As the festive celebrations begin and 2015 comes to a close, we take a look at a year in the world of art and culture: from major retrospectives of the work of renowned innovators to new shows highlighting the progression of creative genres.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Spring 2016 exhibition, manus x machina, will explore the impact of new technology on fashion and the creation of avant-garde collections.
Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, presents the first solo exhibition of works by Leonardo Drew in Asia, running until 31 December.
This extraordinary display is the largest exhibition of Nari Ward’s found object sculptures and installations to date, including works from the 1990s to today, alongside photography, video, and collage.
Tyburn Gallery, London, hosts Moffat Takadiwa’s first UK solo exhibition Foreign Objects. Takadiwa is known for his simple but intricate installations.
A major new exhibition providing a thought provoking snapshot of contemporary digital art is currently on display at The Lowry, Salford Quays.
Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System at The Natural History Museum will demonstrate that the visual legacy of space exploration constitutes a vital chapter in the history of photography.
We review Radical Disco: Architecture and Nightlife in Italy, 1965-1975, currently on show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, which explores an architect’s role in society.
Modern Art Oxford is currently showing FIELD, an exhibition of new work by Anne Hardy. Hardy has opened up the galleries into a series of immersive environments or fields, which explore lost objects.
Delve into a unique selection of extraordinary short fiction and poetry from 60 shortlisted international authors with the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual 2016 – now available to order.
Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture.
This December Moscow Museum of Modern Art unveils Mirrors: a three-part project organised for the IX Andrei Tarkovsky International Film Festival.
To celebrate the re-opening of its newly restored Design Gallery, Manchester Art Gallery is presenting fashion, furniture, lighting, ceramics, glass, and jewellery created in Japan over the past 50 years.
Stephen Newton’s paintings portray compelling, elemental images that serve as a reminder to the viewer of how buildings can encapsulate our hopes and fears on many different levels.
Lauren Matsumoto is a Brooklyn-based painter who explores how we relate to the natural world through her hybrid form of painting, drawing, and vintage collage, incorporating ephemera into her art.
Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, presents Zanele Muholi’s new exhibition of photographs, Somnyama Ngonyama (meaning ‘Hail, the Dark Lioness’).
Lightwaves is a free digital light festival taking place at Salford Quays, Greater Manchester until 27 December. We speak to artist Mads Christensen about his commissioned piece Cathedral of Mirrors.
This year’s Art Basel Miami did not disappoint in its presentation of some of the best modern and contemporary art from around the globe. Here is our overview of the fair’s 14th edition.
Simon Starling’s Nine Feet Later at The Modern Institute, Glasgow, includes a series of site-specific daguerreotypes, titled Recursive Plates.
