It’s one of life’s niggles that food never looks quite as good as it does in the picture. Be it glamorised packaging or botched recipe attempts, so often one is left thoroughly underwhelmed.
Video artist Julia Weißenberg is one of eight finalists selected for exhibition in the Aesthetica Art Prize show, taking place at York St Mary’s – York Art Gallery’s contemporary art space.
After the devastation caused by World War II, Britain was in desperate need of optimism and re-development. During the course of the war Britain suffered the tragic loss of 383,800 soldiers’ lives.
Cevdet Erek’s Alt: Üst at Bristol’s Spike Island initially subscribes to the linear reading of time, but on making the clockwise journey around the show, each of the aforementioned perceptions of time is in some way evident.
Scream in London will be opening an exhibition by Chinese artist Liu Bolin on the 3 April. The exhibition, titled The Heroic Apparition, is the latest in Bolin’s unseen works of camouflage trickery. Based in Beijing, Bolin’s work highlights the socio-political tensions within China.
With the Aesthetica Art Prize exhibition opening on 4 April, we speak to one of the finalists, who will be exhibiting in York St Mary’s along with seven other shortlisted artists. Elke Finkenauer was selected from thousands of entries for her piece Draw A Line Somewhere in the Painting and Drawing category.
Art Paris Art Fair opens today at the Grand Palais in a celebration of contemporary and modern art. The fair gathers 144 galleries from around 20 countries, offering guests the chance to revel in art that spans sculpture, photography, painting and art books.
Joyce Pensato: Joyceland at the Lisson Gallery, London until 10 May has brought some of the world’s best known icons of popular culture and transformed the space into an impression of her Brooklyn studio in London.
The Thomas and Paul Gallery in London opens a new solo show by David Storey, former artist to Rocket Records and 2 tone, on 9 April. Works on show will include The Conversation.
Other Primary Structures is an exhibition of important sculptural work at The Jewish Museum, New York. The works are drawn from around the world and were produced between 1960 and 1970.
Organised by Aesthetica Magazine, in partnership with York Museums Trust, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence and innovation in contemporary art from across the world.
The blurred lines between the real and the virtual are explored in FACT’s new exhibition Science Fiction: New Death. Society’s relationship with technology is examined through the work of five artists.
You Imagine What You Desire is a fitting title for Sydney’s 19th Biennale. Spread across five sites, the programme forces audiences to absorb the ideas, beauty and creative energy of each venue’s work.
Tom Price, born in London in 1981, studied at Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art Sculpture School. In 2009 he was featured on BBC Four documentary, Where is Modern Art Now?
The Aesthetica Art Prize 2014 opens its new ground-breaking exhibition this spring, showcasing the very best of emerging and established talent in contemporary art internationally.
Described by John Lennon as the world’s most famous unknown artist, Yoko Ono has spent a lifetime living in the shadow of her famous marriage and late husband.
The Aesthetica Art Prize returns this spring with new and inspiring artworks. From over 3,000 entries, eight artists have been selected for exhibition, with 92 exhibiting work on monitors.
The British Museum play host to six German artists whose extraordinary body of work is on loan from Count Christian Duerckheim. Featured artists include Georg Baselitz and Sigmar Polke.
An exhibition of new works by highly acclaimed German painter Georg Baselitz is now showing at Gagosian Gallery. In Farewell Bill, Baselitz’ new series of paintings is self-portraiture.
