The Rose Engine, an exhibition of new work by London-based artist Simon Periton, has been unveiled at The Modern Institute. The show has developed out of his interest in decorative tradition.
The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013’s four shortlisted artists are Mishka Henner, Chris Killip, Cristina De Middel and the artist duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.
Spreading across two weekends for the first time, Flatpack Festival returns to Birmingham 21 – 31 March. Includes live scores, parties, cycle-powered screenings and a celebration of Birmingham Arts Lab.
A visit to YSP presents the viewer with a multiplicity of environmental factors. Lakes resolve the undulating volatility of the sculpted landscape; such is punctuated with old and new architecture.
Hanmi Gallery has opened at 30 Maple Street with a showing of 11 artists all exploring the idea of uncertainty. The gallery is truly stripped back, having been returned to its’ pre-refurbished state.
We speak to longlisted artist Daniel Shiel, who uses digital photographic collage work to explore the textures and patterns in everyday objects. His entered works are named Blue and Malakoff.
Aesthetica speaks to the video-artist, photographer, sculptor and musician, Richard T. Walker about his first survey exhibition in the UK. Taking place at Carroll/Fletcher until 13 April.
Running concurrently at Platform Arts in Belfast are the exhibitions I Had No Idea by the London-based artist Keef Winter and Examination by the regional artist Sighle Bhreathnach-Cashell.
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective on display at Tate showcases the first comprehensive account of his art since his death. The exhibition is co-organised by the Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern.
A unique installation in Kensington Gardens presented by the Serpentine Gallery and The Royal Parks, Rock on Top of Another Rock, is a large-scale sculpture by artist duo Fischli/Weiss.
Moving Image opens next week in New York. For its third edition there is a line up of special projects and panel discussions, besides an international selection of single-channel videos and installations.
Celebrated British artist and curator, Stuart Semple, exhibits alongside two groundbreaking US painters, Roni Stretch and Antoinette Wysocki; both showing work in London for the first time.
A staggering selection of high-calibre work by a multitude of internationally acclaimed artists was performed; the following works exemplify the variety of approaches and mediums showcased.
London’s new global art fair, Art13, opens this week. 70 percent of participating artists will be attending a fair in London for the first time and 50 percent of works will be produced by non-western artists.
The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art. We speak to Caroline Jane Harris, who explores the intricacies of nature through a labour intensive paper-cutting technique.
Four decades worth of punk feminist work are presented in Linder Sterling’s Paris retrospective. Photography, collage, music and video works have been assembled under the title Femme/Objet.
Version Control is a group exhibition featuring work by 27 international artists and collectives. Spanning a range of media, what links these works is their relation to the notion of ‘performativity’.
The Magic of the State, is Lisson Gallery’s up and coming exhibition and editorial project conceived in collaboration with Beirut, a new art initiative and exhibition space in Cairo. Curated by Silvia Sgualdini.
Babeldom is Paul Bush’s first feature film. Starring Youla Boudali and Mark Caven, the film was part of the Official Selection at the Rotterdam International Film Festival and Sao Paulo Film Festival.
Thomas Dane Gallery, in collaboration with Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago unveils the first survey of New York – based artist Dominick Di Meo’s work outside the United States tomorrow in London.
Ian Andrews’ Rummage Out seizes the impromptu aesthetics of the surrounding shops and art deco interior, to beautifully create a reserved and submissively secular island within the building.
Opening today, Kinetica Art Fair, brings together galleries, art organisations and curatorial groups who focus on kinetic, time-based and multi-disciplinary new media art, science and technology.
Taryn Simon’s latest project, The Pictures Collection, has recently opened at Gagosian. The crux of her practice is in the research and data gathering that goes on behind the scenes in her photographs.
Opening 8 March and running until 7 April, Derby plays host to the FORMAT International Photography Festival. Now in its 6th edition, FORMAT embarks on its biggest event yet.
