For visual artist Diedrick Brackens, whose textile narratives are shaped by his evolving encyclopedia of allegorical symbols, the lake near his birthplace of Mexia, Texas has become the absorbing protagonist of his newest series of tapestries. Lake Mexia is a thousand-acre span of abundance, celebration, nostalgia, and grief. When viewed from above, it appears as…
From 7–18 October 2020, the latest BFI London Film Festival will be the first ever edition to be widely accessible across the UK, with over 50 virtual premieres, free online talks and cinema screenings throughout the country. Festival Director, Tricia Tuttle explains: “Like many other live events around the world, we’ve had to make changes…
With annual editions in London, New York and Marrakech, 1-54 is the leading international art fair dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. Drawing reference to the fifty-four countries that constitute the African continent, 1-54 is a dynamic platform that is engaged in contemporary dialogue and exchange. Initiated by Touria El Glaoui in…
Face to Face is a new public exhibition of social documentary and portrait photography curated by British writer, broadcaster, curator and former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Ekow Eshun, in partnership with the Fund for Global Human Rights. The exhibition will take place from 7 October to 1 November 2020 at Kings Cross…
NEW INC was cofounded by Lisa Phillips and Karen Wong in 2014 and is the first museum-led cultural incubator dedicated to supporting innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship across art, design, and technology. Under the directorship of Stephanie Pereira, the New Museum’s cultural incubator welcomes its seventh annual class this month. 64 members working at the intersection…
The Artist Self Publishers’ Fair (ASP Fair) will return for its 6th edition on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September 2020 with over 100 international and UK artist self-publishers. ASP Fair seeks to highlight the practice of self-publishing and provides a platform for artists wishing to present work that circumvents the market mechanisms and constraints…
This autumn, from 7 October 2020, Barbican Art Gallery stages the first ever major exhibition on the groundbreaking dancer and choreographer Michael Clark. Exploring his unique combination of classical and contemporary culture, Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer unfolds as a constellation of striking portraits of Clark through the eyes of eminent collaborators and world-renowned artists including Charles Atlas, BodyMap,…
Founded as an independent project by galleries VI, VII, based in Oslo, and Copenhagen’s Christian Andersen, June Art Fair was conceived as a platform to promote the work of emerging artists and to encourage rediscovery of more established but under-recognised figures. Debuted during Basel Art Week in 2019, the first edition of June Art Fair…