London-based innovators Alpha-ville launch EXCHANGE. This new series of events is designed to give the art, tech and creative communities an opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, get inspired and discover new talent.
During the past decade there has been a proliferation of cultural practitioners interrogating the global politics and ethics of food. Delfina Foundation has chosen 10 artists, curators and thinkers to explore the politics of food.
Oscar-winning film director David Lynch extends his unique cinematic style to a series of dark and brooding images of derelict factories in David Lynch: The Factory Photographs.
Kate Tempest’s critically-acclaimed smash hit Brand New Ancients comes to Lyric Hammersmith for one night only. The work will open in West London in January as part of a national tour.
Fergus Jordan’s photography explores the conflict between darkness, night and artificial light. He also takes time to examine the city in photography and the status of post-conflict societies.
Tackling the traditions of romantic landscape painting through the constraints of stage design, a new body of work by artist Silke Otto-Knapp opens at the Camden Arts Centre in January.
Uri Aran has spent the past two months living in the South London Gallery’s artists’ flat. His new exhibition is his first solo show in the UK and includes a collection of works created during the course of his stay in London.
The saints and sinners of Robert Mapplethorpe’s iconic images go head to head in an exhibition at the Sean Kelly Gallery, running until 25 January.
There is still chance to get along to Matt Johnson’s second solo show at Alison Jacques Gallery before it closes 21 December. Working with recycled old-growth redwood, million-year-old granite and bronze, Johnson deals with the theme of time.
Celebrating the reopening of the Palais Galliera, the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presents a retrospective of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, uniting his most outstanding creations.
From over 5,000 submissions by nearly 2,500 photographers, judges have whittled down the entries to this year’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize to just 60 pieces, now on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 9 February 2014.
Chance plays a preponderant role in Didier Mencoboni’s latest works. His sculptures range from fluorescent, dangling mobiles to photographs confected from the dollops of paint stuck at the bottom of the artist’s sink.
Ikon Gallery will be rolling out the celebrations in 2014 as they mark 50 years of championing modern and contemporary art with a special series of events and exhibitions.
The Wapping Project stages a contemporary take on Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea in photographic essay and installation form by Thomas-Zanon Larcher and Jules Wright.
Mona Hatoum mentions that one the excitements of being an artist is not knowing where you will find a new exhibition. However, Reflection at the Parisian Chantal Crousel Gallery marks 20 years of their enduring collaboration.
Imanaka Interiors is a UK online gallery exhibiting artworks that are unique in style and expression. All of the artists involved have their individual way of exploring life and what is beyond that.
Cardboard, metal and wire and other everyday objects play their role in creating the simple and functional displays of Zimoun’s (b.1977) new exhibition, Rotations, at the BACKLIT gallery until Tuesday 31 December.
Taking pride of place in the heart of the Hauser & Wirth Saville Rowe & Piccadilly galleries was the Onnassch collection of post-war American and European artists who shaped the history of art.
Artangel Open is inviting artists working in all media across the UK to submit bold, site-specific proposals that will transform and enrich the UK’s cultural landscape. Championing innovation and creativity is at the heart of this project.
