What better way to launch a global art event than to have a K-Pop band (BTS), Hans Ulrich Obrist and a host of first-rate artists including Sir Antony Gormley officiate. This is what happened today at the Serpentine, in a futuristic wing of the gallery, designed by...
In 2019, Southampton City Art Gallery celebrated their 80th anniversary. This year the Gallery has been selected to feature an exhibit at London Art Fair opening 22 January 2020. Southampton will be showcasing a selection of works that are significant to the history...
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented impact worldwide, many of these exhibitions and events have been postponed or canceled. We’ve just welcomed in not only a new year but a new decade. So let's look forward to the exciting exhibitions that will...
A New Year, a new decade - I’ve been thinking about all the things I currently don’t like about the contemporary art scene here in Britain. Most of all, I don’t like its pervasive self-righteousness, the ever-increasing assumption that ‘official art’ has all the...
Mixed-media installation Under Skin by United States-based Nigerian artist Marcia Kure opens on 12 December at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, presenting a new chapter in the artist’s ongoing investigation into identities and power structures across geography...
The Alt Power 100 2019 Artlyst is our annual way of acknowledging and thanking all of the recipients for making a difference to the 'art world' that we inhabit. Now in its 9th edition, this UK-centric list is a celebration of Artists, Educators, Philanthropists,...
On the surface, Conrad Shawcross' sculpture retains the appearance of scientific rationality. However, the inherent geometry maintains a profoundly poetic and metaphysical core. His art raises many questions about what we take for granted and encourages us to see...
The Queen’s Gallery, behind Buckingham Palace, is the place where the British Royal Collection Trust displays its treasures. The latest exhibition there – George IV: Art and Spectacle – is a particularly splendid example. George IV, alias the Prince Regent, was, next...
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...