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Can fashion create a better future? A new show surveys the inspiring possibilities that emerge when creativity and technology join forces.
Can fashion create a better future? A new show surveys the inspiring possibilities that emerge when creativity and technology join forces.
Lighting transforms the spaces we inhabit, and as technology makes our homes ever more responsive, a new book takes stock of the possibilities.
Pioneer of street photography Saul Leiter captured city life in mid-20th century New York City with an inimitable sense of composition, humour and grace.
Michigan-born Eric Ogden draws inspiration from the landscape and inhabitants of his native Midwest, looking for unexpected angles on the familiar.
Roger Frei operates at the confluence of the public and private realm, capturing the functionalism of vivid, mass-manufactured structures.
Themes of freedom proliferate in Olivia Malone’s projects exploring the transition from the awkwardness of youth to self-assured adulthood.
Charting an evolution in form and function from traditional architecture to buildings that are radically transforming today’s built environment.
Julia Hetta’s imagery provides a glimpse into an alternative world, rich with the romance and quietude associated with classical painting.
The shortlist has been announced for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2016. The selected artists, on show at The Photographer’s Gallery in London, are Laura El-Tantawy, Erik Kessels, Trevor Paglen and Tobias Zielony.
Galerie Gmurzynska St Moritz displays for the first time an extensive overview of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s works in progress.
Space Shuttle in the Garden at HangarBicocca, Milan, brings together recent work by Petrit Halilaj, which explores universal themes such as memory, and the search for identity.
Imprints of Culture at Bonington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University, will explore the contemporary production and use of Indian block prints. We speak to exhibition curator, Dr Eiluned Edwards.
Espirita is a not for profit travel outfit dedicated to exploring world culture. It has run Garden Tours to Japan since 2001. Inspirita produces feature length documentaries on world culture.
Dundee Contemporary Arts presents the largest UK exhibition to date by Finnish artist duo IC-98, fresh from representing Finland at the Venice Biennale.
Simon Starling has been revisiting the history of forms and objects for two decades, creating installations, films, photographs and sculptures that unearth connections across space and time.
TheGallery, Arts University Bournemouth, is delighted to announce a major collaboration with The Redfern Gallery, London. to present a new exhibition showcasing the work of Patrick Procktor.
Hosted by Aesthetica Magazine, the Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. It offers artists the opportunity to further their engagement with the art world.
India Art Fair returns to New Delhi from 28-31 January. Founded in 2008, the event is a crucial platform for the visual artists working in the region, and builds bridges between its creative community and a multitude of international markets.
The Woon Foundation Painting and Sculpture Art Prize, a partnership between BALTIC 39, Newcastle, and Northumbria Unviersity, offers an exceptional opportunity for students.
For the first time in France, the Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson, brings to light the work of iconic 20th century Italian photographer, Ugo Mulas.
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, hones its reputation as a key international textiles collector and exhibitor with a new retrospective celebrating the centenary of textiles pioneer Tibor Reich.
A million blacked out business cards covering the floor set the scene for this exhibition that explores ideas of exchange, and the role of regulations in determining codes of behaviour.
A new exhibition at MCASD La Jolla considers Ed Ruscha’s use of recurring words, images, and themes across the decades.
This major retrospective, presented between the Getty Center and LACMA throughout spring 2016, will explore the work of one of the most significant photographers of the late 20th century.
London-based artist Roger Hiorns continues his use of copper sulphate to transform mass-produced objects and environments into aesthetic entities.
Gagosian New York displays one of the late Chris Burden’s last works. Buddha’s Fingers is a cluster of 32 antique cast-iron vernacular street lamps.
Marking 60 years since Joan Miró’s studio was founded in Majorca, Mayoral Gallery, London, presents an immersive, authentic exhibition recreating Miró’s atelier. We review the show, on until 12 February.
We interview Albert Elm, a recent graduate of the BA (Hons) Fine Art Photography degree at The Glasgow School of Art about his inclusion in the XL Catlin Art Guide + Exhibition in 2016.
London songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and soul singer Royce Wood Junior discusses his album The Ashen Tang, which incorporates elements of nostalgia with modern, multi-layered production.
Renowned worldwide for her pioneering video installations, Pipilotti Rist will transform the Kunsthaus Zürich with sensual works that encounter convention and taboo with humour and irony.
Read our interview with seminal performance artist Marina Abramovic on her recent installation and interpretation of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, at Park Avenue Armory, alongside Igor Levit.
From 27 January Ikon Gallery presents the largest exhibition to date of original prints by American photographer, academic and documentary filmmaker Janet Mendelsohn.
APT is the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane’s flagship exhibition focused on the art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. We review the eighth edition, which explores performance in recent art.
Pace Gallery hosts Sea of Buddha, a show featuring photographs from Hiroshi Sugimoto’s series of the same title and a related film work.
London Art Fair returns for its 28th edition this week with a host of special talks and gallery sectors. We speak to guest curator Natasha Hoare about the 2016 Art Projects exhibitors.
FIELD digital art studio co-founder Vera-Maria Glahn talks to us about creating their immersive, audio-visual radio telescope-inspired artwork, Spectra-3, for the recent Lumiere Festival in London.
Doug Wheeler: Encasements at David Zwirner, New York, represents the most comprehensive showcase to date of this important body of work.
Albanian-born artist Anri Sala takes a poetic and conceptual approach to music and architecture, exploring how the experience of sound can affect our perceptions of space and time.
Over the past seven years Classic Photographs Los Angeles has established itself as a prime west coast destination for discovering photography.
Herald St, London, shows a breath of works, predominantly sculptures, from across artist Diane Simpson’s vast and experimental career.
Tate Modern will examine the relationship between photography and performance, from the invention of photography in the 19th century to the selfie culture of today in Performing for the Camera.
Tim Etchells’ More Noise is an exhibition of three neon works curated by Helen Marriage, Director of Artichoke, as part of London Lumiere festival.
Laura Foley is the author of five poetry collections including The Glass Tree, winner of a Foreword Book of the Year Award, and Joy Street, winner of the Bi-Writer’s Award.
The Inoperative Community at Raven Row, London, is an exhibition of experimental narrative film and video that addresses ideas of community and the shifting nature of social relations.
European born but raised in South Africa, Kirsten Mumford left her home to forge a life as an expatriate, travelling the globe and applying her unique, nomadic perspective to her photographic practice.
Scroll Down And Keep Scrolling is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of work by Fiona Banner. Ikon represents key early projects alongside recent and unseen works: we review the show.
Islamic Art Now, a two-part exhibition, marks the first major installations of LACMA’s collection of contemporary art of the Middle East.
Lumiere London, the largest light festival to hit the capital, is set to illuminate four winter evenings this January. The event features 3D projections, interactive installations and pioneering light works.
Audience participation is key to completing Yoko Ono’s latest exhibition, The Riverbed, through everyday action coupled with contemplation.
Lisson Gallery presents new and recent work by John Akomfrah, demonstrating his rich visual style, which is as poetic as it is political and fuses contemporary issues with history and fiction.