London Art Fair 2018 Marks 30th Anniversary With Milestone Curated Exhibition
The 30th Anniversary of the London Art Fair 2018 will be marked with a wide range of leading British and international galleries.
19 November 2017
Events
Suzi Morris – The Viral Sublime
Suzi Morris’ new body of work draws on the artist’s everyday experience of sharing her body with an unwanted virus in her eye.
Exhibition Contact Details: pressoffice@suzimorrisart.com
Telephone:07767 765 747
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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2017
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize is the leading international photographic portrait competition, celebrating and promoting the very best in contemporary portrait photography.
Daily 10.00 – 17.00, Thursdays & Fridays until 20.00
Paul Carey-Kent Presents Recommended London Art exhibitions November 2017
Paul Carey-Kent presents his recommended London Art exhibitions for November 2017. It is a varied selection containing a number of different mediums and styles.
14 November 2017
made on the table
Group exhibition of drawings and collages featuring works by Uri Aran, Adriano Costa, Urs Fischer, Helen Marten, Laura Owens, Raymond Pettibon and Richard Prince.
Tues-Sat 11-6
Kehinde Wiley: In Search of the Miraculous
Second exhibition at the gallery by internationally renowned American artist Kehinde Wiley entitled, ‘In Search of the Miraculous’.
Tuesday - Friday 10am - 6pm Saturday 11am - 5pm
Polly Apfelbaum: Dubuffet’s Feet My Hands
An exhibition of new works by Polly Apfelbaum. This exhibition is the latest in a series of installations that incorporate hand-woven carpets, ceramics, drawings, and immersive colour.
Tuesday to Friday 10am—6pm | Saturday 11am—5pm or by appointment
Inside Pussy Riot
Here’s the story of a group of modern day, post-punk feminist art collective and Nadya Tolokonnikova’s tribulations as the founder of Pussy Riot, who stuck two fingers up at the Russian system and suffered the consequences.
Performances Monday-Sunday From 11.15am, check website for full schedule
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism is dedicated to Russian protest art over the past 25 years. The exhibition will feature such performance artists as Oleg Kulik, Pussy Riot, Pyotr Pavlensky, Blue Noses and some others and display various genres and types of protest art from posters and slogans to video art, staged photography and performances.
10am-6pm, 7 days a week, last entry 5:30pm
David Blandy – The End of the World
Comprising three video installations and a new series of photographs, David Blandy’s third exhibition at Seventeen focuses on the artist’s relationship to technology and memory, speculation about Armageddon and a loss of connection to the server.
Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm and by appointment
Sophie Jung: Come Fresh Hell or Fresh High Water
The second in Blain|Southern’s new series of exhibitions, collectively titled Lodger, its curator Tom Morton has invited the artist Sophie Jung to develop a new sculptural installation, accompanied by a performance.
Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm Saturday: 10am – 5pm
James White: Bodies
An exhibition of new paintings by James White. White’s grey scale paintings explore everyday minutiae and hint at something that has happened or may occur.
Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Richard Woods: Second Home
Richard Woods: Second Home is an insight into the working practices of internationally renowned artist, Richard Woods.
Wednesday - Friday: 11am - 5pm
Art On A Postcard Auction 2017
After the success of last year’s auction, which raised over £75,000, The Hepatitis C Trust’s Art on a Postcard Secret Auction returns for its 4th year this November. Bid for original postcards by world-renowned artists.
PV 6-9pm on 14 November
Ken Currie: Rictus
Since the early 1990s, Scottish artist Ken Currie has been known for his closely observed and often unsettling portrayal of the body, depicting the damage inflicted by war and conflict, illness and decay as a response to what he felt was the sickness of contemporary society
Monday to Saturday: 10am - 6pm
Designs On Britain
Discover how much of the most iconic British design was produced by immigrants to this country.
Daily from 10am - 5pm Friday: 10am - 2pm
Light / Dark
A group exhibition entitled Light / Dark on both floors of the gallery: Light on the fourth-floor gallery and Dark on the third-floor gallery. The exhibition will bring together works by gallery artists that focus on these elements, making associations and drawing parallels between their works.
