Hauser & Wirth to Give Meat Portraits First London Show
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...
View ArticleNational 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...
View ArticleKorean 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...
View ArticleCourtauld 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....
View ArticleStriking 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleKino: 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...
View ArticleProtest 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...
View ArticleArtist 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...
View ArticleLondon 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...
View ArticleNew 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,...
View ArticleNon-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...
View ArticleMeet 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...
View ArticleHoward 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...
View ArticleMax 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...
View ArticleBanksy 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,...
View ArticleArtists 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....
View ArticleIN 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
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