The Top 6 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week
6 November 2016 • Tabish Khan
Bloody bodies, bumblebees for teeth, blue light, shattered bells, wallpaper landscapes and buried secrets.
Tag: Bruce Nauman
Jonathan Wateridge
25 October 2016 • Mark Westall
FAD caught up with one of the most significant figurative painters of his generation Jonathan Wateridge.
What’s Wrong With Art? Too Much Respect For An Artist’s Legacy
14 July 2016 • Tabish Khan
We live in a lucky age where there are hundreds of really good artists producing artworks. But every artist has an exhibition or a series of works that are wide of the mark.
REVIEW: Omer Fast: Present Continuous – teasing takes on sex, death and trauma
20 March 2016 • Syndicate
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
This mesmerising collection of film and video work by the Israeli artist is full of dangling clues and subliminal messages, playing fast and loose with our credulity
Art Opportunity: $75,000 to be Awarded for the Creation of a New Work.
15 March 2016 • Mark Westall
aena Art, the international nonprofit organization led by Ximena Caminos, today launched the open call for the 2016-2017 Faena Prize for the Arts.
Sterling Ruby: making it big
14 March 2016 • Syndicate
Paintings, flags, tapestries, ceramics, denim workwear … no wonder artist Sterling Ruby needs a two-acre studio. He talks about growing up on a farm, his manic drive, and being inspired by Henry Rollins’ gym shorts
ARTIST OPPORTUNITY: Exhibit your art in Soho London
24 August 2015 • Mark Westall
“Signs that Say What You Want Them to Say…” Lights of Soho will be accepting submissions from new and established light artists for a show that will be guest curated by artist Robert Montgomery
LAST CHANCE: perFORMa – a show of objects, interventions and sculpture.
4 August 2015 • Mark Westall
A show of objects, interventions and sculpture exhibited at FOLD.
perFORMa: 1 Night of performance an Exhibition of objects a reaction to sculpture.
16 July 2015 • Mark Westall
ALEXANDER COSTELLO, SARAH JONES (feat. ANA GENOVÉS), WILLIAM MACKRELL, FLORENCE PEAKE: OBJECT / PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE / OBJECT FIVE ARTISTS
Paul’s ART STUFF on a train # 117: ‘Mirrored in Brown’s’
8 July 2015 • Paul Carey-Kent
Brown’s London Art Weekend (3-5 July) helpfully drew attention to 100 galleries in Mayfair and St. James through special openings and events.
REVIEW: 56th Venice Biennale – with Crystal Bennes and Tom Jeffreys
17 May 2015 • Tom and Crystal
Art, art, art, Aperol, ice cream, and extremely sore feet: yes, we’re back for the 56th instalment of the Venice Biennale. And this time, it’s political.
REVIEW: Bruce Nauman – an electrifying carousel of ideas
20 March 2015 • Mark Westall
The artist’s new Paris show combines works that play on adult fears with childlike instructions and repetitive movement – a compelling lesson for young and old alike
ART OPENING: Bruce Nauman: Animal Pyramid @Gagosian Thursday 29th January
27 January 2015 • Staff
Bruce Nauman opens in New York
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #46: Video Killed the Turner Prize
5 December 2014 • daniel barnes
Ever since video killed the radio star, it has acted with impunity. Its latest crime has been to gorge on the Turner Prize.
AESTHETICS ASIDE #09: Displaying Video Art
28 October 2014 • Staff
There are certain challenges surrounding the display of video art and it is up to curators and art technicians to be practical and creative at the same time.
COMPETITION: WIN a pack of Artists’ Trump Cards
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
WIN a pack of Artists’ Trump Cards
PLAY :The Art Game: Artists’ Trump Cards
14 August 2014 • Mark Westall
You can now pit your favourite artists against each other,
ART OPENING: Richard Jackson New Paintings @HauserWirth Thursday 22nd May
22 May 2014 • Mark Westall
An exhibition of major new works by Richard Jackson, including the latest in his series of large-scale mechanical installations.
REVIEW: John Gordon Gauld’s Third Solo Exhibition ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ @Salomon Contemporary
22 April 2014 • VC Maurer
Installation shot How does one begin to capture what it feels like to sail directly into the ambiguous, guided only… Read More
ART OPENING: Play What’s Not There @Raven_Row Thursday 17th April 2014
16 April 2014 • Mark Westall
Taking its title from an exhortation made by Miles Davis to his musicians, this exhibition identifies occasions in art when the seductions of consummate style or cleverness are sacrificed to gain access to a greater artistic, philosophical or spiritual reality
ART STUFF on a train # 37: ‘Drawn Together’
21 January 2014 • Paul Carey-Kent
Most days art Critic Paul Carey-Kent spends hours on the train, traveling between his home in Southampton and his day job in Surrey. Could he, we asked, jot down whatever came into his head?
Esme Eros: Free Range Emerging Art Award Artist #5 Answers FAD’s Questions
24 July 2013 • Mark Westall
This Year FAD have teamed up with Degree Art and Cass Art to help launch The Free Range Emerging Art Award .
Over the coming weeks we will be interviewing all 10 winners of the 2013 award. As well as reading about the artists on FAD you will be able to buy their work via DegreeArt.com and FAD will also be following how all ten progress during the next year .
Artist Alexandra Wilk answers FAD’s Questions
5 July 2013 • Mark Westall
I like to subvert meaning through my work. I am fascinated by the absurdity of signs and systems of control.
Lizz Brady answers FADs Questions
27 June 2013 • Mark Westall
Lizz goes beyond any anxiety, any demon or hell to remarkably expose herself, her own fears, demons and inner hell to those who will witness it.