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Davidge

Full of electronica and orchestral echoes, Slo Light is a collection of songs built on suspense and varied levels of noise.

Free Fall

Betrayal and guilt are the recurring themes in Free Fall, Stephen Lacant’s powerful film about forbidden love.

Philippe Halsman: Astonish Me!

Halsman’s relentless creativity kept his magnificent imagery alive and allowed him to construct a vivid picture of prosperous American society.

Le Week-End

Two lost souls seek a light at the end of the long tunnel called marriage and hope to find it on a romantic weekend in Paris.

Familiar Relationships

Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s The Past follows his multi award-winning drama A Separation with a rigorous examination of truth, history and human relationships.

Illustration Now! Fashion

It’s easy to forget that every dress, coat and shoe begins as an illustration. Julius Wiedemann draws attention to the industry’s reliance on this skill.

Liberty: British Colour Pattern

Referred to by Oscar Wilde as “the chosen resort of the artistic shopper”, Liberty has maintained its creative relevance for more than a century.

Unoccupied Spaces

Regularly seeking out abandoned spaces with her camera, VanDeman finds traces of past inhabitants in the remaining furniture, letters and possessions.

Ásgeir

In The Silence is the debut of Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir, who is already something of a sensation in his homeland.

A Social Experience

Fuerzabruta returns to the Roundhouse, bringing with it an exciting celebration of carnival and street theatre in which reality is disregarded in favour of dreams.

Becoming Traviata

Becoming Traviata takes a look behind the curtain of Jean-François Sivadier’s re-imagining of Verdi’s masterpiece, as it moves around the demise of its namesake, Violetta Valéry, the “fallen woman.”

Artistic Intersections

Filmmaker and artist Isaac Julien’s PLAYTIME at Victoria Miro is an ambitious new body of work exploring the dramatic and nuanced subject of capital.

The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant follows two scrappy 13-year-olds as they reject a school system that doesn’t accept them.

Richard Deacon

A leading British sculptor, Richard Deacon’s work was on display at Tate Britain in a large chronological survey featuring around 40 individual pieces..

A Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today

Marc Valli’s introduction reminds the reader of the value inherent in painting and its place in the digital world.

Jed Devine: Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York

Jed Divine’s solo photography exhibition at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery celebrates the development of his work into new territory, interrogating the spaces of the artist’s daily life and experience.

Philip-Lorca diCorcia, The Hepworth Wakefield

One of America’s most important contemporary photographers will be celebrated at The Hepworth Wakefield this February in the UK’s first major survey of work by Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

Eric Steel: Kiss the Water

Fly fishing is perhaps not the most popular topic for cinema, yet Eric Steel’s lyrical film shows a new side to this niche hobby by focusing on the devotion and love of one woman to her craft.

Joana Vasconcelos: Time Machine, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester

Joana Vasconcelos’s vibrant and tactile art will be on display at the Manchester Art Gallery. Joana Vasconcelos: Time Machine showcases 20 of the Portuguese artist’s most significant sculptures.

Art Rotterdam

For its 15th edition, Art Rotterdam has moved to a new location at the Van Nellefabriek. The extensive programme includes Main, New Art and Projections – the second edition of the video section.