My week in the art world – Low Form(s) when in Rome
A couple weeks ago I was invited by the MAXXI in Rome to attend the press conference and subsequent opening of their new exhibition, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, Low Forms.
Cool art stuff not to miss
Each week FAD magazine chooses some of the most interesting and exciting contemporary art openings in London this week so you don’t need to do any research just follow the FAD.
Opening Soon – Senga Nengudi at the Henry Moore Institute
The Henry Moore Institute presents a major exhibition of the work of Senga Nengudi. Bringing together pioneering work from 1969 to the present
The art of dreaming, or how art can shape dreams
Last week Allegra Shorto launched a new program dedicated to the exploration of dreams through the lense of a wide range of artistic practices. The Freud Museum hosted the first experiment on May 25th
GLUT : Christabel Macgreevy
An exploration of female identity and “what it means to identify as gender non-binary” takes centre stage for Christabel McGreevy’s first solo exhibition Glut curated by Antonia Marsh.
Dalek + Buff Monster “SPACED OUT”
“SPACED OUT” is going to be a mesmerising double-solo show, featuring legendary street artists James Marshall (aka Dalek) and Buff Monster, united together in the same exhibition for the first time. Opening during Armory Week.
Andreas Gursky: Getting the Big Picture
After a two-year shutdown for a serious makeover, the Hayward Gallery needed to come back big. The architects delivered, and so does the show that opened this week (until 22 April)— an epic retrospective of Düsseldorf-based photographer Andreas Gursky.
Emma Hart and Jonathan Baldock take on Mr Punch: Bizarre Babies and Sinister Signs in Blackpool
Artists Jonathan Baldock and Emma Hart take on Punch and Judy in Blackpool with a bizarre, sinister show at the Grundy
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Jonathan Baldock
For Baldock’s first solo exhibition in a public institution in London, the artist creates a symphony of surreal sculptures at CGP London.
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Bea Bonafini
Italian London-based artist Bea Bonafini creates sumptuous immersive environments that hover on the border between functionality and objet d’art, craftsmanship and artistry.
Last Chance: FORCE OF NATURE An exhibition of works by international contemporary artists inspired by nature.
Closing this weekend is FORCE OF NATURE. Featuring work by 28 contemporary artists, surveying the influence of nature and its processes on their work.
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Rebecca Ackroyd
Sculptor Rebecca Ackroyd could be described as a millennial Rosemarie Trockel, discovering disparate materials with considered ease and strength of purpose
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Sculptor Samuel Zealey
British artist Samuel Zealey explores physicality and materiality through his large-scale sculpture practice that is based on a love of physics and engineering.
Marcelle Joseph Interviews Artist Rhys Coren
‘Buzz’, ‘Snap!’, ‘Rockit’, ‘Up all night’, ‘Cheeky, cheeky. Naughty, sneaky’, ‘Dance the dance, dancing feet’ – a few of the titles of artworks Rhys Coren has made over the last year.
Don’t Miss: Group show ‘It’s Offal’
From excrement to innards, ‘It’s Offal’ looks at the work of artists who have chosen to explore what lies within.
Don’t Miss: Ken Price : A Survey of Sculptures and Drawings, 1959 – 2006 @ Hauser & Wirth
Ken Price: A Survey of Sculptures and Drawings, 1959 – 2006 will present over 180 sculptures and works on paper across both gallery spaces, spanning a period of 40 years.
Don’t Miss John Currin at Sadie Coles HQ
In his sixth exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, John Currin presents a group of five new paintings.
Don’t Miss Luke McCreadie at Zabludowicz
We catch up with Luke McCreadie to talk about his art practice and to find out what’s happening this Sunday
Don’t miss this great group show of future art star painters.
‘Figure It Out’ is an amazing group show featuring the practice of eight future starpainters; Thom Trojanowski Hobson (b. 1988), Katarina Janeckova (b. 1988), Jonathan Lux (b.1976), Laurie Nye (b. 1972), Paige Perkins (b. 1960), David Surman (b. 1981), Charlie Roberts (b.1984), Ulrich Wulff (b. 1975.
Don’t Miss: Art On a Postcard’s secret auction.
International household names including Grayson Perry, Maggie Hambling, Oliver Jeffers, Peter Blake, Harland Miller, Gilbert & George and a host of Royal Academicians such as Ken Howard RA, Mick Rooney RA, John Wragg RA, Rebecca Salter RA, Paul Huxley RA and Steven Farthing RA, as well as emerging talent are within the 400 plus postcard sized artworks up for auction.
Don’t Miss : Phillip Colbert’s GUESS WHO?
Closing this Saturday ( May 7th) GUESS WHO? is a series of Portraits of Mickey Mouse by renowned pop artist Philip Colbert.
Don’t miss the Porterlight Bicycles Pop Up Shop
During the day the shop is selling our handmade cargo-bicycles, capable of getting you and your things around town by pedal power. Visitors will be able to play with our digital configurator, building their own perfect cargo bike.
Don’t Miss: UTOPIA a ground-breaking installation by Penny Woolcock
Bloomberg Summer at the Roundhouse, the annual festival dedicated to introducing new audiences to innovative culture has returned this August with Utopia
Don’t Miss: Ed Atkins Performance Capture
For MIF15, artist Ed Atkins is drawing back the digital curtain with Performance Capture.
Don’t Miss: WEIGHT FOR THE SHOWING Curated by Paul Carey-Kent
Of the many competitors for our attention when we look at a work of art – meaning, narrative, form, colour, gesture, scale, sound, movement – its weight is not generally high in the list..