The Aesthetica Art Prize 2014 opens its new ground-breaking exhibition this spring, showcasing the very best of emerging and established talent in contemporary art internationally.
Described by John Lennon as the world’s most famous unknown artist, Yoko Ono has spent a lifetime living in the shadow of her famous marriage and late husband.
The Aesthetica Art Prize returns this spring with new and inspiring artworks. From over 3,000 entries, eight artists have been selected for exhibition, with 92 exhibiting work on monitors.
The British Museum play host to six German artists whose extraordinary body of work is on loan from Count Christian Duerckheim. Featured artists include Georg Baselitz and Sigmar Polke.
An exhibition of new works by highly acclaimed German painter Georg Baselitz is now showing at Gagosian Gallery. In Farewell Bill, Baselitz’ new series of paintings is self-portraiture.
Erika Vogt’s Speech Mesh – Drawn OFF is on display at The Hepworth Wakefield. Comprised of a number of sculptures and videos, the exhibition is Vogt’s first UK show. We speak to the artist.
Personal Choice: Collectors’ selections from their own collections is Moscow-based Garage Center for Contemporary Culture’s exhibition about the collector of high end art who is Russian.
Woman’s Hour are a four piece band based in London and formed in 2011. The band consists of siblings Fiona Jane (vocals) and William (guitar), along with Nick (bass) and Josh (keyboards).
This show charts the work of Gauguin focusing on the rarely seen prints and transfer drawings and the ways that these then developed into and related to his better known painting and artwork.
A biennial is at its best, according to veteran biennial curator and critic Hou Hanru, when it is “culturally related to the local traditions of the exhibition site but open to international exchanges.”
The International Festival of Fashion & Photography – Hyères returns 25 – 28 April. Conceived by director Jean-Pierre Blanc back in 1985, the event combines fashion and photography competitions.
The Barbican presents Momentum in conjunction with United Visual Artists. Housed in the curved gallery, this all-encompassing exhibition uses light, movement and sound to create an immersive experience for the viewer.
Penjweny’s connection with Ikon goes further than this particular show as director Jonathan Watkins’ displayed his Saddam is Here series at the Iraqi Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale.
Comics Unmasked Art and Anarchy in the UK will run from 2 May – 19 August at the British Library. This will be the biggest exhibition of not only mainstream by underground comics ever in the UK.
To coincide with their latest major exhibition Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined, the Royal Academy of Arts will host a special architecture fair that will take place exclusively online.
National Theatre’s Lyttelton Exhibition Area from 7 April – 1 June will host a photographic exhibition portraying the 1960s singer-songwriters living in Laurel Canyon and the new wave bands in downtown 1970s New York.
The Brighton Festival will run for three weeks and is set to feature an abundance of exciting and innovative work across the disciplines. The festival will include a range of works, from Russian theatre to contemporary dance.
After 20 years, the Royal College of Art Student Award Fund still has one of the most innovative ways of raising money. It asks the question: could you spot a Paula Rego or a Grayson Perry in a collection of 2900 other postcard size artworks?
To coincide with Tate Modern’s current retrospective, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is displaying a dissection of two seminal exhibitions undertaken by the late Richard Hamilton.
