Visual arts
Helen Chadwick: Works from the EstateMonday, 13 May 2013Marking the 60th anniversary of the birth of the British artist , who died in 1996, this exhibition includes key works such as Meat Abstr acts, 1989, Wreaths of Pleasure,1992-3 Ego Geometria Sum, 1982-4 and Pi ss Flowers, 1991-92. Until 28 June http... Read more... |
Michael Landy: Saints Alive, National GalleryMonday, 13 May 2013A series of large-scale kinetic sculptures that bring a contemp orary twist to the lives of the saints. The work is a culmination of the ar tist's two-year residency with the gallery. Until 24 November http://bit .ly/RzX2KZ Read more... |
Propaganda: Power and Persuasion, British LibraryMonday, 13 May 2013From posters, films, cartoons, sounds and texts, and exhibi tion that sets out to reveal the myriad ways that states try to influence a nd persuade their citizens. Until 17 September http://bit.ly/WwwKhW Read more... |
Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, Tate BritainMonday, 13 May 2013The first major survey in a public gallery of the British artis t famed for his dour scenes of industrial life in and around Manchester. Until 20 October http://bit.ly/LbyPKb Read more... |
Merlin James, Parasol UnitMonday, 13 May 2013Paintings by the Welsh artist, from his early career in the 19 80s to the present. Until 10 August http://parasol-unit.org/upcoming-exh ibitions Read more... |
Leon Kossoff: London Landscapes, Annely Juda Fine ArtFriday, 10 May 2013
Sixty years of hard work, encapsulated in 90 drawings and a handful of thickly encrusted paintings, by the distinguished, obsessive, single-minded octagenerian artist Leon Kossoff (b 1926) vividly set out a passionate attachment to a simultaneously... Read more... |
Great Artists: In Their Own Words, BBC FourThursday, 09 May 2013
After the marvellous Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words, the BBC has once again rummaged through its documentary archives, this time to see what artists have to say for themselves. Artists are often not the most loquacious breed, which is why they... Read more... |
Mamma Andersson / Andreas Eriksson, Stephen Friedman GalleryMonday, 06 May 2013
With their curious juxtapositions and scrambling of pictorial space a dream-like atmosphere is conjured in Mamma Andersson’s paintings. Her scenes are often confined to the domestic or everyday realm, but, even when peopled, suggest something closer... Read more... |
theartsdesk in Prague: Two Faces of MuchaSunday, 05 May 2013
The work of Alphons Mucha (1860-1939) is immediately identifiable with its decorative flowers, delicate colours and wide-eyed women staring seductively at the viewer. He was one of the pioneers of art nouveau and the art of advertising. In Prague an... Read more... |
Ellen Gallagher: AxME, Tate ModernThursday, 02 May 2013Gallagher's striking collages and works on paper draw from an e clectic range of sources including myth, advertising and black popular cul ture. Until 1 September http://bit.ly/ZMDJ9l Read more... |
William Scott: Divided Figure, Jerwood Gallery, HastingsThursday, 02 May 2013
Down by the seaside, an array of rather lumpen large naked women are marching, posing, reclining, and even rolling over along the walls of the new Jerwood Gallery, delineated by William Scott (1913-1989). Scott’s centenary is being commemorated with... Read more... |
Ellen Gallagher: AxME, Tate ModernWednesday, 01 May 2013
Ellen Gallagher is obsessed by the issue of black cultural identity; but if that sounds tedious or tendentious, think again. She explores her theme in work that is so varied, so beautiful and so humorous that the furrow she ploughs seems more like... Read more... |
