Hannah Starkey, Maureen Paley, London
Practising within the realm of photographic portraiture and the representation of women for over 20 years, Hannah Starkey’s recent work focuses on the individual positioned within the urban environment.
Practising within the realm of photographic portraiture and the representation of women for over 20 years, Hannah Starkey’s recent work focuses on the individual positioned within the urban environment.
We review artist and design Rad Hourani’s multidisciplinary exhibition at Arsenal Contemporary Art Center, Montreal. Hourani’s work celebrates neutrality as a defining human trait.
For 150 years, Coney Island has lured artists as a microcosm and icon of American culture.
Attracting over 45,000 visitors each year, SCOPE Miami caters for seasoned tastemakers looking for the latest innovations in contemporary art. This year’s 15th anniversary edition will welcome 120 exhibitors from 22 countries and 57 cities.
This exhibition examines the impact of California Light and Space art on artists working today.
Sean Kelly stages an exhibition of carefully selected Polaroid images taken between 1970 and 1975 by photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
The thematic exhibition Recto Verso presents artworks that consciously foreground the hidden, concealed or forgotten phenomenon of the back.
Peres Projects, Berlin, unveils its first solo exhibition with American artist Blair Thurman (b.1961, US).
War Damaged Musical Instruments by Turner Prize-winning artist Susan Philipsz was commissioned by 14–18 Now and is now on view at Tate Britain.
We explore Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture at Tate Modern, the UK’s largest survey of Calder, a pioneer of kinetic sculpture who played an essential role in shaping the history of modernism.
Gianfranco Foschino documents remote natural landscapes around the world, while also capturing the inhabitants of busy cities. We speak with the artist about his patient approach to making art.
In BILL MURRAY: a story of distance, size and sincerity, artist Brian Griffiths creates an ambitious new commission at the Baltic, Gateshead.
Antique and modern auction house Chiswick Auctions is hosting a spectacular 20th Century and Contemporary Art & Design sale on 1 December in West London.
This November, Hauser & Wirth Somerset unveils an intimate retrospective by Britain’s most celebrated photojournalist, Don McCullin.
Art Kaohsiung, now in its third year, will open in the Southern port city of Taiwan on 11 December. Established in 2013 with 62 exhibitors, the fair has grown to cater for around 110 exhibitors with 700 artists from across the world this year.
Dagmar Dost-Nolden is a painter, sculptor and performer based in Cologne. She is fascinated by different forms of energy, which is the main subject of her radically subjective and individual art.
Lush, bold sets in complementary hues provide the backdrop for Parisian-born photographer, stylist and publisher Olivia da Costa’s vibrant compositions.
Organised by Film London, the annual Jarman Award recognises and supports artists working with moving image. Now in its eighth year, the award has built a reputation for identifying and showcasing the work of emerging talents in the UK.
The 10th edition of Contemporary Istanbul showcased mostly large-scale works in vibrant hues for a relatively new and growing market of buyers in Turkey, amidst more innovative new works.
Teresita Fernández’s seventh solo exhibition with Lehmann Maupin showcases her newest sculptural works, including highly-detailed glazed ceramic.
Joan Jonas has conceived a new complex of works for the U.S. Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, creating a multilayered ambiance, incorporating video, drawings, objects, and sound. We review the show.
Lisson Gallery, London, presents a number of recently discovered early pieces as well as celebrated classics by artist Susan Hiller.
Mazzoleni London brings a showcase of landmark works by Post-War Italian art master Alberto Burri to the UK. An undisputed icon of the 20th century, Burri forged a new aesthetic that paved the way for younger generations.
The Hepworth Wakefield presents a new show by Enrico David, introducing recent works, plus new sculptures specially commissioned for the gallery.
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty is drawn entirely from the extensive holdings of the Smithsonian.
Discover The Globe at the V&A, London, designed by Los Carpinteros (the carpenters), an artist collective that was established in Havana in 1992.
Aesthetica Short Film Festival celebrated its 5th anniversary with a grand finale by announcing the category winners including Best Artists’ Film Shezad Dawood’s Towards the Possible Film.
The Turner Prize is awarded to a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition of their work in the preceding year. We travel to Tramway in Glasgow to explore the show, on until January.
We speak with digital artist Jess Littlewood about her practice and group exhibition Modern Mythology, which draws on a rich lexicon of imagery to explore constructed belief systems.
Curated in collaboration with Ai Weiwei from his studio in Beijing, The Royal Academy showcases some of the artist’s most important works from 1993 up to present day, including new installations.
Contemporary Istanbul launches its 10th edition this week, opening to the public today. One of the region’s leading art fairs, Contemporary Istanbul celebrates its landmark anniversary with a showcase of over 700 artworks.
We review Cerith Wyn Evans’ new neon sculptures at White Cube, Bermondsey, an interrogation of the world around us, which create moments of rupture within existing structures of communication.
In the winter of 1915, a legendary exhibition took place in Petrograd (today St. Petersburg), Russia, featuring 14 artists of the Russian avant-garde.
To celebrate the reopening of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the institution has invited nine contemporary artists to transform its interior into an engaging and immersive artwork.
Since 2011, Moises Saman has been chronicling revolutionary upheavals in the Middle East in a photographic series entitled Discordia: The Arab Spring, now on show at The Arts Club, London.
The 19th edition of Paris Photo opens in two days at the capital’s celebrated venue, the Grand Palais. Showcasing both historical and contemporary works, the annual fair welcomes 173 galleries.
In Going Public, five venues across Sheffield partner with major European art collectors this autumn to bring a programme of world class exhibitions and unique events to the city.
Johanna Diehl: The Ukraine Series at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, comprises views into former synagogues in modern-day Ukraine.
In this major exhibition, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) invites artists to respond to the radically changed world of social interaction that we now inhabit, and its impact on our sense of personal identity and our relationships with others.
David Zwirner opens the gallery’s first exhibition with Bridget Riley in New York.
We interview photographer Adel Quraishi about his portraits of the eight remaining Guardians of the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina, on show at Leighton House Museum, London until 29 November.
Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize has become Australia’s most coveted photography prize.
Europa, the first UK survey of artist Emily Jacir at Whitechapel Gallery, London, focuses on her dialogue with Europe and the Mediterranean. Jacir explores histories of migration and resistance.
Vanilla and Concrete brings together projects by Marie Lund, Rallou Panagiotou and Mary Ramsden, whose works explore everyday objects and spaces.
This solo exhibition of 40 large scale works by acclaimed photographer, Anne Collier, questions how photography and media images seduce us and therefore affect our perception.
Blenheim Palace is hosting an exhibition by American artist and founding figure of Conceptual Art, Lawrence Weiner. The exhibition shows works from the last few decades, alongside site-specific pieces.
Artissima is one of Italy’s most important contemporary art fairs. Nearly 200 galleries from around the world will exhibit across three sections.
The 5th anniversary edition of the BAFTA Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival is nearly here! This year ASFF welcomes a special showing of Richard Heslop and playwright Simon Armitage’s collaborative filmic work, The Raft of the Medusa.
The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize was created in 2005 to encourage the best creative representational painting and promote the skill of draughtsmanship. We speak with judge James Lloyd.
From 1976 – 1981 a movement organised by musicians and political activists, Rock Against Racism, set about fighting racism through music – initiating performances from reggae and punk artists under the slogan Love Music, Hate Racism.