograph by Harry Pearce Pentagram 2015
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is as well known for his art as for his activism. A steadfast critic of the Chinese government, Ai has been denied a passport for over four years and has been unable to leave or exhibit work in his native country.
OUT OF AFRICA
Africa Industrial Revolution. This time the revolution will be downloaded.
SATURATION II – Add Subtract Divide opening at the Copperfield Gallery
Paint is not a dead art. Especially not when six unique Spanish artists rehash the painted form and naught but maths ensues.
Review: Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture for a Modern World Exhibition
Barbara Hepworth in the Palais studio at work on the wood carving Hollow Form with White Interior 1963 Photograph: Val Wilmer, ©Bowness, Hepworth Estate
Affable, sensual and a bit perplexing.
Top 5 International Exhibitions: Yoko Ono, Ryan Gander, Chen Zhen, Michael Beutler and Tianzhuo Chen.
Chen Zhen Image: Daily Incantations, 1996, Courtesy de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong and GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins, Photo Tom Powell.
From one of the most famous multi-faceted artist-performers celebrating approximately 125 works, to young installation artists addressing commonplace post-millennial issues: This wide spectrum of current major international exhibitions has a lot to offer.
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni come to London
Three graduate sculptors of Kunstakademie Düsseldorf come together with Tony Cragg to bring us their latest work.
Michael Armitage at the White Cube
Michael Armitage, Accident 2015
Oil on Lubugo bark cloth. 67 x 87 in. (170.2 x 221 cm) © Michael Armitage. Photo © White Cube (George Darrell)
Art is an agent of social change - we interview Kenyan artist Michael Armitage.
Herbert Golser channels mother nature in a quivering solidity
Golser’s latest exhibition at Rosenfeld Porcini Gallery showcases a tightly sculpted juxtaposition between fragility and structural durability – a combination that leaves you questioning whether these sculptures were crafted by the artist or Mother Nature herself.
A festival for art lovers
Style and substance go on display at Muse Gallery and at a tube station near you. We interview artists Francis Akpata and Ewa Wilczynski.
Jo Peel's Cityscapes
Jo Peel's new show ‘Cityscapes’ is a collaborative show with Anaka and Ashes57 and opens today at Jealous Gallery Shoreditch.
IT’S THE LEAST I COULD DO – A forthcoming exhibition from Ben Oakley
Savvy gallery owner, businessman and artist Ben Oakley brings us an electrifying and ingenious exhibition at the Ben Oakley gallery. And this time it’s his own.
Lesley Hilling : A Silent Way
An interview with artist Lesley Hilling ahead of her new show In A Silent Way in collaboration with Anders Knutsson.
The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015 Exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize Exhibition 2015 is opened at the Photographer’s Gallery in London, showcasing the work of finalists Nikolai Bakharev, Zanele Muholi, Viviane Sassen and Mikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse.
Pictoplasma Festival 2015 | An interview with cofounder Lars Denicke
This week the world’s leading and largest Berlin-based conference and festival of contemporary character design reopened its doors for the eleventh year running with a playground of character designs for us to feast our eyes on.