Design Materials
Plywood: Material of the Modern World at the V&A, London, explores how a frequently overlooked material, plywood, has revolutionised design and creative practices over the past 150 years.
Plywood: Material of the Modern World at the V&A, London, explores how a frequently overlooked material, plywood, has revolutionised design and creative practices over the past 150 years.
The 2017 Creative Writing Award closes for entries on 31 August. Submit your work and become part of a wider network of literary visionaries.
For the conceptual artist Mike Mandel, the 1970s was a time of enrichment; the ensuing productivity is celebrated in Good 70s at SFMOMA.
It’s the last month to submit to the 2017 edition of the Aesthetica Art Prize. Enter your installation, sculpture, painting, design or video by 31 August.
Generation Loss constitutes a shimmering cave where mirrored projections, overlapping screens and digital shields choreograph steadily and firmly.
Centre Pompidou offers a unique retrospective of Walker Evans, developing a new perspective on a feat that has been considered by many.
Ed van der Elsken favoured the street over any other subject. His images evoke a sense of modernity, “hunting” for moments that represented the city.
Opening as part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, The Autry Museum of the American West is mounting a new show dedicated to the archives of La Raza.
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the most prolific architects of the 20th century, designing over 1000 buildings. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, stages a 150th anniversary celebration of his birth.
As part of CO Berlin’s summer programme, Danny Lyon’s photography comes to the fore through an acute sensibility to the human condition.
Pieter Hugo: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea showcases 14 collections, including subjects that range from honey collectors to definitions of home.
Even immobile objects are in flux. This is one of the insights of Steve McQueen’s Static, a film that instigates new perspectives on the Statue of Liberty.
Launched in tandem with a seminal exhibition at Beetles+Huxley, London, Sleeping by the Mississippi provides a glimpse into the “third coast” of the US.
The series confronts somewhat difficult issues with the belief meaningful art and courageous conversations contribute to a more just world.
Acting as a barometer of contemporary practices, the 2017 Foam Talent exhibition showcases 20 international artists taken from a larger annual call.
Photographer Bill Henson encompasses a diverse range of themes spanning the personal and the universal.
“Decolonisation” is a term that holds uncertainty and possibility in Tyburn Gallery’s summer show, through an exciting array of contemporary photography.
For the 2017 London Design Festival, the hub is at the V&A, further deepening the strong link between a world-leading collection of art and innovation.
The programme to mark the 50th anniversary of MCA Chicago makes a bold declaration that art has the power to change our perceptions of the world.
The Drift, by London and Beirut-based artist Maeve Brennan follows the stories of a handful of inhabitants of modern-day Lebanon.
Finland’s Backlight Photo Festival marks its 30th anniversary and 100 years of independence with a touring exhibition of seven Finnish artists.
The 5 to See for 4–6 August provides insight into global transitions prevalent in the 20th century, encompassing themes that celebrate justice.
NGV explores how art and design engaged with forces of change, creating new approaches such as abstraction, surrealism and expressionism.
Peter Hujar: Speed of Life includes over 100 vintage photographs made by Hujar between the mid-1950s and his death.
The dream-like filmmaking of Kahlil Joseph gets its first solo presentation in New York, including a new black and white piece inspired by Roy DeCarava.
Chantelle Exley’s You or Your Memory was displayed as part of York St. John’s True North exhibition, an end of year show that celebrated emerging talent.
The 15th edition of the London Design Festival returns to prestigious venues and cultural institutions across the city.
Bruce Davidson is best known for documenting the civil rights movement in the US throughout the 1960s, His work is at Fotomuseum, Rotterdam.
Chiharu Shiota’s first solo retrospective in the Netherlands offers insight into the human condition and universal experiences.
1:54 Contemporary African Art fair has announced its fifth edition. It has become one of the pioneering institutions to engage with transnational audiences.
Christian Tagliavini’s Voyages Extraordinaires reimagines Jules Verne’s novels. The series is on display as part of Clervaux – Cité de l’Image.
As part of IWM’s wider season Syria: A Conflict Explored, the gallery offers A Lens on Syria, the first UK exhibition by Sergey Ponomarev.
Is Fashion Modern? The title question of MoMA’s upcoming exhibition deals with a holistic exploration of design, charting fluidity and idealistic visionaries.
Sascha Weidner’s images delve deeply into the 21st century Anthropocene, presenting alternative realities that run seamlessly with our own.
For the latest retrospective of Marina Abramović, the Louisiana takes up the challenge of approaching this major figure by considering the theme of cleansing.
Emmanuelle Moureaux’s latest project, Creche Ropponmatsu Kindergarten, Fukuoka, further develops her explorations of colour.
With strident voices of protectionism and nationalism, the images of Fazal Sheikh offer a corrective to a climate of fear and distrust.
Join AAP shortlisted artists Webb-Ellis as they discuss the notion of multiple worlds achieved through documentary, performance and video.
Kate Ballis’s Infra Realism sits in the mysterious realm between reality and the surreal. Residing in a lucid dreamscape, it is familiar yet subversive.
One of the highlights of Aarhus’s year as European Capital of Culture, the ARoS Triennial considers the relationship of art and nature throughout history.
E.O. Hoppé’s provides meditations on shifting ideals, revelling in the structural complexity and cultural acceleration that was unravelling in Germany.
This week’s 5 To See for 28-31 July, provides insight into the spectrum of transitions occurring across the globe.
Without exception, each of David Cass’s artworks describe water in some way. From straight depiction of seas or pools to exploration of environmental extremes.
Aesthetica presents a list of emerging artists who utilise photography as a medium through which to highlight the transient intimacy of human nature.
Maik Lipp takes a clean, graphic approach to modern metropolis. Mixed Minimal isolates the beauty of lone architectural elements.
The French Lesson showcases one of Paul et Martin’s most notable collaborations, a creatively led video achieved through a summery, geometric aesthetic.
Experienced in architecture, fashion and design, Julia Körner combines formulae from the natural landscape with technological advancements.
In an era of post-truth, Unseen Amsterdam explores distorted perceptions, reliability and control through an exciting showcase of contemporary photography.
In this era of accelerating post-truth and digital manipulation, where fact converges with fiction, we must ask ourselves – what is going on?
A new publication provides a diverse overview of well-known designers and the innovative solutions produced for domestic and urban life.
