Making History: Colombo Art Biennale, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent platform for international dialogue in contemporary art, the Colombo Art Biennale, which opens 31 January, will feature works by artists and collectives from 12 countries.
Sri Lanka’s pre-eminent platform for international dialogue in contemporary art, the Colombo Art Biennale, which opens 31 January, will feature works by artists and collectives from 12 countries.
Jordan L. Rodgers uses his cross-disciplinary way of working to bridge the gap between traditional drawing and drawing on the iPad. It is this approach combined with an infatuation for architecture that saw Rodgers longlisted.
Entering Virginie Yassef’s solo exhibition at Parisian Galerie Vallois, the visitor faces an installation L’Objet du doute (2013), a tree trunk, obstructing his way and then it suddenly starts to stir.
The Kate Moss story unfolds in 40, a collection of work by Russell Marshall that celebrates one of the most photographed, enigmatic icons of the time and inspires conversation about celebrity culture and Kate Moss-mania.
A celebration of Sheffield’s printmakers will be presented in Printing Sheffield; an exhibition showcasing the vast number of local artists adopting traditional printing techniques to produce striking, contemporary images.
The raw beauty of Africa is captured in photographs taken less than 500 feet above the ground in Botswana. Zack Seckler’s first photographic exhibition showcases vistas from above.
A sculpture of a young man in casual dress holding and looking at a phone, Network (2012), will make its open-air premier at Yorkshire Sculpture Park as part of a solo exhibition by Tom Price.
Steve Slimm has conquered most creative expressions, but is now known for his landscape paintings. Having expressed in this medium for over 30 years, he has been recommended in art foundation studies since 2009.
London-based innovators Alpha-ville launch EXCHANGE. This new series of events is designed to give the art, tech and creative communities an opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, get inspired and discover new talent.
During the past decade there has been a proliferation of cultural practitioners interrogating the global politics and ethics of food. Delfina Foundation has chosen 10 artists, curators and thinkers to explore the politics of food.
Oscar-winning film director David Lynch extends his unique cinematic style to a series of dark and brooding images of derelict factories in David Lynch: The Factory Photographs.
Kate Tempest’s critically-acclaimed smash hit Brand New Ancients comes to Lyric Hammersmith for one night only. The work will open in West London in January as part of a national tour.
Fergus Jordan’s photography explores the conflict between darkness, night and artificial light. He also takes time to examine the city in photography and the status of post-conflict societies.
Tackling the traditions of romantic landscape painting through the constraints of stage design, a new body of work by artist Silke Otto-Knapp opens at the Camden Arts Centre in January.
Uri Aran has spent the past two months living in the South London Gallery’s artists’ flat. His new exhibition is his first solo show in the UK and includes a collection of works created during the course of his stay in London.
The saints and sinners of Robert Mapplethorpe’s iconic images go head to head in an exhibition at the Sean Kelly Gallery, running until 25 January.
There is still chance to get along to Matt Johnson’s second solo show at Alison Jacques Gallery before it closes 21 December. Working with recycled old-growth redwood, million-year-old granite and bronze, Johnson deals with the theme of time.
Celebrating the reopening of the Palais Galliera, the Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris presents a retrospective of fashion designer Azzedine Alaïa, uniting his most outstanding creations.
From over 5,000 submissions by nearly 2,500 photographers, judges have whittled down the entries to this year’s Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize to just 60 pieces, now on display at the National Portrait Gallery until 9 February 2014.
