The turbulent 1950s in Cuba began with the military coup led by Fulgencio Batista and were marked by growing conflict between the US-backed Batista dictatorship and the revolutionary movement of Fidel and Raoul Castro, which would eventually topple Batista and transform the Cuban society.
Jeff Brouws’ peripatetic road journeys through the US form a crucial role in his “mapping” of a changing American landscape. His work features in Diffusion International Festival of Photography.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, hosts a new exhibition by artist, agitator and former parliamentary candidate, Bob and Roberta Smith.
The 13th Biennale de Lyon, La Vie Moderne, brings together artists from 28 different countries who explore the contradictory character of contemporary culture in varied regions of the world. We speak to Thierry Raspail, Artistic Director.
David Zwirner examines how Dan Flavin established and redefined space through light constructions in three formats that were at the core of his practice.
Post Forma, a major new commission by Italian designer Martino Gamper, will launch at Leeds Art Gallery on 9 October as part of British Art Show 8.
The Empty Gallery hosts Sonorous Objects, the first show in a series of multidisciplinary projects curated in a new Hong Kong contemporary art space.
Luhring Augustine, New York’s Looking Out exhibition of early works on paper and recent sculpture by Rachel Whiteread opens on 19 September.
Photo Shanghai, Asia’s premier art fair dedicated to photography, opens this weekend with a dynamic programme of shows presented by a selection of international galleries from 15 countries.
This September Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, will examine historic and commissioned works by 20 contemporary artists in Space Age.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park looks back over 20 years of work by American video and installation artist Bill Viola. The retrospective features new work The Trial, which investigates the unseeable.
NEON Organisation for Culture and Development presents A Transfer, by Maria Loizido, at the archaeological site of Kerameikos.
The fifth anniversary edition of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) will take place this year from 5 – 8 November. Tickets are now on sale for the four day event, which invites audiences to explore the city of York while experiencing world-class cinema.
We interview Pearl Lam of Pearl Lam Galleries, an exhibitor and promoter of contemporary art and design, with a particular focus on contemporary Chinese art in her galleries across Southeast Asia.
The fifth edition of Docks Art Fair takes place in Lyon until 4 October. Since its inception it has collaborated with a selection of galleries and artists.
Le Mois de la Photo launches its 14th edition with a special programme curated by curator Joan Fontcuberta. Focusing on the theme of The Post-Photographic Condition, the Biennial welcomes 100 projects by 29 artists from 11 countries.
Word by Word, curated by Francesco Bonami, recently showed at Luxembourg & Dayan. The show explored the use of text by 20th century artists in facilitating social, political and artistic commentary.
The Photographers’ Gallery brings Other Americas, an award winning body of work by acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado, to London.
Within a Realm of Distance will display various pieces produced throughout American artist Lawrence Weiner’s career. Known for his role in the 1960s Conceptual Art movement, the artist’s work takes the form of typographic texts.
Melissa Moore is an artist and an Associate Lecturer at the University of the Arts London. Her photographs will feature in Diffusion International Festival of Photography 2015, Cardiff, in October.
Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, announces About Forty Years, a four-decade survey of the work of Nicholas Nixon. On view from 10 September.
Australia’s international art fair, Sydney Contemporary, returns from 10 until 13 September. The event will exhibit over 90 esteemed galleries from 13 different countries across the expansive interior of large-scale arts space, Carriageworks.
Photographer Lukasz Snopkiewicz plays with the possibilities of black and white digital imagery to depict the reflective qualities of water, revealing both its creative and destructive capabilities.
From 12 September, Magasin, Grenoble, dedicates its exhibition space to the work of Didier Faustino.
Throughout the last 60 years, Jon Tonks has photographed the people and landscapes of four remote British overseas territories; Ascension Island, St Helena, and Tristan da Cunha.
William Kentridge’s first substantial solo presentation in London for 15 years will open at Marian Goodman on 11 September.
Galerie des Galeries will host the first solo exhibition in France by artist Alex Prager.
Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of Leica Photography at C/O Berlin highlights how the 35 mm format has changed the photographic gaze in the 20th century.
White Cube Bermondsey presents an exhibition by the internationally acclaimed German artist Imi Knoebel for ‘Inside the White Cube’.
Bernhard Luginbühl (1929 – 2011) is one of Switzerland‘s most respected contemporary artists.
Every June, Poznan in Poland flourishes with a methodically curated collection of cultural activities under the guise of the Malta Festival, this year celebrating its 25 anniversary with a diverse programme.
In recent years, the parameters of Islamic art have expanded to include contemporary works by artists from or with roots in the Middle East.
We interview choreographer Didy Veldman about her new adaptation of Picasso’s The Three Dancers, bringing to life the painter’s vivid Cubist imagery with its themes of ecstasy and doom.
David Zwirner presents a comprehensive exhibition of paintings and sculptures by the Cuban group of abstract painters Los Diez Pintores Concretos.
The 20/21 British Art Fair invites visitors to explore two floors of stands at the Royal College of Art, London, this September. Featured galleries include Richard Saltoun, Beaux Arts, and Osbourne Samuel.
We interview San Francisco-based photographer Todd Hido about his exploration of urban and suburban housing across the USA via large, detailed, luminous colour photographs.
Haus der Kunst, Munich hosts the first major retrospective of the work of Hanne Darboven (1941–2009) after the artist’s death.
ArtInternational launches its third edition on 4 September. Drawing on its unique geographic location as a gateway between East and West, the fair promotes itself as a dynamic cultural bridge across the global art market.
David Lee is an artistic polymath. Alongside Turner-esque cloud formations, Lee covers all the bases of the human imagination, rejecting boundaries of conventional artistic licence.
HangarBicocca, Milan, unveils a new installation by acclaimed German artist Anselm Kiefer.
Colin O’Brien’s photographic journey began in 1948. Since then he has been photographing London street scenes in expressive black and white, capturing the drama of Londoners’ day to day lives.
Its the last day of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 call for submissions, so be sure to register your entry before today’s deadline at midnight. We take a look at previous years’ successes.
Through painting, architecture and installation, Sarah Sze attempts to comprehend the information that we encounter in contemporary life, and how mass production affects notions of value.
This exhibition will bring the Korean Pavilion of the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, at La Biennale di Venezia, to New York. Crow’s Eye View has been inspired by a poem of the same name, written by Korean poet Yi Sang.
The first solo exhibition in Australia by internationally renowned contemporary French artist Pierre Huyghe is currently on display.
It’s the last weekend of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 call for submissions. Open until 31 August, the competition has an array of goodies up for grabs. Prizes include up to £5,000 courtesy of Hiscox and editorial coverage in Aesthetica.
Two days remain to enter the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, an international literary prize that enables poets and short fiction writers to showcase their work to a wider audience. We speak with Corinne Demas, this year’s fiction winner, about her literary career.
Our final weekend of the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries is fast-approaching. There are four days left to submit your artwork to the competition. Today, we reflect on the ever-popular Painting & Drawing category with Brigitte Körber.
Universal Music together with Lo Recordings have announced the release of a collection of some of its archived production music tracks, curated by Tom Furse of psych-rock outfit The Horrors.
The judging panel for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 features a selection of key art world professionals with extensive combined expertise. The panel includes Alex Newson, Senior Curator at the Design Museum.
