Santiago Sierra: Dedicated to the Workers & Unemployed, Lisson Gallery, London
Notorious for his controversial and ethically dubious video-works, Santiago Sierra is a contentious and well-known figure in the field of contemporary art.
Notorious for his controversial and ethically dubious video-works, Santiago Sierra is a contentious and well-known figure in the field of contemporary art.
Having been given the opportunity to exhibit at South London Gallery, Alice Channer took the bold step of creating an entirely new set of works to fill the impressive gallery space.
Irish folk music has played an intrinsic part in the socio-political history of the Irish working-class. Through this medium an injured party could publicly express their frustrations at the hardship.
Marcus Coates is best known for his shamanistic performance works in which he channels and consults animal spirits. This element of his practice has already found its way into Tate Britain’s Triennial.
Song Dong’s current installation, Waste Not, at the Barbican Curve Gallery, stands as the culmination of the hoardings of the artist’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan.
War, violence, death – these aren’t pretty topics. Nevertheless they’re topics that are explored in Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf, an exhibition of artwork by Adel Abdessemed.
Yayoi Kusama is Japan’s best-known living artist. Since the 1940s, she has produced a wealth of work encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture and collage as well as large-scale installations.
Thomas Zipp borrows Sigmund Freud’s Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex (1920) for the title of this show at Alison Jacques Gallery in London.
You can’t help but feel like you are disturbing a sense of stillness as you enter the Japan House Gallery at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
There are a lot of projects that get the go-ahead in the name of regeneration, and the savagely debated Jerwood Gallery in Hastings is no exception.
Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist famous for creating objects and installations from light fixtures. His work focused on drawings and paintings influenced by Abstract Expressionism.
Now in its second year after a successful launch, the Roundhouse’s Reverb Festival aims to dismantle the stuffy, jargon-loaded image of classical music.
Richardson has been inspired by the multiple facets of Hollywood life. In his latest show, TERRYWOOD, at OHWOW, he unveils a series of images of the famous city, as seen through his eyes.
A Special Form of Darkness at Tramway is an open, convivial music/ performance/ ideas hybrid – a cross between a festival, magazine and discussion.
You wouldn’t be to blame if you assumed the banner above the Hayward were a David Shrigley piece. It has the immediacy of his work, and none of the seriousness that represents Jeremy Deller.
Cotton. You’re probably wearing it now. You probably sleep on it every night. The sheer abundance of this material all around us means it usually remains ignored and under-appreciated.
Short & Sweet is a travelling short-film series: an international community of film lovers who father for lively events of short films and socialising. This winter Short & Sweet returns to London.
Canary Wharf Screen is a motion picture screening programme that will launch at Canary Wharf Tube station at the beginning of next month. The project has been initiated by Art on the Underground.
Lynda Benglis’ name has taken on mythical connotations in the art world. Her photographic spread in Artforum sparked controversy at the time, and has been awarded verbal accolades by artists.