Monday–Friday 10:00–18:00 Saturday 11:00–17:00
Juergen Teller: Go-Sees, Bubenreuth Kids And A Fairytale About A King
Alison Jacques’ First solo exhibition of photographs by German artist Juergen Teller (b.1964, Erlangen). This exhibition comprises selections from three bodies of work – the artist’s iconic series Go-Sees; Enjoy Your Life! Junior, a recent collaboration with Bubenreuth Primary School in the artist’s hometown; and a ‘visual essay’ depicting a modern fairy tale about a boy who became a king.
Tuesday to Saturday: 11am - 6pm
Eileen Cooper: Till The Morning Comes
Eileen Cooper’s first solo exhibition at The Fine Art Society. The show features new paintings and a series of life study drawings inspired by the English National Ballet’s recent production of Gisellechoreographed by Akram Khan.
Mon to Fri 10 - 6pm
Age of Terror: Art Since 9/11
The UK’s first major exhibition of artists’ responses to war and conflict since the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. Age of Terror: Art since 9/11 features more than 40 British and international artists, including Ai Weiwei, Grayson Perry, Gerhard Richter, Jenny Holzer, Mona Hatoum, Alfredo Jaar, Coco Fusco and Jake & Dinos Chapman.
Open every day 10am – 6pm, including Bank Holidays
Aboudia: Gawa Dangoro
Aboudia is noted for his large-scale, heavily layered, brutally energetic paintings that combine an innocence and spontaneity with the portrayal of a dark interior world.
Tuesday to Friday, 11am - 6pm Saturday, 12 - 4 pm
FIAC Paris Opens To Strong Sales And Buzzy Optimistic Atmosphere
Paris is transformed once again into the world capital of contemporary art with the FIAC, the International Contemporary Art Fair. A veritable institution recognized worldwide, the FIAC is an opportunity for the public to discover the latest developments in contemporary art, through works by some of the most famous artists in the world.
20 October 2017
Melancholia – a Sebald variation
Tracing its way from the ruins of Britain and Germany to the suburbs of contemporary Holland, an exhibition that takes you on a Sebaldian journey from the ruins of 1945 to the present day.
Tuesday – Saturday: 11.30 - 17.30 (until 19.30 Wednesdays), Sunday: 14.30 - 17.30
A Farewell to Art: Chagall, Shakespeare and Prospero
A Farewell to Art: Chagall, Shakespeare and Prospero will be the first UK exhibition of a rare limited portfolio by March Chagall. Produced at the age of 88, it features 50 illustrations created to reflect his interpretation of Shakespeare’s magical play, The Tempest.
Mon – Fri 10:00 – 17:30 Sat – Sun: 11:00 – 17:00
Stan Douglas
New large-scale photographic works by Stan Douglas focus on locations of the 2011 London riots.
Tuesday - Saturday: 10.00am - 6.00pm
Grenfell Tower Art Auction Raises £1.9m At Sotheby’s
London: An auction held at Sotheby’s in aid of survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire has raised £1.9m. Thirty one lots donated by artists including Anish Kapoor, Wolfgang Tilmans Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin sold over the estimates set by the auctioneers.
17 October 2017
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Concert For A Fly (Chamber Music)
Installation Concert for a Fly (Chamber Music), 1986, by pioneering conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Russian-born and American-based, today they are recognised as among the most significant international artists to have emerged in the late 20th century.
TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10AM - 6PM
Red Star Over Russia: A Revolution In Visual Culture 1905-55
A dramatic visual history of Russia and the Soviet Union from 1905 to the death of Stalin – seen through the eyes of artists, designers and photographers.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future
Enter the fantastical world of the Kabakovs in the first major UK museum exhibition dedicated to these pioneers of installation art.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Photography on a Postcard Exhibition and Lottery
The team behind Art on a Postcard has morphed into Photography on a Postcard for the month of October 2017. Buy a £50 lottery ticket to win a photograph from the show.
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Sam Jackson & Derek Ridgers: Run To Me
RUN TO ME brings together the work of painter Sam Jackson and photographer Derek Ridgers. Curated by Faye Dowling, the exhibition celebrates the sacred ceremonies of excess, desire and experimentation which intoxicate our youth.
Wednesday-Saturday 11am-6pm or by appointment
North: Fashioning Identity
An exhibition exploring contemporary artistic and stylistic representations of the north of England.
Wednesday – Friday: 11.00 – 20.00, Saturday – Tuesday: 10.00- 18.00