Dan Flavin has worked with fluorescents since 1963 to develop his own form of minimalism, creating what he termed ‘situations’ composed entirely of light and colour, which interact with architecture and the viewer’s perception of space.
We review Castlefield Gallery, Manchester’s Launch Pad: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, a group project initiated by six artists based around the UK, France and the Netherlands.
This is Idris Khan’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery and his first solo presentation in New York since 2010.
The turbulent 1950s in Cuba began with the military coup led by Fulgencio Batista and were marked by growing conflict between the US-backed Batista dictatorship and the revolutionary movement of Fidel and Raoul Castro, which would eventually topple Batista and transform the Cuban society.
Jeff Brouws’ peripatetic road journeys through the US form a crucial role in his “mapping” of a changing American landscape. His work features in Diffusion International Festival of Photography.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, hosts a new exhibition by artist, agitator and former parliamentary candidate, Bob and Roberta Smith.
The 13th Biennale de Lyon, La Vie Moderne, brings together artists from 28 different countries who explore the contradictory character of contemporary culture in varied regions of the world. We speak to Thierry Raspail, Artistic Director.
David Zwirner examines how Dan Flavin established and redefined space through light constructions in three formats that were at the core of his practice.
Post Forma, a major new commission by Italian designer Martino Gamper, will launch at Leeds Art Gallery on 9 October as part of British Art Show 8.
The Empty Gallery hosts Sonorous Objects, the first show in a series of multidisciplinary projects curated in a new Hong Kong contemporary art space.
Luhring Augustine, New York’s Looking Out exhibition of early works on paper and recent sculpture by Rachel Whiteread opens on 19 September.
Photo Shanghai, Asia’s premier art fair dedicated to photography, opens this weekend with a dynamic programme of shows presented by a selection of international galleries from 15 countries.
This September Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, will examine historic and commissioned works by 20 contemporary artists in Space Age.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park looks back over 20 years of work by American video and installation artist Bill Viola. The retrospective features new work The Trial, which investigates the unseeable.
NEON Organisation for Culture and Development presents A Transfer, by Maria Loizido, at the archaeological site of Kerameikos.
The fifth anniversary edition of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) will take place this year from 5 – 8 November. Tickets are now on sale for the four day event, which invites audiences to explore the city of York while experiencing world-class cinema.
We interview Pearl Lam of Pearl Lam Galleries, an exhibitor and promoter of contemporary art and design, with a particular focus on contemporary Chinese art in her galleries across Southeast Asia.
The fifth edition of Docks Art Fair takes place in Lyon until 4 October. Since its inception it has collaborated with a selection of galleries and artists.
Le Mois de la Photo launches its 14th edition with a special programme curated by curator Joan Fontcuberta. Focusing on the theme of The Post-Photographic Condition, the Biennial welcomes 100 projects by 29 artists from 11 countries.
