Hauser & Wirth London is to host the first London show of photographer Alex Van Gelder’s 2012 series Meat Portraits, which takes as its subject the animal remains from an abattoir in Benin.The rather disgusting images focus on raw meat and animal entrails that Van Gelder found in slaughterhouses
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Hauser & Wirth to Give Meat Portraits First London Show
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National Portrait Gallery Unveils Tony Blair Painting
Today, 20 December, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled a commissioned portrait of former Prime Minister Tony Blair by Alastair Adams, president of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.The portrait is a large and very dramatic four feet by three feet close up of Blair’s face. Work on the painting
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Korean Cultural Centre Seeking Curators in London
The Korean Cultural Centre U.K. (KCCUK) is accepting submissions from curators for an art exhibition next year. Individuals and groups can pitch ideas for a six-week show that will open at the London space between July and September 2014.Proposals must include three or more artists, more than half of
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Courtauld Book Sheds New Light on Old Ivories
The Courtauld Gallery has released a book of Gothic ivories from the collection of Thomas Gambier Parry. The ivories, which were bequeathed to the gallery in 1966, have remained undocumented until now. Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery: Complete Catalogue is the result of a five-year
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Striking Back: Yahnker's Political UK Solo Show
American artist Eric Yahnker is to have his first UK solo show at Paradise Row gallery next year. “Sticks and Drones” is set to open on May 17.Yahnker is a former animator who worked on the production of the South Park movie “Bigger, Longer & Uncut.” Although his practice has since diverged,
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New Finsbury Park Arts Space Set for Spring Launch
John Jones is to launch a new public arts building in Finsbury Park in April. It is set to include an art gallery, café, and artists’ studios for use by visual artists and conservators.John Jones was founded in the 1960s as a family-run framer, but now operates primarily as an arts consultancy –
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Kino: GRAD to Show Rare Soviet Film Posters
GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design are to stage an exhibition of early Soviet film posters, to begin the UK/Russia Year of Culture 2014. The show, “Kino/Film: Soviet Posters of the Silent Screen,” will open its doors next week on January 17.In the mid-to-late 1920s, cinema in the young Soviet
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Protest Against Closure of Derry's Turner Prize Gallery
More than 400 people braved inclement weather conditions yesterday, January 5, to protest the planned conversion of Buildings 80-81 in Ebrington, Derry, into IT offices. The space, which is set in old military barracks, housed the Turner Prize exhibition until its closure yesterday.Among yesterday’s
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Artist Makes Weightlifters Shift Public Monuments in Poland
German artist Christian Jankowski is to exhibit the results of his attempt to make weightlifters pick up public monuments in the Polish capital of Warsaw. The exhibition, “Heavy Weight History,” will open at Lisson Gallery on January 31.The show will comprise of an installation, a 25-minute film
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London Ink: Galleries to Show George Condo's Changing Focus
Two exhibitions of American artist George Condo are to run concurrently from February 11. Simon Lee Gallery will show paintings, while Skarstedt Gallery will present ink drawings.This the first major showing of Condo’s work since his acclaimed retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, “George Condo:
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New James Turrell Work to Come to London Next Month
New works from James Turrell are to be shown at Pace London. The well-known American artist’s solo show is set to open on February 7.Turrell is well known for his use of light as an artistic medium, and much of his oeuvre has a highly meditative effect. Installations either make use of a natural light
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Non-Profit Directors Join Forces for Artist Commissions
Directors of three leading non-profit contemporary art spaces in London have joined forces to launch a new series of artist commissions, beginning this spring, which will inaugurate their collaborative project “How to Work Together.”Chisenhale Gallery director Polly Staple, The Showroom director
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Meet AGNES: Serpentine Launches Benevolent Spambot
The Serpentine Gallery has launched AGNES, a digital commission by Belgian-American artist Cécile B. Evans that the gallery describes as a “benevolent spambot.”AGNES is in-built into the gallery’s website, and plays videos and displays messages sharing her thoughts, feelings and other useful information.
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Howard Hodgkin to be First Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon
British painter Sir Howard Hodgkin is to be the first artist to be awarded the new Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon.The artist will be presented with the prize on April 2, at a ceremony hosted by Whitechapel director Iwona Blazwick OBE and Nadja Swarovski, member of the Swarovski executive board.Blazwick
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Max Wigram to Explore Political Chaos in La Bella Figura
Max Wigram Gallery is to stage an exhibition exploring the political turmoil of Italy, from the post-war period until 1992. The show, “La Bella Figura,” is set to open its doors on February 18.The show will feature some of the most prominent names in post-war Italian art, such as Michelangelo Pistoletto,
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Banksy Girl and Balloon Mural to be Removed and Sold
A well-known mural of a girl with a heart-shaped balloon by street artist Banksy has been removed from the wall of an east London shop, the BBC reported. Girl and Balloon, which was removed yesterday, is to be sold for approximately £500,000.The removal was carried out by Sincura Group, an events company
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Artists to Become Geologists in North West Festival
Artists including Hito Steyerl and Jessica Warboys will be showing at the biennial AV Festival 14, a major arts festival taking place across the North East, in Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Newcastle. It will launch on Thursday 27 February, and continue all through that weekend.Now in its sixth edition,
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IN PICTURES: Launch of ICA Off-Site at Dover Street Market
Monday evening, 10 February, saw some of the London art and fashion world’s biggest names gather for the opening of the Institute of Contemporary Art’s latest site-specific exhibition at Dover Street Market, and the launch of ICA director Gregor Muir’s book on the institute’s culturally-rich
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How Little Is Enough? Martin Creed Takes Minimalism to the Edge
LONDON — It is easy neither to get in nor out of Martin Creed’s exhibition “What’s the Point of It?” at the Hayward Gallery here (through April 27). To enter you have to pass under a notice warning that the maximum safe head-height is 6 feet 6 inches. Anyone taller will be clonked on the cranium
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