Arcana is a vibrant exhibition which draws on the mystic origins of the word ‘arcana’ as a celebration of secrets. These artists’ works are being brought together to unify a sense of sanctity.
The best emerging artists are showcased in the sixth annual RSA New Contemporaries at the Royal Scottish Academy Galleries, Edinburgh. The exhibition features 63 graduates.
This new exhibition, featuring graduating RCA Contemporary Art Students, explores the indistinct spaces that reside between chatter and silence. It features the likes of John Cage, Alexandrina Hemsley and Lina Lapelytė.
Roger Ballen has spent most of his adult life living in Johannesburg documenting what he calls his “interior”. The startling image-making intercourse with the darker layers of Africa that this entails delivers more than a Roger Ballen Interior.
Michel François is renowned for being a conceptual artist in a range of disciplines. His work illustrates the artist’s conviction that the meaning of art is determined through its combination with others in relation to an exhibition space.
This February Lexington Art League, unveiled NEW MOON at Triangle Park, Kentucky, as part of Luminosity. We speak to Caitlind r.c. Brown and Wayne Garrett about the outdoor installation.
The Festival International D’Art Toulouse was founded initially last year bringing together major artists, some of whom had never had a significant exhibition in France before.
Arab Contemporary is the second in a series of exhibitions by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art focused on the integral connection between cultural identity and architectural design.
Galloway’s work focuses on experiencing nature in paradoxical ways. His large scale, detailed photographs show natural elements as incredibly present, yet also outside our expectations.
Shot on location in Paris, Vee Speers’ work is set against the backdrop of bordellos, where the lavish interiors have been preserved. Her images provide an exploration of the female form.
The Design Museum has announced the nominations for the Designs of the Year 2014. This platform for cutting-edge innovation and original talent showcases the best in global design.
David Bailey is known for his iconic portraits of celebrities, but Bailey’s Stardust at National Portrait Gallery, London, of around 300 pictures reveals the true depth of his work.
Supermodel Helena Christensen stars in Vs. Magazine’s short fashion film, The Double. Christensen is the guest-editor on the newly released issue featuring Julianne Moore, Emilia Clarke and Stacy Martin, amongst others.
Several variants of abstraction are investigated in an excellent exhibition of drawings, Abstract Drawing, curated by Richard Deacon, the current Last Words artist in Aesthetica. The show at London’s Drawing Room features 57 works.
A group exhibition, featuring work from John Akomfrah, Phoebe Boswell and Rashaad Newsome, will run from 7 March until 10 April at the Carroll / Fletcher gallery in Central London.
Steinkamp is an artist who has been based in digital media and is a pioneer in the world of 3-D animation. Her digitally rendered animations of natural phenomena are projected within the depicted architectural surroundings.
Palais de Tokyo started its programme for 2014 under the title L’Etat du Ciel, which is borrowed from Victor Hugo’s Promontoire du songe, where the he wrote “the sky’s normal state is at night”.
About Colour follows Sarah Moon’s major exhibition last year Alchimies at Muséum National D’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. This show presents pieces she has never displayed to the public before.
Work by New York-based artist, Trisha Baga, goes on display for the first time in a non-commercial gallery in England at Zabludowicz Collection this February. From 27 February until 11 May.
Tord Gustavsen has recorded his sixth album for ECM and is due to go on tour across the USA, UK and Europe this spring and summer. The Norwegian pianist is joined once more by his quartet.
Showcasing an international comprehension of design, Mercedes Benz Kiev Fashion Days were back this season to celebrate their second year at London Fashion Week.
Tate’s Keywords builds on Raymond Williams’ study of the vocabulary of culture and society. Published in 1976, Williams’ Keywords has become a seminal work in English, cultural studies and visual culture.
A massive piece of chalk occupies the kerbside immediately outside the gallery door. Across three of its planes is carved the title of this exhibition by long-term collaborative duo Heather and Ivan Morison at WORKS|PROJECTS.
Cult cool, design duo Virginia Ferreira and Chris Neuman never fail to cause a stir. However this season they have steered away from their archetypal East London look, citing their muse as the refined “Parisian woman”.
Opening this month is Public Intimacy: Art and Other Ordinary Acts in South Africa, a collaborative exhibition from SFMOMA and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA). Until 29 June.
