london art news Archives

New permanent artwork by Alexandre da Cunha unveiled at Battersea Power Station Underground station.

Today Art on the Underground unveiled a new major permanent artwork by London-based Brazilian artist Alexandre da Cunha, installed at… Read More

Royal Opera House, National Theatre, Southbank Centre + more welcome Little Amal to London.

Arts, culture and humanitarian organisations across London are coming together to welcome Little Amal when she visits London from 22nd–… Read More

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‘The Artist’s Garden’ with Lakwena 1,400 sqm Temple Station roof terrace comes to life

For the first time since it was built in 1870 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette, the vast undiscovered half-acre roof terrace… Read More

ARTIST ROOMS: Phyllida Barlow, the latest in this series of free displays at Tate Modern, now open.

ARTIST ROOMS: Phyllida Barlow, the latest in this series of free displays at Tate Modern, opens to the public today…. Read More

Practice in Action: A Review of Theaster Gates at Richard Gray Gallery

What results from urban planning, social practice, and a hunger for change? Theaster Gates at Richard Gray may be it. The latest exhibition from the Chicago based artist emphasised the intersection of fine art and social progression.

Philip Colbert #lookingforU

Ahead of the group show ‘Looking For U’ an exhibition exploring art in the digital age – we have managed to catch up briefly with one of the artists Philip Colbert. The exhibition opens tonight at The Unit London (a new 6,000 sqft gallery in Mayfair)

INTERVIEWS

FUGITIVE FEMINISM

The Institute of Contemporary Arts presents a five-day convening of artists, academics and activists focused on contemporary Black feminist politics, examining the impossibility of Black women’s claims to womanhood and the new spaces that are created by a politics of refusal. Generating conversations across the diaspora and across generations, a range of thinkers and practitioners present a series of talks, workshops, film screenings and performance.

Miriam Austin: Gimmel

Gimmel will be Miriam Austin’s second solo exhibition at Bosse & Baum. Based in London, New Zealand-born Austin has a rich multidisciplinary practice that explores the relationship between ritual, myth, ecological fragility, and the politics of the body

Collier Schorr solo exhibition In Front of the Camera

Modern Art are showing a solo exhibition of work by Collier Schorr. This is her 4th solo exhibition with the gallery.

EXHIBITIONS

Exhibition of new work Blobz from cult American artist, Kenny Scharf opens in London

Cult American artist, Kenny Scharf, the grandfather of Street Art, who alongside friends Haring and Basquiat founded the street art movement in 1980s New York with his surreal pop art murals, is to have his first UK exhibition for ten years in London.

Coming soon: Banksy and his greatest hits 2002 -2008

Banksy’s original gallerist Steve Lazarides and his Lazinc co-founder Wissam Al Mana are going to exhibit an influential collection of Banksy’s most iconic images this summer.

James Ostrer explores race, greed and the tribal elite in his new show opening next week.

In 2016 world-renowned curator Azu Nwagbogu invited James to show his 2014 ‘Wotsit All About’ series in Lagos, Nigeria. Naturally, Nwagbogu expected Ostrer to come along with his fetishised junk food portraits that had warned the west of over-consumption.

The power of food. An interview with Inês Neto Dos Santos

Inês Neto Dos Santos is a Portuguese artist who recently graduated from the Royal College of Arts in London. She has always demonstrated a keen interest in the relation between human beings and the elements surrounding their daily lives.

INTERVIEW: British artist and architect, Mark Dziewulski, exhibits work from the Venice Biennale 2017 for the first time in London

FAD caught up with British artist and architect, Mark Dziewulski ahead of his new exhibition where he will be exhibiting some of his work from the Venice Biennale 2017 for the first time in London.

Robin Fox’s Concert For Lasers, A Ballet Performed By Snails and A Polyphonic Headphone Opera from Belgium…

Cryptic’s Sonica Festival returns to Kings Place following its successful London debut in 2016.
This Friday 20th and Saturday 21st April 2018 Sonica will offer a packed weekend of the best international audiovisual work, intimate installations and multi-sensory performances.

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Get a portrait painted live for only £200, from L.A. artist Joel Mesler in Mayfair gallery next week

As part of Simon Lee Galleries Viewing Room programme they open an exhibition of new paintings by New York-based artist and art dealer, Joel Mesler. For his first solo exhibition in the UK, Mesler will exhibit paintings from his ongoing body of work based on the alphabet.

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Wilhelm Sasnal Sleep

For his 2018 exhibition at Sadie Coles HQ, Wilhelm Sasnal is going to present a group of new paintings in which present-day reality, memory and art history are concurrent and indivisible strands.

Marcelle Joseph Interviews Ceramic Artist Sebastian Stöhrer

Marcelle Joseph interviews the German artist Sebastian Stöhrer to find out what drives his ceramic sculpture practice featuring vases of all shapes & sizes

Amalia Ulman Dances on top of Privilege for her London Solo Show at Arcadia Missa

Crimson balloons festooning the ceiling, a black and white checkerboard dance floor under foot, shimmery white curtains partially covering views of the Manhattan skyline…

VIDEO: Ben Bengler #POSTDIGITALWEEKEND

Ben Bengler is a creative technologist, interaction designer, researcher and artist.

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FAD Q+A with Neil James #PostDigitalWeekend @DegreeArt

Neil James is currently exhibiting his complex glass sculptures in DegreeArt’s Post Digital exhibition. We chat to the sculptor about what Post Digital means to him, and how he creates his unique art works.