A Fake Moon rises over College Green, Bristol and invites you to pause and contemplate the passage of time: drawing a slightly stilted, yet wonderfully poetical arc across a Valentine’s Evening sky.
As a 2 month retrospective of Polanski’s films continues to play out on screens at BFI throughout February, the real gem of this event takes place in a modest space in the atrium of the Film Institute.
We spend some time speaking to the shortlisted Aesthetica Art Prize artist Sara Brannan. Using films as found objects, they are re-edited into short videos focusing on the female lead character.
Mark Doyle heads up the Northern division of the Contemporary Art Society. Doyle and his team ran a unique event entitled Art in the Home featuring works from two commercial galleries.
This year’s Summer Exhibition at The RA will explore a range of printmaking practices with an emphasis placed on works of a moderate size, and will return to its home in the Small Weston Room.
The UK premiere of Donald Weber’s Interrogations arrives at White Cloth Gallery, Leeds this week. This stark series, explores the violence, fear, and power in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
International artwork will be showcased in York this March as the Aesthetica Art Prize launches its first major exhibition. The Prize is a platform for contemporary artists from across the world.
In this latest showcasing of his work, the London-based photographer Jason Oddy, continues to explore his interest in the relationship between man and his built environment. From 2 February.
The Scottish Dance Theatre heads to London to present two premieres this March. The company will perform two new works by choreographers, Victor Quijada and Jo Strømgren.
The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns has opened at the Barbican. The show explores Marcel Duchamp’s footprint on contemporary American art.
Schwitters in Britain is a compelling show because it charts the artist’s interest in ephemera, as well as the investigations of figuration and abstraction, painting and assemblage that preoccupied his work.
Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos displays an eclectic mix of the artist’s works, influences and connected pieces. She has chosen to show her largest retrospective as a museum-like collection.
This March, Haunch of Venison presents an exhibition by internationally renowned landscape photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper. The artist has been capturing landscapes for over 30 years.
The highly anticipated Light Show has opened to the public at the Hayward Gallery. The exhibition sees some of the finest works of light art illuminate the gallery in an exuberant manner.
Now open at the BALTIC, Gateshead, David Jablonowski presents Tools and Orientations. Running until 2 June, this is the first solo exhibition by the German artist in a public gallery in the UK.
The Dark Rooms is an exciting project by Newlyn-based curator and artist Jesse Leroy Smith that took place in the near derelict Passmore Edwards School of Science and Art building in Helston.
We spend some time with longlisted artist Vasilisa Forbes. Vasilisa’s work focuses on humanity’s relationship with environments and technology. Her selected work is from The Hours series.
Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs opens today at the London Transport Museum and will showcase 150 of the greatest Underground posters ever produced.
Pakpoom Silaphan presents his third solo show Empire State at Scream. Silaphanʼs practice examines notions of globalisation, consumerism and the universal reach of cultural icons across the world.
David Maljković comes to the BALTIC this March to present an overview of his large body of work. Sources in the Air includes his famous, Scene for New Heritage trilogy alongside early and recent pieces.
US band Tullycraft will release their new record Lost in Light Rotation this March. Aesthetica speaks to the band about the new album, their relationship with producer Phil Ek and their future plans.
Recently shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize, artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan’s current exhibition at Chapter in Cardiff continues the artists’ interest in the construction of meaning.
This video documents the installation of Richard Artschwager’s Blps on the High Line at Avenues, as well as the curator’s session with the students. Artschwager recently passed away at the age of 89.
Showing as part of an impressive spring programme, spread across Lisson’s two London locations, Mark Boulos’ No Permanent Address is an exhibition that deserves special recognition.
Studio XO is a revolutionary fashion label that pushes the boundaries between science and couture. Having designed for the likes of Lady Gaga, Studio XO experiment with wearable tech.
Evgeny Antufiev opens his solo exhibition, Exploring materials (full title Twelve, wood, dolphin, knife, bowl, mask, crystal, bones and marble – fusion. Exploring materials) this Sunday 17 February.
