Review of Ute Lemper, London
Staged as part of this year’s London Literature Festival, Ute Lemper Sings Pablo Neruda was a fantastic concert dedicated to the memory of Pablo Neruda, one of the masters of Chilean poetry.
Staged as part of this year’s London Literature Festival, Ute Lemper Sings Pablo Neruda was a fantastic concert dedicated to the memory of Pablo Neruda, one of the masters of Chilean poetry.
The RA Schools Show, the annual exhibition of works by final year students, will open on 19 June at the iconic Royal Academy Schools. The show is held in the historic studio spaces of the Schools.
This summer FACT combines art and politics in Turning FACT inside Out. Running from 13 June, the show explores aspects of environment, architecture, capitalism and augmented reality.
York Theatre Royal’s TakeOver Festival is certainly to be admired. A performing arts festival programmed and run by young people, it succeeds in bringing compelling, often lesser known works to the fore.
Since her success at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for her first directional feature debut; Flying Blind, Polish director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’s is creating a stir in the film world.
Tapa – Barkcloth paintings from the Pacific, proposes a curious offering for a contemporary site. A timeless partnership, which transgresses history and the furthest reaches of the globe, is formed.
Scripted and produced by members of Orange Tree Theatre’s Writers Group, which nurtures the talents of professional playwrights, Unrivalled Landscape comprises six new short plays.
Aesthetica speaks to Gilad Ratman, currently representing Israel at the Venice Biennale about politics, narratives and his project for the event. The Workshop is a five-channel video installation.
Artist Tavares Strachen talks to Aesthetica about science, the North Pole and the desire to fit in. Entitled Polar Eclipse, the Pavilion for the Bahamas makes for a rich, multi-sensory experience.
Born and bred in Zurich, Play Hunter is an artist, author and creative entrepreneur. Studying Fine Arts at Saint Martins College of Art, London, Hunter set up her website Playlust back in 2007.
Asymmetrical Cinema is a fitting title for the unsettling cacophony of noise and image currently on show at Beaconsfield. The exhibition is curated by Dale Holmes and Kirsten Cooke.
The man who made a name for himself by painting hospital doors has come a long way with a very simple formula: gloss paint in bold, treading a line between abstraction and figuration.
The British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, English Magic, by artist Jeremy Deller is about as quintessentially English as they come. The building cuts an imposing edifice within the Giardini.
Returning to Earls Court Exhibition Centre for its fourth edition, PINTA offers visitors the chance to view and purchase work by eminent artists from South America, Spain and Portugal.
For 2013, PHotoEspaña expands its programme as it opens 74 exhibitions and activities in Madrid, Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Cuenca, Lanzarote and Zaragoza. Running 5 June until 28 July.
The exhibition Who is Alice? brings together works by a range of Korea’s most significant contemporary artists, of whom there is currently an abundance, both within and outside of Korea itself.
Presented on a series of trestle tables and shelves punctuated by black chalkboard panels A Book is A Performance at Centrespace displays a broad selection of artists’ editions and multiples.
The Workshop comprises a five-channel installation by Gilad Ratman. The piece interacts with the pavilion’s architectural structure to create a work that draws the viewer along on a narrative journey.
At Aesthetica we like to keep an eye on emerging artists, and one of the best ways to do that is to take note of the numerous degree shows open this summer. Here are our 10 favourite shows to see.
