What Will They See of Me? is the second edition of the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards and explores the importance attached to individual expressions of personal identity.
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent platform for international dialogue in contemporary art, the Colombo Art Biennale, which opens 31 January, will feature works by artists and collectives from 12 countries.
Entering Virginie Yassef’s solo exhibition at Parisian Galerie Vallois, the visitor faces an installation L’Objet du doute (2013), a tree trunk, obstructing his way and then it suddenly starts to stir.
The Kate Moss story unfolds in 40, a collection of work by Russell Marshall that celebrates one of the most photographed, enigmatic icons of the time and inspires conversation about celebrity culture and Kate Moss-mania.
The raw beauty of Africa is captured in photographs taken less than 500 feet above the ground in Botswana. Zack Seckler’s first photographic exhibition showcases vistas from above.
A sculpture of a young man in casual dress holding and looking at a phone, Network (2012), will make its open-air premier at Yorkshire Sculpture Park as part of a solo exhibition by Tom Price.
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.
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.
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.
