16 December 2009
Private View: Wednesday 20th January 2010 Exhibition dates:21-31 January 2010Opening times: Thursday-Sunday 12-6pmArtists’ talk: 2pm, Saturday 30th January Curated by Patrick Michalopoulos and Ismail Erbil Schwartz Gallery presents the work of Ralph Dorey and Jonathan Lewis as part of its new series of two-person shows for 2010 questioning exhibition-making practice. The programme aims to create […]
14 December 2009
To show the works of two artists who work on or around the image and its derivatives. To not display two dimensional work on the wall from conventional view points. Both artists create series. They make not finished pieces but moments of rest between one trial and the next. Each trial an agreement to investigate […]
13 December 2009
A gallery of gifts made from upcycled products including Dove Mobile
The Russian, Eastern & Oriental Fine Art Fair is the first event of its kind devoted entirely to fine art from the East. From contemporary paintings to Byzantine icons and Oriental antiques, the Fair unites dealers and collectors from across the world with a stunning array of the finest works produced by craftsmen and artists over the last millennium. […]
10 December 2009
The Arts Gallery at 65 Davies Street a space run by The University of the Arts London and has over the years featured the likes of Martin Creed, Peter Doig, Tom Hunter, John Keane, Poppy de Villeneuve, Gavin Turk, Peter Blake, Annie Kevans and Sarah Lucas is about to close due to commercial devolpment.The final […]
8 December 2009
A night of artist films, performances and moving image interventions to celebrate the darkest days of the season and to welcome in the ghosts that inhabit them. With moving image installations around the foyer and belfry and a screening of artist films on a movie-sized screen in the nave. Plus, as a finale a screening […]
Established in 1988, London Art Fair is the first important UK art event of 2010. The fair presents museum-quality Modern British and Contemporary art, bringing together the work of established artists and emerging talent. The Art Projects section is always watched and this year it looks to be an interesting assortment of new work by […]
7 December 2009
The artists shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize 2009 are Pavel Bϋchler, Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson, Rachel Goodyear and Matt Stokes. An exhibition of their work takes place at Leeds Art Gallery from 27 November 2009 – 21 February 2010. The winning artist will be announced on 21 January 2010, scooping the £16,500 prize […]
7 December 2009
Howard Hodgkin is one of the most important painters and printmakers working in Britain today. The highlight of this show includes two new monumental works, exhibited in a public gallery for the first time. The pair, titled ‘As Time Goes By’, are Hodgkin’s most ambitious and complex artworks to date. Measuring over 20ft long each, […]
7 December 2009
What influences or determines our sense of who we are? What makes one person distinct from another? How does science inform human identity? This major new exhibition explores the tension between the way we view ourselves and how others see us. Explore the subject of genetic testing. How curious are you about the information in […]
7 December 2009
Modern architecture provides the source material for Ola Kolehmainen’s large scale, hand-printed, colour photographs. The artist is not concerned with documenting these iconic buildings but instead, he focuses on details in which an apparent sense of order is disrupted. The massive scale of these works envelops the viewer; an experience enhanced by the reflective […]
7 December 2009
Possession, obsession, peep holes and dark places – an installation as dark and as seductive as the precious fetish objects created by Mark.Housed in a black rubber box and underscored by Billy Cowie’s music and Deborah Levy’s libretto.
