The Art Collective | Gallery 40 | Brighton | Interview with Finn Dean

There is a lot of bitter chatter about public funded arts organisations at the moment. There’s the much contested ACE capital-funding programme, rumours of the…

Q&A: Edinburgh Art Festival Director, Sorcha Carey

Edinburgh Art Festival announces its programme for its ninth edition. Taking place in more than 30 of the city’s museums, not-for-profit and commercial galleries, EAF will feature over 45 exhibitions.

Tate Britain Commission 2012: Patrick Keiller, Tate Britain, London

Patrick Keiller’s most recent project brings the imaginary to life in a very real and concrete way. Robinson, the enigmatic scholar, seeks to explain the current economic and social condition.

Matthew Picton: Urban Narratives, Sumarria Lunn, London

Cities are often described as living organisms; viewed as subject rather than object. Matthew Picton engages with this traditional of humanising the city by deconstructing the clean.

Daytime TV | David Hall: End Piece…, Ambika P3, London

David Hall is a formative figure in time-based art. Credited with introducing the term “time-based media” into circulation, he followed this by creating the first British course in the subject.

The Formal Language of Protest, Tina Hage: Gestalt, Tenderpixel Gallery

Tina Hage is a London-based artist. She grew up in Düsseldorf and studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne until 2004 and then completed her Masters in Fine Art at Goldsmiths in 2009.

The AIPAD Photography Show New York Opens

The 32nd edition of The AIPAD Photography Show New York will open this Thursday 29 March. It promises to be a fantastic show with new work by Philip-Lorca diCorcia from David Zwirner.

Excessive Beauty, Sebastião Salgado & Per-Anders Pettersson: AMAZON, Gallery of Photography, Dublin

This month Dublin’s Gallery of Photography plays host to the work of two esteemed photographers – Sebastião Salgado and Per-Anders Pettersson.

Massimo Nolletti, Bar Lane Studios, York

Massimo Nolletti’s exhibition is a wonderful celebration of the sounds and vibrations of everyday life. This series of work represents the endless possibilities of photography in an urban setting.

Celebrations of the Strange, the Pathetic and the Morbid, Glamourie, Project Space Leeds

An immobile red hatchback, front smashed against a skewed road sign, blares out hypnotic and maniacal club anthems from its boasting stereo system.

A Pilgrimage of Self-Discovery, Idris Khan: The Devil’s Wall, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Born into a Muslim family in Birmingham in 1978, London-based artist Idris Khan decided to stop practising Islam when he was fourteen years old.

Mark Storor: a tender subject, An Artangel Commission, Secret Location, London

“Do you hear me?” echoes a haunted voice in a vacuous subterranean space while a man crouches in a cell unable to escape the persistence of the creeping and persistent speaker.

Birdhead: Welcome to Birdhead Again, Paradise Row Gallery, London

Birdhead’s concern is the flow of power from West to East, as gauged by that thriving metropolis of ever increasing scale, life and culture: Shanghai.

Born out of Necessity, Architecture and Design Galleries, The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Among the most common and enduring definitions of design is “problem solving.” A problem arises, the designer analyses it and distils it into goals, and then she creates a road map to a solution.

Louise Bourgeois: The Return of the Repressed, The Freud Museum, London

The Freud Museum was Sigmund Freud’s home in the last year of his life. The museum has attracted interest in the art world having worked with artists such as Susan Hiller and Mat Collishaw.

Raeda Saadeh: True Tales, Fairy Tales, Rose Issa Projects, London

The title of the current exhibition of photographs by Raeda Saadeh at Rose Issa Projects, London, is well-chosen as True Tales, Fairy Tales brings together and highlights key aspects of the artist’s work.

Santiago Sierra: Dedicated to the Workers & Unemployed, Lisson Gallery, London

Notorious for his controversial and ethically dubious video-works, Santiago Sierra is a contentious and well-known figure in the field of contemporary art.

The Figure in Space, Alice Channer: Body In Space and Edward Thomasson: Inside, South London Gallery, London

Having been given the opportunity to exhibit at South London Gallery, Alice Channer took the bold step of creating an entirely new set of works to fill the impressive gallery space.

Phil Hession: My heart is always trembling, afraid I might give in, The Context Gallery, Derry

Irish folk music has played an intrinsic part in the socio-political history of the Irish working-class. Through this medium an injured party could publicly express their frustrations at the hardship.

Marcus Coates: Proxy, Kate Macgarry Gallery, London

Marcus Coates is best known for his shamanistic performance works in which he channels and consults animal spirits. This element of his practice has already found its way into Tate Britain’s Triennial.