From 11 August 2020, Barbican Art Gallery hosts A Countervailing Theory, a site-specific installation for The Curve and the first-ever UK commission by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. An epic cycle of new work unfurls across the 90-metre long gallery, exploring an imagined ancient myth conceived by the artist. An immersive soundscape by renowned conceptual sound artist Peter Adjaye fills…
Los Angeles born artist Martine Syms has earned wide recognition for a practice that combines conceptual grit, humour and social commentary. Using a combination of video, installation and performance, often interwoven with explorations into technique and narrative, Syms examines representations of Blackness and its relationship to vernacular, feminist thought, and radical traditions. The artist obtained…
As part of White Cube’s new online exhibition programme, the gallery presents the work of Tokyo based painter Minoru Nomata. Over the past four decades, the Japanese artist has created a lexicon of imaginary buildings, monoliths, ‘eco-scapes’ and hybrid aerostats. In his singular, striking and heroic forms, Nomata celebrates the machine aesthetic and ingenuity of…
The New Museum has launched a new project by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, called Bedtime Stories, featuring contributions from some of the most eminent names in art and culture, including Iggy Pop, Jeff Koons, Rashid Johnson, David Byrne, Takashi Murakami, Marilyn Minter, Elizabeth Peyton, Jordan Wolfson, Michael Stipe, and Maya Lin. Inviting friends and other artists and performers he admires to keep us…
Exploring indigenous traditions from the Amazon rainforest, alternative perspectives on Western scientific rationalism, and new thinking around plant intelligence, philosophy and cultural theory, The Botanical Mind Online, hosted by London’s Camden Art Centre, investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. It positions the plant…
This week, Frieze debuts Frieze Viewing Room, an ambitious new digital initiative that will launch with an online edition of Frieze New York. The mobile app and web-based platform will be live May 8–15 2020, with a preview from May 6–7, and will offer visitors the opportunity to explore diverse virtual viewing room spaces. Galleries…
Whitechapel Gallery is bringing film, video and animation from around the world to audiences at home as part of its Artists’ Film International (AFI) programme. During these precarious times, every Tuesday a film selected by one of 20 global partners launches on Whitechapel Gallery’s website. AFI is a consortium of organisations from cities around the world,…
Running until 16 May 2020 and curated by Cassie Beadle, London’s Cob Gallery presents its debut online exhibition Escape Fantasy, a selection of original works on paper by Frances Waite. Best known for her subversive approach to photorealistic graphite drawing, Waite’s practice explores the conflicts that arise at uncomfortable intersections between truth and fantasy. Waite’s…