Venice Biennale Report: Jeremy Deller, British Pavilion
The British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, English Magic, by artist Jeremy Deller is about as quintessentially English as they come. The building cuts an imposing edifice within the Giardini.
The British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, English Magic, by artist Jeremy Deller is about as quintessentially English as they come. The building cuts an imposing edifice within the Giardini.
The exhibition Who is Alice? brings together works by a range of Korea’s most significant contemporary artists, of whom there is currently an abundance, both within and outside of Korea itself.
Presented on a series of trestle tables and shelves punctuated by black chalkboard panels A Book is A Performance at Centrespace displays a broad selection of artists’ editions and multiples.
The Africa Channel presents a unique and insightful view of contemporary African art, in its new series, African Masters. Audiences will go on a visually stunning journey across the globe.
Tumbleweed! is the ideal example of making the simple things in life funny. The tumbleweed when given human characteristics and a fruitful life of adventure is shown to achieve tremendous things.
London-based Synthpop band Chapel Club has just released their second album Good Together. Aesthetica spoke to the group to find out more about their influences and what’s coming up in 2013.
Day Bowman has been selected out of only five UK artists to exhibit her work at this year’s NordArt exhibition in June. Her work as a painter lies on the axis of figuration and abstraction.
Bob van Reeth, one of the most important postwar Belgian architects and the first Flemish Government Architect from 1999 to 2005, will be 70 this year. BOZAR and A+ look back on his rich career.
Linn Karen Forland’s Come to Heaven of Hearts depicts the inner world of an old woman. Full of surprising associations, it sets before us a rapturous scene of an old woman at the end of her life.
Part of the official selection at ASFF 2012, 10 minute documentary Blind Encounter gives a captivating and inspiring account of a blind busker’s journey through coming to terms with losing his sight.
The Toulouse International Art Festival opens today. Promising to be a unique and inspiring event, this years festival is entitled Artist Comes First, which was also the artistic approach to the presentation.
With only one week left to register your short film for this year’s ASFF, we spoke to festival regular Thomas Guerrier about previous success, plans for the festival and what keeps him entering every year.
Directed by Julia Bacha & Rebekah Wingert-Jabi, My Neighbourhood explores the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis in the midst of a transition championing human compassion.
Takesada Matsutani: A Matrix features a wide selection of works including a recently enacted performance (or more specifically, the remnants from one) titled Hauser & Wirth, London and dated 2013.
A major new two-part retrospective is being staged at Centquatre and Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. The subject: Keith Haring’s political line as portrayed in his densely symbolic artwork.
Aesthetica presents the trailer for the UK première of Disgraced – recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2013. The piece took US audiences by storm in 2012 and provoked debate across the nation.
As part of Le French May in Hong Kong and Macau, One Central and Mandarin Oriental exhibits Living Sculptures by Pablo Reinoso. On show since mid April, the show runs until 14 July.
Starring Lesley Sharp and Shaun Dooley, Debbie Howard’s achingly tender drama Peekaboo follows a couple whose world is torn apart after three pregnancies tragically end in stillbirth.
A larger-than-life balloon dog by Paul McCarthy, almost identical to Jeff Koons’, marks the north entrance to Frieze. Clearly an eye-catcher, the piece indicated the wealth of art to be seen once inside.
