The second Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA) has been announced. This major new biennial in Latvia lists participants for the event entitled ‘and suddenly it all blossoms’.
11 December 2019
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Kiki Smith creates an embodied art. She chose the human body as her subject because it is the one form that we all share; something with which each one of us has our own authentic experience. Her choice was informed by undertaking training to become an Emergency Medical Technician and also by the Catholicism of her upbringing.
26 November 2019
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Mid-career artist Helen Evans Ramsaran’s sculptural contemplations from her solo show Extinction on ancient humanity and nature are inspired by her experiences traveling through Egypt, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
21 November 2019
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The Goss-Michael Foundation located in Dallas Texas is presenting Nothing New Under The Sun, a showcase of eight new works by the South African artist Ryan Hewett in association with Unit London.
21 November 2019
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The Met Museum’s collection of British decorative arts is one of the most important outside the United Kingdom. Covering the 16th to 19th century
9 November 2019
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A star-studded charity art auction featuring exclusive works by Quentin Blake, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Michael Craig-Martin, Howard Hodgkin, Patrick Hughes, Julian Opie, Cornelia Parker, Bridget Riley, and others is to take place from 7 November until 21st November
5 November 2019
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A landmark collaboration has been announced between Yuz Museum Shanghai (YUZ), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and Qatar Museums (QM)
4 November 2019
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The Art Space is an art gallery, creative hub and cafe rooted in the Bahrain Bay Wharf, a new location for art and luxury overlooking landmarks such as the Four Seasons Hotel, Bahrain Financial Harbour and the World Trade Center.
4 November 2019
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In her first solo exhibition in London, Caroline Coon is ‘The Great Offender’, displaying her large scale, didactic paintings at TRAMPS, from September 29th 2019.
28 October 2019
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Andy Warhol Tate Modern retrospective celebrates one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His life and work… Read More
28 October 2019
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A new exhibition of paintings and sculpture by the contemporary Irish/American artist Sean Scully (b. 1945, Dublin) has opened in Picasso’s historic former studio at the Château de Boisgeloup.
27 October 2019
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Lap-See Lam creates ‘Phantom Banquet’, a live installation and performance piece spanning several rooms and informed by the language and hospitality of rituals observed at Chinese restaurants in Sweden.
21 October 2019
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London born artist and curator Simon Tarrant launches his latest solo exhibition #isthisnow? at gallery@oxo from 30 October – 10 November 2019.
21 October 2019
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Nearly a year to the day after ‘Defining Structure’, artist and curator Alexander Hinks returns to The Cello Factory. Amalgamation, the title he has chosen for this exhibition, suggests pluralism rather than purity, symbiotic relationships over synthesis, a mutual benefit beyond sharing common points of departure or goals.
16 October 2019
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The internationally recognised abstract painter Liliane Tomasko is presenting a new exhibition of her work in the sublime settings of Château La Coste in France.
15 October 2019
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Dreams and Dystopias, East Africa at the Crossroads is a photography exhibition by Guillaume Bonn with films from Grace Ndiritu and the Aga Khan Foundation Dreams and Dystopias visually navigates the East African coastline
9 October 2019
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This major exhibition will unite all of the paintings and engravings in Hogarth’s Place and Progress series for the first time displayed across the Georgian backdrop of Sir John Soane’s Museum. Through these works, the exhibition will explore the artist’s complicated stance on morality, society, and the city, and the enduring appeal of his satires.
8 October 2019
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On the occasion of Arnulf Rainer’s 90th birthday, the Albertina Museum is presenting a selection of his works from its extensive holdings.
8 October 2019
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A travel-themed pop-up sponsored by Montblanc in collaboration with the London contemporary artist, Philip Colbert opens between 15 – 20 October at 47 Brushfield Street, Spitalfields Market.
7 October 2019
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A significant exhibition by Ai Weiwei featuring a new series of monumental sculptural works in iron cast from large tree roots sourced in Brazil during research and production for last year’s survey exhibition, ‘Raiz’, at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed OCA Pavilion in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo.
1 October 2019
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Tate Modern has unveiled a monumental 13-metre-high fountain created by the American artist Kara Walker. Walker is best known for her thought-provoking investigations of race, sexuality and violence through the history of slavery,
1 October 2019
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Maureen Paley is presenting the fourth solo exhibition at the gallery by Liam Gillick.
27 September 2019
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Leading British artist Rose Wylie will present an exhibition of paintings and drawings at The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida,
27 September 2019
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The YBA artist Gavin Turk’s fascination with waste is a reoccurring theme throughout his body of work, exploring its aesthetic, function and value.
6 September 2019
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Bahrain has been chosen as the guest of honour at La Biennale Paris 2019. They will be taking on board a major Pavilion dedicated not only to contemporary art but also to crafts from this Gulf country.
4 September 2019
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A new exhibition in association with the Tom of Finland Foundation at Cross Lane Projects Kendal, Cumbria marks the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen).
3 September 2019
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A newly curated exhibition brings together some of the most notable names of the 20th century’s Avant-Garde scene, for the first time, at the spectacular Louvre Abu Dhabi.
14 August 2019
Sculptures by Sterling Ruby will be the feature Britannia Street exhibition at Gagosian over Frieze Week.
13 August 2019
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INTERVENTIONS/2 marks the first time that the world-renowned artist and activist Yoko Ono presents a solo show in the city of Bristol.
12 August 2019
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London-based artist Jessie Brennan has been commissioned to develop four new, temporary public artworks exploring the nature of life and work in the Royal Docks.
9 August 2019
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A new exhibition of the work of Albert Oehlen (b. 1954, Krefeld, Germany) has been announced for the Serpentine.
9 August 2019
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The noted writer and curator Paul Carey-Kent gives us his rolling ten recommended Contemporary and Modern art exhibitions for August 2019 in London now. Paul currently freelances for Art Monthly, Frieze, Elephant, STATE, Photomonitor, Border Crossings and World of Interiors, and has a weekly online column at FAD Art News.
4 August 2019
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