Interview with Priory of Ten Director, Mei Liu

Mei Liu is the Design Director of fashion house Priory of Ten. Born in Northern China, Liu has lived in Canada and the USA. Priory of Ten was formed in 2012 and aims to produce quality pieces exuding harmony and balance.

Issa Samb: From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs, Rivington Place, London

Curated by Koyo Kouoh, From the Ethics of Acting to the Empire without Signs will showcase a new installation that references the changing environment of Issa Samb’s atelier.

Ai Weiwei in the Chapel, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Ai Weiwei in the Chapel marks the world famous artist’s first exhibition in a British public gallery since Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern in 2010. On display at the YSP, the show is found in the park’s newly refurbished 18th century chapel.

Aesthetica Art Prize Talks: Cherie Federico, Editor of Aesthetica Magazine

Cherie Federico is the Editor of Aesthetica Magazine, and judge for the Aesthetica Art Prize. She will be leading the fourth talk in the series held at York St Mary’s as part of the award.

They Used to Call it the Moon, Baltic 39, Gateshead

This distinctly international exhibition, at Baltic’s sister gallery; Baltic39 (colloquially known as “B 3 9”), centres around such a rare shared subject, or more specifically “entity”: the moon.

Franz West, Where is my Eight?, The Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire

The Hepworth Wakefield presents its largest exhibition yet: an extensive survey of Austrian artist, Franz West’s work, collated and developed with the artist before his death in July 2012.

GENERATION: Toby Paterson Exhibition, Kirkcaldy Galleries

GENERATION is an ongoing nationwide series of exhibitions celebrating 25 years of contemporary art in Scotland. Toby Paterson’s show, organised by FCA&C with the Scottish Touring Exhibitions Consortium, is one of the first exhibitions to have opened as part of the project.

Review of Kenneth Clark, Looking for Civilisation, Tate

Tate Britain’s exhibition is organised in a roughly chronological sequence, with rooms taken over by themes reflecting Kenneth Clark’s life and work – his supremely privileged upbringing and career as Director of the National Gallery.

Interview: Artist Rob Ryan

SohoCreate arrives in London this June for the first time. The event brings together the country’s top creative minds, ensuring various disciplines and talents are celebrated in today’s competitive, revenue driven economy.

Elizabeth Neel, The People, The Park, The Ornament, Pilar Corrias

Elizabeth Neel focuses on the concepts of shifting familiarity and the nature of abstraction. At Pilar Corrias, she presents new visual studies in controlled chaos that perpetuate this interest.

The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition Continues for One More Month

Today there is one month left to visit the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York St Mary’s. The show represents the breadth and quality of work being produced today in the UK and internationally.

Stephen Hall: A Brit from Abroad, Storm Fine Arts

New York-based artist Stephen Hall is an artist who takes a traditional approach to a modern subject. Born in Scotland, the painter has spent many years refining his talent and now produces spectacularly bold and provocative pieces.

Krakow Film Festival 2014

Krakow Film Festival in Poland opens this May for its 54th edition. Running for eight days from 25 May until 1 June, the event is one of the oldest film festivals dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe.

Marco Sanges, Von Hagen by Sanges, Kleine Olympiahalle

Gunther von Hagens is best known for his controversial Body Worlds exhibitions, which he has showcased across the globe. In Body Worlds, von Hagens presents a series of human bodies.

John Wynne and Yoonjin Yung, The Flux, And I, Gazelli Art House

Gazelli Art House’s focuses on the idea that the only thing constant in life is change. Feeding into this concept are the works by John Wynne and Yoonjin Jung that explore one’s inner “movement” in relation to their surrounding.

Various Artists, Jerwood Encounters: TTTT, Jerwood Space, London

Curated by Sarah Williams, TTTT responds to recent developments amongst artists around language, technology, image dissemination, sentimentality and anxiety.

Michel François, Pieces of Evidence, Ikon Gallery

The gold plated peanuts found in Ecosystem were rumoured to have been inspected by customs for fears that they contained illegal contraband – a fitting anecdote for Michel François’ first major survey in a British gallery.

Richard Long, Lisson Gallery

Richard Long is one of Britain’s leading conceptual artists. His work explores interventions in the landscape, tracking and documenting alterations to the terrain made by his footsteps alone or gathered from the materials of the place.

Interview with ICA Curator, Juliette Desorgues on Walerian Borowczyk

A retrospective of the work of Walerian Borowczyk is due to go on display at the ICA this week. The Listening Eye highlights the artist’s extensive work in filmmaking, painting and sculpture.

Aesthetica Art Prize Talks: James Boaden, Lecturer in History of Art at the University of York

The third in the series of free lunchtime talks taking place as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize is led by University of York Lecturer and Art Historian, James Boaden. Join Boaden at York St Mary’s as he talks about the evolution of film.