Paul McCarthy’s megalithic installation at the Park Avenue Armory is the magnum opus of one of the most prolific artists this century. Co-curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, WS is McCarthy’s largest work yet.
Carsten Recksik has curated an exhibition for BACKLIT Gallery in Nottingham, presenting four emerging artists from his country: Boris Dornbusch, Marie von Heyl, Florian Meisenberg and Tim Wolff.
Ilua Hauck da Silva works in a wide variety of media to create subversive and thought-provoking art. Her practice explores dark aspects of the human condition and explores the idea of vanity.
Mortality: Death and the Imagination exhibits works by Ian Breakwell, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Julian Opie Cornelia Parker, Bob & Roberta Smith and Sam Taylor Wood.
Illuminating the relevance of self-portraiture, Stranger at Flowers Gallery examines the practice’s aesthetic value through each individual’s varied approach to self-representation.
Meschac Gaba opens Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002 at Tate Modern this week. Fusing art and everyday life, the immersive installation takes over 12 rooms.
Marcus Jansen’s work redefines urban landscape painting, blending action painting and objective subject matter. Major themes in Jansen’s work include global political and social concerns.
The theme of contemporary dress codes was suggested by the Galerie Géraldine Banier who then proceeded to contact two French artists who would dovetail for a harmonious exhibition.
There is an increasing noise building around the work of Sarah van Sonsbeeck. Though this should hardly be surprising since her work is fundamentally concerned with the texture of the sonic.
This week a special programme of films from the 2012 ASFF festival will be screened at the V&A, London, for the Friday Late event. The event this Friday 28 June is the first in a series of Friday Lates.
Anthropocene at Londonewcastle Project Space refers to the current geological age, a period of time during which human behaviour is the dominant impact on the environment and the climate.
The majority of Patrick Caulfield’s work sees his gaze turned towards the croissant-and-orange-juice world of 60s, 70s and 80s pan-European glamour. At Tate from 5 June until 1 September.
Sculpture in the City shows works by Robert Indiana, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Antony Gormley, Keith Coventry, Richard Wentworth, Shirazeh Houshiary, Jim Lambie and Ryan Gander across London.
Upon entering the light-filled Shoreditch art gallery, the visitor is welcomed by a vibrant display of canvases painted in bold colours, whose imaginary characters roam an array of whimsical landscapes.
Vadim Zakharov’s Danaë at the Venice Biennale represents the first time in the history of the Russian pavilion that the upper and lower storeys have been combined into a single installation.
Paper Weight Genre-defining Magazines 2000 to Now takes a refreshing look at independent publishing in the 21st century. Opening today, the show runs until 27 October at Haus der Kunst.
This summer FACT combines art and politics in Turning FACT inside Out. Running from 13 June, the show explores aspects of environment, architecture, capitalism and augmented reality.
Since her success at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for her first directional feature debut; Flying Blind, Polish director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s is creating a stir in the film world.
The man who made a name for himself by painting hospital doors has come a long way with a very simple formula: gloss paint in bold, treading a line between abstraction and figuration.
