Let there be the Light: A new art gallery and museum opens in Durham
1 September 2026 • Tabish Khan
A £17m transformation has turned Durham’s former DLI Museum into The Light, opening with a dazzling contemporary exhibition
Tag: Cerith Wyn Evans
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer
9 October 2020 • Meike Brunkhorst
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer is a multi-faceted portrait of the groundbreaking dancer and choreographer told by and through the eyes of the creative voices and faces the artist has collaborated with since he launched Michael Clark & Company, aged only 22, in 1984.
Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer
25 September 2020 • Mark Westall
This October, Barbican Art Gallery stages the first ever major exhibition on the groundbreaking dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. Exploring his unique combination of classical and contemporary culture
The Word is Art.
6 November 2018 • Mark Westall
The Word is Art is a fascinating global overview of how contemporary artists incorporate text and language into work that speaks to some of the most pressing issues of the 21st century
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics
10 August 2018 • Mark Westall
DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics is the first institutional exhibition to expand on the traditional representations of drag, involving drag queens, drag kings and bio drags from different generations and backgrounds.
The five shortlisted artists for The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture just announced.
22 March 2018 • Mark Westall
The Hepworth Wakefield announced today the five shortlisted artists for The Hepworth Prize for Sculpture 2018. The £30,000 biennial award recognises a British or UK-based artist of any age, at any stage in their career, who has made a significant contribution to the development of contemporary sculpture.
N E O N / L I G H T : Hirst, Lucas, Saville, Eno + Wyn Evans
15 March 2018 • Mark Westall
NEON / LIGHT is a new exhibition opening next week featuring sculpture by Cerith Wyn Evans, Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Peter Saville and Brian Eno. The show explores the use of light, predominantly neon, as a tool for text, image and planes of colour, often seductive but frequently disguising a more sinister narrative.
ANIMALITY 140 works of art by more than 70 artists in the layout of a Zoo !
3 November 2016 • Mark Westall
ANIMALITY examines how an artistic and theoretical impetus might be formed that challenges the way we think about beings that are not of our own species.
The Neo Naturists opens in London
7 July 2016 • Staff
Studio Voltaire presents a retrospective of the 1980’s performance group the Neo Naturists. This is the first historical survey of the Neo Naturists work in a public institution.
The Top 5 Frieze Posts on FAD Last Week.
20 October 2014 • Mark Westall
The most read posts on FAD during Frieze Week
ART OPENING: House of the Nobleman Present LIGHT FANTASTIC at 12 Hay Hill Monday 13th October #FriezeWeek 2014
13 October 2014 • Mark Westall
House of the Nobleman will be celebrating its 5th annual exhibition, during Frieze week , with a major display of Light Art at 12 Hay Hill in London’s Mayfair.
Review: Trisha Donnelly & Cerith Wyn Evans @SerpentineUK
22 September 2014 • Tabish Khan
But we have two openings this month, both quite conceptual though radically different, and I’ve assessed each one in turn:
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
WIN: Freedom not Genius – Works from Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection we have TEN copies for you to WIN.
30 November 2012 • Mark Westall
WIN: About Freedom Not Genius a book about Damien Hirst’s Murderme Collection.
ART BOOK : The Art of Not Making The NewArtist/Artisan Relationship Michael Petry
11 April 2011 • Mark Westall
The Art of Not Making:The New Artist/Artisan Relationship is the first book to tackle these questions head on, exploring the concepts of authorship, artistic originality, skill, craftsmanship and the creative act
Cerith Wyn Evans “Everyone’s gone to the movies, now we’re alone at last”
12 April 2010 • Mark Westall
Image:©the artist Courtesy White Cube White Cube Mason’s Yard 14 April – 22 May 2010 “Rinsed with mercury / Throughout… Read More
Damien Hirst’s Unicorn on Display at Tate St Ives this Autumn
10 August 2009 • Mark Westall
Tate announced yesterday that Damien Hirst’s large vitrine work, The Child’s Dream 2008, will go on show at Tate St… Read More
Cerith Wyn Evans and Throbbing Gristle A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N at Tramway from August 7th
6 August 2009 • Mark Westall
Tramway is delighted to present the European premier of the sound installation entitled A=P=P=A=R=I=T=I=O=N (2008), a collaboration between Welsh artist Cerith Wyn Evans and the experimental music collective Throbbing Gristle.