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Firmament by Niccolo Moronato

03/09/2019

Firmament by Niccolo Moronato is an ongoing artistic exploration of an alternative “side” of the sky. ...

Danh Vo First Major London Solo Exhibition

29/08/2019

Untitled continues Danh Vo’s largely conceptual practice, weaving together archival fragments and personal references....

Filmmaker Eugenio Polgovsky First Full UK Retrospective

21/08/2019

The award-winning Mexican filmmaker is best known for his innovative documentaries which chronicle the struggles of Mexico’s indigenous population against environmental threats and societal...

Four Giants of British Modernism Retrospective

16/08/2019

The exhibition offers a retrospective of some of the greatest works created by Terry Frost, William Scott, Peter Lanyon and Patrick Heron, as they revolutionised British art....

Seminal John Hoyland Works to Be Part of Tate Britain Spotlights

14/08/2019

The foremost British Abstract Expressionist of the 20th century, Hoyland pushed boundaries with his bold use of colour and ever-evolving sense of what abstract painting could be. ...

Helen Beard Largest Solo Exhibition to Date

14/08/2019

It's Her Factory introduces a new body of Beard’s large-scale, vibrant works that examine contemporary portrayals of sexuality, and reclaim ownership over the body from the male gaze....

Pioneering Kinetic Artist Takis Has Died at 93

09/08/2019

Greece’s culture minister Lina Mendoni said: “For more than 70 years, Takis was a pioneer, an artist whose childish curiosity of the forces of the universe never ended.”...

UK Trailer Released for New Chris Morris Film

07/08/2019

The Day Shall Come exposes the farce at the heart of the homeland security project: it is harder to catch a real terrorist than it is to manufacture your own....

Largest Solo Presentation to Date of British Artist Sam Lock

06/08/2019

Now/here showcases Lock’s affinity with ‘process art’, marking him out as a leading contemporary exponent of this methodology. ...

New Oliver Payne Film Explores Pre-Internet Hacker Art

29/07/2019

The Art of Warez tells the story of the pre-Internet and barely known world of the underground hacker art scene....

Umberto Boccioni: Recreating the Lost Sculptures

23/07/2019

Using a combination of vintage photographic material and cutting-edge 3D printing techniques, digital artists Matt Smith and Anders Rådén have recreated four of Boccioni’s destroyed works....

Restored Southbank Undercroft Skate Space to Reopen

18/07/2019

This weekend marks a conclusion to several years of planning and fundraising to help reopen a space considered as one of the world’s most important and iconic skateboarding sites. ...

First Ever Survey of Honey-Suckle Company Works

16/07/2019

Omnibus presents key aspects of Honey-Suckle Company’s work, revealing the group’s past, present and future through an amalgamation of existing works within new installations....

No Plastic – Folking Fantastic

16/07/2019

Returning this year with an ‘Outstanding’ A Greener Festival Award, Cambridge Folk Festival today furthers its sustainability commitment and announces the ban on single use plastics. ...

World Illustration Awards Overall Winners Announced

12/07/2019

All of this year's award winners are displayed alongside the full shortlist at the World Illustration Awards 2019 Exhibition, which runs at Somerset House until 28 July. ...

Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art

11/07/2019

The first major show staged on this theme, Into the Night features both famed and little-known sites of the avant-garde from the 1880s to the 1960s....

Bedtime Stories Helping Children Reconnect With Parents in Prisons

10/07/2019

Reading together builds trust and strengthens family bonds, so what happens when a parent is in prison? A project in Stratford-upon-Avon is bridging the gap....

Leipzig Annual Exhibition Ousts Alt Right Artist

09/07/2019

Axel Krause’s support for anti-immigration party AfD was a step too far for the organisers, but others say his exclusion suppresses freedom....

Emii Alrai Presents Tutelaries in London Solo Debut

05/07/2019

A new installation of sculptures echo ancient tombs and their spiritual presence to express the concept of safety usually associated with a sacred location. ...

First Monographic Exhibition of Sculptor Barbara Hepworth

04/07/2019

The British artist revolutionised sculpture with her development of a new aesthetic sensibility founded on the language of form and volume....

Lost Souls of Saturn’s Art Installation Comes to Saatchi Gallery

02/07/2019

Sweet Harmony, the first exhibition celebrating rave culture to take place in a major art institution, will recapture the new world that emerged from the acid house scene....

Inside Out Festival Opening the Door to Art in Care Settings

01/07/2019

A wealth of evidence suggests benefits in creative participation for older people, which is increasingly being celebrated in festivals, programming and media stories. ...

Kevork Mourad Inspired by Old Testament for Solo Exhibition

28/06/2019

Seeing Through Babel explores the Old Testament story of Babel, using visual imagery as a means to connect people across the language divide....

Kentaro Okawara Makes Debut UK Solo Exhibition

27/06/2019

Hold Tight is a new series of paintings, sculptures and drawings that explore the theme of love through symmetry and the artist’s unique yet universal language....

Contemporary Art. Chosen by Dogs. For Dogs and Humans

26/06/2019

With a little help from their human companions, these canine curators have selected artworks in what is believed to be the first exhibition of its kind. ...

Artist Vincent Kamp Turns Filmmaker to Inspire His Next Series of Crime Noir Paintings

25/06/2019

Influenced by cinema and a fascination with the gritty world of urban subculture, Kamp's paintings delve beneath the surface of social class to capture a moment of high tension....

Tehran’s Art Fair Opens Despite Growing Tensions With US

24/06/2019

The second edition of Teer Art Fair aims to foster domestic Iranian art scene at a time when international sales are increasingly difficult for the country's galleries....

Hong Kong’s Art World Unites As Demonstrations Continue

21/06/2019

Artists have been a driving force behind the demonstrations, while the gallery community has encouraged strike action, with many closing to enable staff to join protests. ...

Artist Martin Roth Dead at 41

20/06/2019

Roth’s last solo exhibition was centred on a desert plant stolen from the garden of Stephen Paddock, the man behind the mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Festival....