Intersecting Locations

Avoiding overbearing subject-matter, Robert Adams’ photographs are often taken from a distance and are minimalist in character, searching for the fragile beauty which is found in the ordinary.

Locations Come Alive

The Roof places audiences in a unique rooftop setting on the Southbank, London, within the suspended reality of a brutal and unforgiving game.

Restaging the Past

Stan Douglas builds his staged images around recognisable themes from literature and cinema, borrowing from such genres as the Wild West or murder mystery, or the work of Beckett and Kafka.

Divergent Portrayal

Michel Gondry adapts French polymath Boris Vian’s fatalistic story of impossible romance; the result makes a refreshingly surreal contrast to conventional cinema.

Art and Revolution

A exhibition explores Iranian modern and contemporary art, shining a spotlight on visual culture in Iran and examining the impact of history on artistic production.

America Unseen

Matt Henry’s shots are both intellectually and visually stimulating, always giving his bold, clear-cut works context and weight.

Anna Vogel

Anna Vogel transforms found photography with painting techniques, such as varnish, acrylic, ink and pigment, to manipulate the natural landscape.

Universal Meaning

Hany Abu-Assad’s Oscar-nominated Omar is a love story set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, combining the complexities of relationships with the terrors of violence.

Lyrics With No Limits

With the music industry dominated by English-speaking artists, the question remains: Can musicians have success in the global marketplace while performing in their native language?

A Sensory Experience

The organic sculptures and magical universe of Ernesto Neto take over the gallery at Guggenheim Bilbao, allowing audiences to engage with their senses.

Personalising the Political

Biyi Bandele’s big screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s seminal novel pares down the story but maintains a personal, evocative impression of Nigeria’s post-colonial struggle.

Ephemeral Performance

Sean Gandini brings a unique approach to juggling with Smashed, an homage to Pina Bausch and the mathematics of dance, featuring four crockery sets, nine performers and 80 apples.

Parallel Opposites

Ayoade’s adaptation of the existentialist Russian novella, The Double, is a dark comedy that sees Eisenberg perform two opposing manifestations of the same self.

Observational Photography

Born in Santa Margherita Ligure in 1930, Gianni Berengo Gardin has produced more than 200 books and exhibitions in his 60-year career.

Keep Britain Tidy

A compelling volume of post-war posters from the National Archive, which paint a portrait of the changing concerns of British government from 1945 to 1975.

Kate Moss by Mario Testino

Edited by Testino and featuring pieces from his private archive, the volume brings together the duo’s best work.

Provocative Explorations

A retrospective of Robert Heinecken at MoMA explores an artist whose work questions and subverts the imagery associated with popular media.

Short Term 12

Short Term 12 taunts and tricks you with soft focus and witty quips, providing the sugar for the incredibly moving medicine of the story underneath.

The Voluntary Butler Scheme

One-man powerhouse Rob Jones returns for his third full-length album, rather charming and doting, jam-packed with meandering guitar melodies.

Make Your Own Luck

Kate Moross is a veritable design chameleon, whose portfolio boasts a diverse range of work.