There are those that argue that talent is not innate. Rather, it is the ironclad will to keep on practising in the face of impossibilities. Then there are others who garner talent by being born talent adjacent. Musician Tunday Akintan is lucky in both ways.
VOLTA10 returns to Basel from 16-21 June. This year the vibrant art fair has teamed up with GalleryLOG to produce a number of inspiring videos that take a closer look at the work produced by a number of artists appearing at VOLTA.
VOLTA10 returns to Basel from 16-21 June. This year the vibrant art fair has teamed up with GalleryLOG to produce a number of inspiring videos that take a closer look at the work produced by a number of artists appearing at VOLTA.
Aesthetica is inviting visitors to cast their vote for the Aesthetica Art Prize People’s Choice Award. The exhibition, housed at York St Mary’s – York Art Gallery’s contemporary art space, runs until 22 June and presents the work of eight shortlisted artists.
Continuing their interest in bringing together old and new technologies to reinterpret information and its uses, South Kiosk gallery takes the chronovisor, a device that allegedly allows its user to browse through history, as the point of departure.
VOLTA10 returns to Basel from 16-21 June. This year the vibrant art fair has teamed up with GalleryLOG to produce a number of inspiring videos that take a closer look at the work produced by a number of artists appearing at VOLTA.
Throughout the summer and autumn, the Serpentine Galleries will once again present Park Nights, an annual series of live art events, incorporating poetry, music, film, literature and performance. It takes place on selected Friday evenings in the Serpentine Pavilion 2014.
Main Prize winner Sybille Neumeyer presents her mesmerising installation, Song For the Last Queen, within the group exhibition that also features Student Prize Winner Harriet Lewars.
START art fair is limited to 44 young galleries showcasing artists from around the world. It offers exhibitors a global platform to display their artists’ work at an important stage in their development.
The series of art talks at the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition concludes with a discussion led by Mark Doyle, Head of Collector Development North for the Contemporary Art Society.
Michel Gondry adapts French polymath Boris Vian’s fatalistic story of impossible romance; the result makes a refreshingly surreal contrast to conventional cinema.
Hany Abu-Assad’s Oscar-nominated Omar is a love story set against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, combining the complexities of relationships with the terrors of violence.
UK theatre company Forced Entertainment presents the UK premiere of their new performance, The Notebook, as part of After a War in the festival LIFT at Battersea Arts Centre in London.
SohoCreate opens next week, 4-6 June, for its inaugural creative festival. With an outstanding line-up of guests, including Rob Ryan, Michael Craig-Martin and Yinka Shonibare, the event runs panel sessions with some industry experts.
Degree Show season is upon us once more and art students across the UK are in the process of preparing their final projects for examination. The concluding shows offer audiences an insight into new talents at work in the art industry.
This summer Cornerhouse in Manchester will host the first major European show by American conceptual artist Clifford Owens, across all three of its galleries. Owens’ work explores the intersection of photography, video, text and performance.
Cherie Federico is the Editor of Aesthetica Magazine, and judge for the Aesthetica Art Prize. She will be leading the fourth talk in the series held at York St Mary’s as part of the award.
Today there is one month left to visit the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition at York St Mary’s. The show represents the breadth and quality of work being produced today in the UK and internationally.
Krakow Film Festival in Poland opens this May for its 54th edition. Running for eight days from 25 May until 1 June, the event is one of the oldest film festivals dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe.
