London gallery Pilar Corrias presents Sedrick Chisom’s first solo exhibition in the UK, showing paintings and drawings portraying a post-apocalyptic America. Sitting within the Afrofuturist tradition, Chisom’s imagined future is a mystical, speculative narrative which considers the histories of racism and otherness. In Chisom’s world all people of colour have elected to leave earth, while…
The translation of Alewya’s name from Arabic to English means “most high” or “the highest,” so it’s only fitting that her music centres around the idea of transcendence. The west London singer-songwriter, producer and visual artist was born in Saudi Arabia to an Egyptian father raised in Sudan and an Ethiopian mother. Her family relocated…
In her second exhibition with Sadie Coles HQ, now open and running until 10 July 2021 at 1 Davies Street, Düsseldorf-born Pulle-based artist Kati Heck presents a new group of paintings and drawings which centre on the motif of the horse – both as a historical revenant and a metaphor for the human psyche. In…
Raised in Moldova, Azerbaijani womenswear designer Fidan Novruzova launched her eponymous label back in October 2020, shortly after graduating from Central Saint Martins’ BA Fashion Design and Marketing programme. Following the presentation of her graduate collection, the burgeoning designer promptly received a wave of interest in her work, garnering particular attention for her distinctive footwear…
Clay, and its more refined form of porcelain, have been used for thousands of years to make objects for the home and for display. Artist Rachel Kneebone has developed her own unique form of sculpture, working primarily in porcelain to create highly complex and delicate objects. Her works do not depict the full human form,…
A landmark touring exhibition that celebrates the vitality of recent art made in Britain, the British Art Show is led by the Hayward Gallery every five years, bringing together the work of artists defining new directions in contemporary art to four cities across the UK. Curated by Irene Aristizábal and Hammad Nasar, the British Art…
Artist Sutapa Biswas works in a wide range of media including drawing, painting, photography, moving image, installation and performance. In the 1980s, Biswas was a vital contributor to the Black Arts Movement in Britain. Her work first came to prominence in the landmark exhibition The Thin Black Line curated by the artist Lubaina Himid at…
Brooklyn-born and based experimentalist and multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, also known by L’Rain, is mapping the enormity of how to change. Her second album, Fatigue, to be released via Mexican Summer on 25 June, demands introspection from ready ears with an array of keyboards, synths, and hauntingly delicate vocals that create a genre entirely her own….