Ten Must See Art Exhibitions Out Of London 2018
Here are Artlyst’s tips for the ten must-see exhibitions outside of the capital this year.
2 January 2018
Events
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
Experience a unique journey through the design stories of the world’s greatest ocean liners, including the Titanic, Normandie, the Queen Mary and the Canberra, and discover how these impressive vessels still loom large in our cultural imagination.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Gideon Rubin Blacks Out Hitler’s Mein Kampf For Freud Museum Exhibition
The Freud Museum is presenting BLACK BOOK, an exhibition of new work by Gideon Rubin and the latest in a critically acclaimed series curated by James Putnam.
12 December 2017
Coventry Plans Diverse and Inclusive UK City Of Culture For 2021
Coventry is still reeling from the good news, last week that they have succeeded in their bid to become the Uk’s City of Culture in 2021.
12 December 2017
Sean Lynch: Devil In The Detail
An exhibition of works by the acclaimed Irish artist, Sean Lynch. Lynch’s artistic practice focuses on storytelling, specifically unwritten narratives and almost-forgotten histories.
Monday-Friday: 10am–6pm Saturday: 12-5pm
Secular Icons in an Age of Moral Uncertainty
Taking its title from Nathan Coley’s eponymous grids of fairground lights, the exhibition brings together forms of image-making which – while redolent of an art history spanning from Byzantine icon painting to 20th-century avant-gardes – decidedly engage with the now.
Tue–Fri 10–6 Sat 12–5 Or by appointment
Combining Materials
Rosenfeld Porcini’s exhibition Combining Materials features a selection of sculptural works illustrating how the juxtaposition of unlikely materials respond to the formal experiments voiced by a diverse range of contemporary artists.
Monday – Friday 11-7pm Saturday 11–6pm
Listen: 140 Years of Recorded Sound
Sound. Take the time to explore it.
Just how important have the sounds of the past 140 years been to our lives? Dive into the British Library sound archive in a free exhibition looking at the significance of sound since the phonograph was invented in 1877.
09:30 - 20:00
Harry Potter: A History of Magic
The British Library unveils rare books, manuscripts and magical objects from its collection, capturing the traditions of folklore and magic which are at the heart of the Harry Potter stories.
09:30 - 18:00
Carmen Herrera
Carmen Herrera’s sixth exhibition with Lisson Gallery features a large Estructura, along with a number of paintings and works on paper, the exhibition displays some of Herrera’s most ambitious work to date.
Monday - Friday: 10:00am - 6:00pm Saturday: 11:00am - 5:00pm
Roy Colmer
Influenced by the likes of Arshile Gorky, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik and Jackson Pollock, with a career spanning five decades, Roy Colmer’s work holds an important place in the narrative of contemporary art.
Monday–Friday, 10am–6pm Saturday, 11am–5pm
Art Basel Miami Beach What The Dealers Said – 2017 Round-Up
Art Basel in Miami Beach now in its 16th edition closed with buoyant sales across the board.
11 December 2017
Desperate Artwives Online Auction
Link to auction : https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/desperateartwivesonlineauction2017
Nomadic Gardens Winter Festival Exhibition
The Nomadic Gardens Winter Festival Exhibition is a chance to celebrate the Nomadic Gardens by exhibiting artwork that has responded to the unique space.
Sat 16 Dec: 4pm-10pm All other dates: Open for private viewing during week and weekends 10:30-4 please book ahead
Help Refugees: Auction Unites A-List Artists To Help Raise Funds
The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is one of 27 artists who have given their support to a high profile charity auction in aid of award-winning NGO, Help Refugees.
5 December 2017
Bill Gates To Loan Da Vinci Leicester Codex To Uffizi Gallery
The Leicester Codex by Leonardo da Vinci will be loaned to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence for the first time in 20 years.
2 December 2017
Jewyo Rhii
In this inaugural exhibition at Amanda Wilkinson Gallery, Jewyo Rhii presents a horizontal sculpture that echoes the shape of the vertical fence in a previous installation, ‘Walls to Talk to’.
Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6pm
Guide Miami Beach Art Week 2017 Plus Satellite Fairs And Museums
The week of Miami Beach Art Basel has become a major event for Miami and the global art pack.
29 November 2017
Charles I: King and Collector
Discover the legendary art collection of Charles I. For the first time since the 17th century, this landmark exhibition will bring together the astounding treasures that changed the taste of the nation.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
From Life
Drawing from casts and life models was long considered essential training for any aspiring artist, and was once a staple of the Royal Academy’s own art school. Now, on the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, this special exhibition project takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.
Saturday – Thursday 10am – 6pm Friday 10am – 10pm
Cedric Christie: Dagenham Opus
The inaugural exhibition at WBG London Projects on Tower Bridge Road is Dagenham Opus, a solo presentation of new and developing work by Cedric Christie, influenced by the relocating of his studio a year ago into a steel bending factory in Dagenham.
Fridays and Saturdays 12 - 6pm or by appointment
Art In The Park Open Studios
Visit the working studio of artists Andrea Sinclair, Nam Tran, Jane Higginbottom, Florence Goodhand-Tait, Ange Mukeza and Jar and Fern.
12-4pm
Andreas Gursky
Andreas Gursky marks the beginning of the Hayward Gallery’s 50th anniversary year and is the first exhibition to take place in the gallery following its two-year refurbishment. For the first time since the Hayward’s original opening, the gallery’s pyramid roof lights will allow natural light into the spaces below.
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Monika Sosnowska Structural Exercises
The exhibition features an entirely new body of work by Monika Sosnowska and is the artist’s inaugural exhibition in the gallery’s London space.
Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 6 pm
Arnulf Rainer: Early Work
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac London presents the most comprehensive and extensive show to date of Arnulf Rainer’s early work.
Tues-Sat 10-6
Lee Bul: After Bruno Taut
One of the foremost contemporary artists in Korea today, Lee Bul creates works that reflect her philosophical exploration of the 20th-century cultural history.
Tues-Sat 10am-6pm
Medardo Rosso: Sight Unseen and his Encounters with London
An exhibition of the works of Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), one of the founders of modern sculpture. Medardo Rosso: Sight Unseen and his Encounters with London is the first exhibition to focus on Rosso’s relationship with London.
TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10AM - 6PM
Aspects of German Art (Part Two)
Aspects of German Art (part two) spans eight decades of German painting and features work by some of the most important and pioneering artists of the twentieth century.
Mon - Fri 11am - 6pm Sat 10.30am - 2.30pm
Marie Harnett: Still
A major exhibition of new works by British artist Marie Harnett (b. 1983), celebrating fleeting moments of drama, beauty and suspense from contemporary film.
Monday – Friday: 10am – 5.30 pm Saturday: 11am – 2pm
Peter Doig
An exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Peter Doig.
Tuesday through Saturday 10am to 6pm
ParisPhoto 2017 Ebbs And Flows – by Zoltan Alexander
The Grand Palais always starts with the Mini Palais, the hidden corner café-bar-restaurant filled with friends, collectors, art lovers and the media.
23 November 2017
London Art Week Winter 2017
The inaugural London Art Week Winter event runs for one week at the beginning of December 2017 – and promises to be unmissable.
Thursday 30 November: Preview 3pm – 8pm Friday 1 December - Friday 8 December: 10am – 6pm Weekend: 11am – 5pm