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Shezad Dawood, Piercing Brightness, Modern Art Oxford

People are always wishing, hoping for some sort of transformative experience from art. At Modern Art Oxford, walking up the stairs makes the visitor focus on the time and speed of the journey.

Piers Rawson: Small Moments: The Human Face of Semana Santa | Forest Arts Centre | New Milton

Carrying just a single, unobtrusive camera, photographer Piers Rawson spent several days on the streets of Seville during the Semana Santa Easter celebrations. Rawson was…

Sarah Browne: How to Use Fool’s Gold, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

One of the current shows at Ikon Gallery is Sarah Browne’s How to Use Fool’s Gold. This is the first UK solo exhibition by the Dublin-based artist and presents a survey of film and sculptural works.

A Celebration of British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, V&A, London

In preparation for the Olympics and in conjunction with a trend of promoting British culture, the Victoria & Albert Museum explores the many facets of British contributions to modern design.

Bridging the Gap Between Landscape and Abstraction, David Wightman: Paramour, Halcyon Gallery, London

David Wightman’s first exposure to art was via Manchester Art Gallery where he became captivated by the pre-Raphaelite collection and worlds of William Holman-Hunt and John Waterhouse.

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Serpentine Gallery, London

Despite having gained a considerable reputation across Europe, and having won the $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize in New York (2010), this is Hans-Peter Feldmann’s first show in a public gallery in London.

Jim Dow: American Studies, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston

Jim Dow’s images focus on the passage of time as it is recorded in landscapes from North Dakota to Great Britain to Argentina. Using an 8 x 10 inch view camera, he turns his lens to roadside signs.

Art or Meme? Eva and Franco Mattes, Carroll/Fletcher

Eva and Franco Mattes’ current exhibition was Anonymous, untitled, dimensions, variable on Wednesday, Building Stories on Thursday, and today’s exhibition title remains to be confirmed.

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC

El Anatsui is recognised as one of Africa’s foremost contemporary artists. Known for his signature bottle cap sculptures, his practice is punctuated by works that utilise a variety of mediums.

Anthony Earnshaw: The Imp of Surrealism, Cartwright Hall Art Galler, Lister Park

Cartwright Hall sits in the award-winning Lister Park – an appropriate venue in terms of its relatively close proximity to the birthplace of the artist.

The Formation of Identity, Shilpa Gupta: Someone Else, Arnolfini

In her first major solo exhibition in the UK, Shilpa Gupta uses an eclectic variety of media to explore some of the themes most central to her work: censorship and script as tools of communication.

Public Faces and Private Lives, Gillian Wearing, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Gillian Wearing’s early investigations of public faces and private lives predate Big Brotherand Twitter, and in this Whitechapel survey the work appears both pioneering and slightly archaic.

Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski, Danse-moi vers la fin de l’amour, French Riviera, London

Danse-moi vers la fin de l’amouris the culmination of a project by the artists Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski. The project explores the freedoms that result from the hedonistic ritual of dance.

A New Space for the Creative Community in the North-East, BALTIC 39 Opening, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

BALTIC 39 is a new hub for Contemporary Art in Newcastle upon Tyne opens to the public on Friday 6 April. Aesthetica spoke to BALTIC Director Godfrey Worsdale on the gallery’s recent success.

The Art Collective | Gallery 40 | Brighton | Interview with Finn Dean

There is a lot of bitter chatter about public funded arts organisations at the moment. There’s the much contested ACE capital-funding programme, rumours of the…

Q&A: Edinburgh Art Festival Director, Sorcha Carey

Edinburgh Art Festival announces its programme for its ninth edition. Taking place in more than 30 of the city’s museums, not-for-profit and commercial galleries, EAF will feature over 45 exhibitions.

Roger Ballen, Shadow Land: Photographs 1983-2011, Manchester Art Gallery

Currently showing at Manchester Art Gallery is Roger Ballen’s first major solo exhibition in the UK, representing three decades of Ballen’s photography.

Raw + Material = Art

With an insightful introduction from Tristan Manco, the stage is set, and the artists are profiled and their practice discussed in great detail.

Sanctuary

Artists are more known, recognisable and part of the fabric of daily life than ever before. Art is no longer niche; it’s here, right in front of our faces.

100 Ideas That Changed Film

The history of film is broad, diverse and complicated, so any text that manages to distil 120 years of the moving image into a stimulating read deserves celebrating.