21 October 2019
Lap-See Lam creates ‘Phantom Banquet’, a live installation and performance piece spanning several rooms and informed by the language and hospitality of rituals observed at Chinese restaurants in Sweden.
21 October 2019
London born artist and curator Simon Tarrant launches his latest solo exhibition #isthisnow? at gallery@oxo from 30 October – 10 November 2019.
16 October 2019
Nearly a year to the day after ‘Defining Structure’, artist and curator Alexander Hinks returns to The Cello Factory. Amalgamation, the title he has chosen for this exhibition, suggests pluralism rather than purity, symbiotic relationships over synthesis, a mutual benefit beyond sharing common points of departure or goals.
15 October 2019
The internationally recognised abstract painter Liliane Tomasko is presenting a new exhibition of her work in the sublime settings of Château La Coste in France.
9 October 2019
Dreams and Dystopias, East Africa at the Crossroads is a photography exhibition by Guillaume Bonn with films from Grace Ndiritu and the Aga Khan Foundation Dreams and Dystopias visually navigates the East African coastline
8 October 2019
This major exhibition will unite all of the paintings and engravings in Hogarth’s Place and Progress series for the first time displayed across the Georgian backdrop of Sir John Soane’s Museum. Through these works, the exhibition will explore the artist’s complicated stance on morality, society, and the city, and the enduring appeal of his satires.
8 October 2019
On the occasion of Arnulf Rainer’s 90th birthday, the Albertina Museum is presenting a selection of his works from its extensive holdings.
7 October 2019
A travel-themed pop-up sponsored by Montblanc in collaboration with the London contemporary artist, Philip Colbert opens between 15 – 20 October at 47 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market.
1 October 2019
A significant exhibition by Ai Weiwei featuring a new series of monumental sculptural works in iron cast from large tree roots sourced in Brazil during research and production for last year’s survey exhibition, ‘Raiz’, at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed OCA Pavilion in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo.
1 October 2019
Tate Modern has unveiled a monumental 13-metre-high fountain created by the American artist Kara Walker. Walker is best known for her thought-provoking investigations of race, sexuality and violence through the history of slavery,
27 September 2019
Maureen Paley is presenting the fourth solo exhibition at the gallery by Liam Gillick.
27 September 2019
Leading British artist Rose Wylie will present an exhibition of paintings and drawings at The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida,
Bloomberg New Contemporaries which has recently opened their 2019 edition at Leeds Art Gallery is a must-see exhibition for those trying to keep their finger on the pulse of the emerging art emanating from the UK’s top art colleges.
6 September 2019
The YBA artist Gavin Turk’s fascination with waste is a reoccurring theme throughout his body of work, exploring its aesthetic, function and value.
4 September 2019
Bahrain has been chosen as the guest of honour at La Biennale Paris 2019. They will be taking on board a major Pavilion dedicated not only to contemporary art but also to crafts from this Gulf country.
3 September 2019
A new exhibition in association with the Tom of Finland Foundation at Cross Lane Projects Kendal, Cumbria marks the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen).
13 August 2019
Sculptures by Sterling Ruby will be the feature Britannia Street exhibition at Gagosian over Frieze Week.
12 August 2019
INTERVENTIONS/2 marks the first time that the world-renowned artist and activist Yoko Ono presents a solo show in the city of Bristol.
9 August 2019
London-based artist Jessie Brennan has been commissioned to develop four new, temporary public artworks exploring the nature of life and work in the Royal Docks.
9 August 2019
A new exhibition of the work of Albert Oehlen (b. 1954, Krefeld, Germany) has been announced for the Serpentine.
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended Contemporary and Modern art exhibitions for August 2019 in London now. Paul currently freelances for Art Monthly, Frieze, Elephant, STATE, Photomonitor, Border Crossings and World of Interiors, and has a weekly online column at FAD Art News.
La Biennale Paris, in partnership with La Patinoire Royale – Galerie Valérie Bach, will present “Transchromie”, a significant work by Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz Diez.
29 July 2019
Hastings Contemporary is to mount the first major UK retrospective of work by British artist Victor Willing (1928-1988) since his death, charting each decade of his tumultuous life and career from his time at the Slade, his life in Portugal, and back to London and his untimely death from multiple sclerosis. Many of his paintings […]
29 July 2019
Following his debut exhibition last year, Paul Lock returns to the Noho Showrooms from 24 – 29 September with a new body of work, You Simply Are II.
25 July 2019
Fortnum & Mason, the national treasure purveyor of food to the Queen, is collaborating with renowned Chinese artist, Zhang Enli to produce ‘Fortnum’s X Zhang Enli’ – the institution’s fourth annual artistic initiative, which will be in store from the 10 September 2019, including newly commissioned never-before-seen works by the artist.
23 July 2019
Sotheby’s Paris is to offer the personal collection of Claude & François-Xavier Lalanne this autumn.
22 July 2019
Unit London is presenting Chimera, an exhibition of new, large-scale oil paintings by the American contemporary artist Joshua Hagler. The show comprises semi-abstract paintings, some of which utilise his delicate scraping technique using a scalpel to peel away layers of paint.
20 July 2019
Southwark Park Galleries (formerly known as CGP London) celebrate their 35th anniversary with a contemporary art show about dogs, chosen by dogs. For Dog Show, cultured pooches who live with a variety of artists and curators have been invited to select their top dog-related artworks.
16 July 2019
Vanya Balogh in association with Cross Lane Projects has announced the winner of the Miniscule Venice Awards 2019 from the 183 works exhibited in the Miniscule Part 2 exhibition during the 58th Venice Biennale.
8 July 2019
A new public sculpture, created by Samuel Zealey and entitled Onyo, was picked by hundreds of people as their favourite piece to adorn the forecourt of the train station as part of the Gateway project, which was run in conjunction with South Hill Park Arts Centre.
1 July 2019
The 2019 edition of the charity art exhibition, Queer Frontiers presented by ARTIQ and Hiscox is a highlighted feature of Pride Month in London.
30 June 2019
The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended Contemporary and Modern art exhibitions for July 2019 in London now.