Review of Andreas Gursky, White Cube, Bermondsey
A new exhibition of Andreas Gursky’s photography is now open at the White Cube. His first solo show in London in seven years, it encompasses both past projects and new works.
A new exhibition of Andreas Gursky’s photography is now open at the White Cube. His first solo show in London in seven years, it encompasses both past projects and new works.
Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo showcases the work of contemporary artists in response to work by the iconic artist. In 1978, MCA Chicago presented Kahlo’s first solo museum exhibition in the U.S.
Alec Von Bargen is one of 100 contemporary artists longlisted in this year’s Aesthetica Art Prize, an annual celebration of outstanding contemporary art from around the world.
Limited edition prints by James Welling, John Chervinsky, Lucas Foglia, Irina Rozovsky and signed copies of Peter Mitchell’s Strangely Familiar are available via Light Work’s Subscription Programme.
Print Sales at The Photographers’ Gallery currently represents 35 photographers. Every year the space stages five selling exhibitions to highlight the work of its represented photographers and all profits then go back into its public programme.
Hanna Tuulikki’s Away with the Birds is a performance piece exploring the mimesis of birds in Gaelic song. The performance is an ambitious site-specific project on the Isle of Canna and is an outdoor staging of Tuulikki’s score.
Originally commissioned and presented by Film and Video Umbrella and De La Warr Pavilion at the time of the London 2012 Olympics, Dryden Goodwin’s film installation piece Poised, returns for the Yorkshire Festival 2014.
Mythical archetypes and molecular science find common ground in the work of Inna Timokhina, an artist-scientist with Siberian gypsy roots. She received formal education in visual arts in Russia and a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology.
Bang on a Can Plays Art is the culmination of the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA. The festival takes places in the beautiful mountains of Western Massachusetts.
Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940) has spent the entirety of his life capturing the female form. With his wife as his central muse, the artist has shot over 250 books of women, flowers and city landscapes.
Ai Weiwei is one of the leading cultural figures of his generation and consistently displays great courage in placing himself at risk to affect social change through art. His work often challenges the political systems in place in China.
Inside the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology works from exciting new and emerging artists from around the world are represented in stunning colour images, with accompanying artists’ statements and biographies. There are 100 practitioners included.
The A+D Architecture and Design Museum is focused exclusively on progressive architecture, design and urbanism. Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture brings a new insight into the art of the recreation centre.
pART3/3 is a group show due to open at The Crypt, London. Contemporary Fine Art Presents is a collective of 15 emerging artists from University of Portsmouth’s BA course. From 10-17 June.
It is a major accolade for a short film festival to reach its 60th year. Oberhausen Short Film Festival was launched in 1954 and it has grown to become one of the most revered film festivals in Europe.
The four artists nominated for the Turner Prize 2014 have now been announced. Those shortlisted for the award are: Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards and Tris Vonna-Michell.
The National Portrait Gallery, London, is now accepting entries to the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2014, a major international photographic competition and an important platform for portrait photographers.
Karen Mabon’s designs are beautiful, bold and brash. All hand-illustrated, her scarves combine drawing with playful aesthetics. With designs that cover everything from a British garden to a stationary cupboard, Mabon transforms everyday clothing into works of art.
The Aesthetica Art Prize is on show at York St Mary’s – York Art Gallery’s contemporary art space, presenting the works of eight shortlisted artists spanning media from painting and photography to installation and performance.
