Collective Ending HQ presents ‘squeezebox’
squeezebox, the latest addition to Collective Ending HQ’s exhibition programme, presents the works of six artists within a unique architectural intervention.
EXHIBITIONS
The most extensive exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s drawings ever shown in the UK.
Hayward Gallery’s HENI Project Space will present the most extensive exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s drawings ever shown in the UK. Over the course of a career that has spanned six decades, Richter has been widely acknowledged as one of the most influential contemporary artists in the world.
New gallery opens in Paris with Cameroonian artist Jean David Nkot’s first extensive solo exhibition in France.
Inaugurating its very first gallery space, Paris-based AFIKARIS Gallery presents rising Cameroonian artist Jean David Nkot’s first extensive solo exhibition… Read More
David Kovats Gallery presents a solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist Bazil Duliskovich
David Kovats Gallery has opened his second summer exhibition dedicated to the Ukrainian artist Bazil Duliskovich at the gallery’s main location, 80 Long Acre in Covent Garden.
Beyond the Uncanny
Plenty of shows bring together paintings of figures and objects in unusual contexts or brought into unexpected conjunctions: the words ‘uncanny’ and ‘enigmatic’, ‘disturbing’ and ‘surreal’ are likely to be invoked. But, even if the paintings are good, you need more to turn such a display into a compelling whole. Two current exhibitions demonstrate how:
Damien Hirst uses real dead flies mining their myriad symbolic associations for life & fear of death.
Relics and Fly Paintings by Damien Hirst is the second phase of the artist’s yearlong takeover of the Britannia Street gallery, following the inaugural exhibition of Fact Paintings and Fact Sculptures.
The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London in late June
A spinning Earth, a forest, bananas, portraits and riding up walls.
HOT AIR: An inflatable exhibition brought to you by Bad Art
Hot Air seeks to explore both the playfully innocent and darker underworld of the blow-up. While momentarily buoyant, inevitably these… Read More
Arnolfini announce major Frank Bowling exhibition as part of their 60th-anniversary celebrations
Arnolfini have announced a major exhibition with pioneering painter Sir Frank Bowling as part of their 60th-anniversary celebrations in 2021.
LONDON GALLERY WEEKEND
The first London Gallery Weekend (4-6 June) felt a very positive initiative, conveniently revealing the scale of London’s commercial art… Read More
Together in Resonance: How Rave Culture Can Change the World.
At the fringes of Mayfair, a striking pair of artists have built twinned monuments to the power of disruption and… Read More
What’s Right With Art: Video Art at Home
The advantages of watching video art at home.
Julian Montague: Form and Fray
Maison Kitsuné has announced an exhibition of new works by Julian Montague titled Form and Fray at their gallery location… Read More
Tim Stoner + David Bomberg: Ronda
Live now an online Presentation exploring the southern Spanish town of Ronda and its influence on various British painters since… Read More
The Top 6 Artworks to see Outdoors this Summer
Soak in the sun and see some art outdoors.
Adjei Tawiah & Aplerh-Doku Borlabi Could You Be Loved
Could You be Loved is a two-person exhibition at Gallery 57 featuring emerging Ghanaian artists Adjei Tawiah & Aplerh-Doku Borlabi.
Now there are two JR exhibitions to see in London
Now you can see two JR exhibitions in London opening today is JR Eye to the world which explores JR’s unique view of humanity as he transcends borders, politics, and cultural identity through the camera lens.
Ryoji Ikeda ::’::’::”;;’;;
Ryoji Ikeda lands in London with a sonic boom: gravitate towards the immersive black hole of extra-terrestrial data extravaganza. The… Read More
A Parallel Universe: Marcus Jansen’s exhibition “Two Decades of Relevance”
“Making art for me it is like eating food or breathing air.” Through vivid and gestural brushwork, contemporary American artist Marcus Jansen creates complex and mesmerizing worlds of memory and life experience.
Freya Douglas-Morris “The use of memory feels like an anchor that I can tether my somewhat loose way of image-making to.”
London-based artist Freya Douglas-Morris recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss her interest in memory, physical approach to art-making, experience as a mother, and her current solo exhibition ‘All paths lead somewhere’ at Lychee One
From the Margins
last Saturday I toured six galleries at the comparative margins – Leytonstone, Woolwich, north Bermondsey (as opposed to trendy Bermondsey Street), Camberwell and Kennington – and the standard was excellent. Nor did it prove hard to get around by bus and tube…
Sutapa Biswas to present major solo exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art will open a major solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Sutapa Biswas in late June. Spanning Biswas’ extensive career, the exhibition will include a major new film commission titled Lumen.
Sally Kindberg-FREEPORT
For her show at Peter von Kant in Marine Court, Sally Kindberg has made a series of new paintings drawing their thematic resources from images of the golden age of the Queen Mary.
The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his top art exhibitions to see. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide… Read More