7 December 2009
Miyajima originally trained as a painter in Tokyo, where he was born in 1957, but soon abandoned painting for performance art. He eventually rejected that, too, feeling it was too ephemeral, and finally settled on light installations in the late 1980s. He still draws on his experiments with painting and performance — the LEDs are […]
7 December 2009
GSK Contemporary, Earth: Art of a changing world is the second annual contemporary art season at 6 Burlington Gardens. The exhibition presents new and recent work from more than 30 leading international contemporary artists, including commissions and new works from the best emerging talent.”This second year of GSK Contemporary is an important collaboration between GlaxoSmithKline […]
7 December 2009
To be a coward’ is Andrew McDonald’s second solo exhibition of new work at The International 3. It will take the form of an installation comprising of new drawings and sculpture. The sculpture, made from hand welded steel, springs, tension wire and blades, is described by McDonald as a 3 dimensional diagram of an emotional […]
2 December 2009
Art-el & Tunnadine Fine Art present ‘Advent’ Advent aims to provide a visual seasonal treat and bring an end to the period of expectant waiting, brightening up the festive season with a unique exhibition of new ideas and visual delights. This show will bring you work from a wave of the galleries newer artists who […]
1 December 2009
Exhibition Preview and Drinks: Friday 11/12/09 6-9PM EXHIBITION OPEN: 12-13/12/09 12-5PM AND 18-20/12/09 12-5PM (OR BY APPOINTMENT) Juan Cruz’s translations of two stories by little-known Spanish writer Pio Baroja form the core of this exhibition of new work. JUAN CRUZ: A TRANSLATION OF EL ARBOL DE LA CIENCIA (THE TREE OF SCIENCE) BY PÍO BAROJA […]
The Third Line will exhibit new works by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian at booth J24, Art Nova section of the fair from December 3 – 6, 2009. With a solo exhibition of new works by Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, this latest collection of wall mounted works by the eighty-five year old demonstrates her dedication and expertise […]
30 November 2009
German-born American artist Eva Hesse (1936 ˆ 1970) was a major figure in post-war art. This exhibition is the result of new research by renowned Hesse scholar Professor Briony Fer and is curated by Fer and Barry Rosen, Director of The Estate of Eva Hesse. Throughout her career, Eva Hesse produced a large number of small, […]
29 November 2009
1-2-3-4 Artists Martin Creed The Apathy Band (Bob & Roberta Smith, George Barker, Victor Mount, Leonardo Ulian) The Barefoot Lone Pilgrim aka David Blandy The Coolness Plastique Fantastique Date: Friday 18th December 2009 Time: 7.00pm-11.00pm Location: Fabrica, 40 Duke St, Brighton, BN11AG Tickets: £6.50 in advance available from Grey Area, Fabrica, Rounder Records, […]
28 November 2009
A revolutionary step into the future for sheffields kwier arts, where the opera meets rave culture, launch night features Scallydandan, Daemiane, Ralph Razor plus YOU!
27 November 2009
27 November 2009
Do you remember Olive Morris?, the new exhibition at Gasworks, uncovers the largely untold history of Brixton-based activist Olive Morris (1952-1979). Developed by artist Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre, this exhibition is a culmination of three years of community-led research inspired by this remarkable figure in South London‘s recent history. The exhibition serves as […]
27 November 2009
Harun Faroki’s practice as a whole has a diverse collaboration of manipulating mass media into two split screens, or two dominant screens that interpritate various elements that surround the surrounding physical environment in other sense just as a symbolic icon that reflects what has already been experienced through Avant Garde and other aspects that interweave […]
26 November 2009
Gillett Square is proud to present its latest art commission in clean air we fly by sound artist Kaffe Matthews, curated by Alice Sharp of the Invisible Dust series, an art venture which together with artists and scientists promotes environmental awareness. Its inaugural project in clean air we fly is an electronic symphony involving Atmospheric Chemist […]
25 November 2009
Opening party 6.00pm -11pm 3d December 09 at Hackney Empire Marie Lloyd Bar Guest Live Performance by Stained Glassed Heroes D J appearance by Prima Volta and performance by Duncan Ward Christina Mitrentse investigates the esoteric qualities of myth through possessing a dexterity of techniques, including painting, handcrafted sculpture, drawing, installation and conceptual appropriation. […]
For one weekend and one weekend only Guest Projects Christmas Market is open for business. Offering the chance to buy art and design under £500 from local artists, Guest Projects Christmas Market is the place for all your Christmas present solutions. This Christmas, forget socks, forget smellies and put art in your shopping cart!
23 November 2009
An American artist based out of New York and Moscow, Stephen j Shanabrook will present new works at Orel Art UK which examine the disturbing space between painful and sweet, death and beauty. One of the primary themes will be the exploration of addiction, the way its soft seductive whisper turns into the heaviness of […]
Art Basel Miami Beach takes place December 3 – 6, 2009. British Galleries Exhibiting at Art Basel Miami. Click on link to gallery to see lists of artists.An exclusive selection of more than 250 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by over 2,000 […]
20 November 2009
Solo exhibition by USA-based Irish artist Shay Culligan at the Toradh Gallery in Ashbourne, Ireland. Shay’s current medium is serigraphy on canvas.
20 November 2009
Curated by Christina Mitrentse and Jonas Ranson Dominic Allan . Nikos Alexiou . Alex Bunn . Andrew Hladky . Bern Roche Farrelly .Stine Ljungdalh . Christina Mitrentse . Jonas Ranson . Lee Wagstaff . Marc Wayland The exhibition Celestial Contrakt navigates through the terrain of the ‘celestial and ‘ethereal’ in an attempt to offer different […]
19 November 2009
The art competition MaphiArt 2010, the first step in creating the future International Mafia Museum, was created with the intention of telling the Mafia, the historical social phenomenon but also a strong current in many countries, through various forms of expression through art and historical documentation . Also was created to highlight the transformation of […]