Sarah Maple’s God is a Feminist is an exploration of identity, feminism and religion. Aesthetica speaks to Maple about her controversial work and her thoughts on contemporary feminism.
There is no better way to escape the panic of Central London than slipping through the courtyards of Bloomsbury into SOAS’s Brunei Gallery. It’s worth a visit for the Japanese roof garden alone.
In the 100 days preceding 5 and 6 July, when Yorkshire plays host to the Grand Départ, 47 cultural events will take place across the county backed by Welcome to Yorkshire, Yorkshire Water and the Arts Council England.
Garden Object is a new installation created by Spanish design studio El Ultimo Grito and on display at Rice Gallery, Texas, until 16 March.
Ready for submersion into a harsh urban sphere, Bernard Chandran’s AW14 collection channels all of the strongest parts of menswear tailoring, with the cinching and finesse of women’s wear.
Painting Now at Tate celebrates a selection of five contemporary painters, each displaying a synopsis of their unique stylistic vision. Participating artists include Tomma Abts and Gillian Carnegie.
ARCOMadrid opens 19 February and brings together the best art from artists working in Spain and internationally. The fair is for contemporary art professionals, art-lovers and the general public.
Haus der Kunst reveals a new permanent gallery dedicated to the presentation of its historical archive containing documents on the building’s architecture and history, alongside a talk with Martin Schmidl and Sabine Brantl on 8 March.
Shezad Dawood will premiere his latest short at the Marrakech Biennale at the end of February. Shot in Morocco’s Sidi Ifni, Towards the Possible Film examines histories of violence and future dystopias.
Five key organisations across Bristol join forces to present Bristol New Music from 21 February until 23 February: Colston Hall, Arnolfini, Spike Island, St George’s Bristol and the University of Bristol.
Walk On – From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff, 40 Years of Art Walking brings together the work of almost 40 artists including 2 and 3 dimensional pieces, video and performance.
Art Basel Hong Kong opens in May and we’re looking forward to the collaboration featured at the event between one of Hong Kong’s most exciting young artists Nadim Abbas and Absolut.
Darren Almond’s To Leave a Light Impression at White Cube, Bermondsey, includes his photography series Fullmoon and Present Form, enthralling the audience across three large rooms.
Opening on 20 March, Thirteen marks the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and is the first time the pieces are on display outside of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
Samuel Harriman’s work consists primarily of light, however, by using painterly processes, he combines the mediums of installation and painting to intonate the point that the use of light is a form of painting.
Jeremy Hutchison’s i- is invested in the psychology behind consumer culture. Playing with audience expectations, i- features hand models unexpectedly holding lumps of distorted clay.
Bottega Veneta has joined forces with Pieter Hugo to shoot the Spring /Summer campaign. Every season the new collection is conceived and captured by an exceptional photographer.
The Worst of Scottee is a confessional and it’s set out as such: Scottee sits inside a photobooth, profile to the audience and we observe as he tells his story to this modern confession booth.
Paul Gaffney’s We Make the Path by Walking and Michal Iwanowski’s Clear of People will engage with the idea of journeys as both artists document their personal expeditions across the land.
The Jameel Prize is a delightful antidote to any notions of poor taste and bad judgement attempting to taint the validity of Islamic culture, visual or otherwise. Running until 21 April at the V&A.
In this exclusively online exhibition, the second of its kind for Hamiltons, waterscapes and nudes come together to blend two bodies of Tomio Seike’s work in a selection of black and white images.
Infinite City is a group exhibition featuring works from two private collections: the Zabludowicz Collection (located in London, New York, and Sarvisalo, Finland) and Kadist Art Foundation.
Franz Ackermann’s three-dimensional panels comprising of cartographic watercolour drawings and black and white photographs reflect the bare bones of urbanisation as well as globalisation.
Curated by the contemporary arts and education charity Project Space Leeds (PSL), A New Reality Part 1 is The Tetley’s maiden programme, promising a series of cross-disciplinary exhibitions.
Glenn Ligon’s third exhibition at the Thomas Dane Gallery sees inspiration from Steve Reich’s Come Out (1966) manifesting through an ensemble of three monumental screen-printed paintings.
