Visual arts
Out of Focus: Photography, Saatchi GalleryWednesday, 28 March 2012An exhibition featuring 38 artists who offer an international p erspective on current trends in photography.Includes Adam Broomberg... Read more... |
Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye, Tate ModernWednesday, 28 March 2012An exhibition devoted to the reassessment of the work of Norweg ian painter Edvard Munch. It will explore the artist's engagement with phot ography, film and the birth of modernist theatre. Until October 14 http:/ /bit.ly/gzcM3h Read more... |
Damien Hirst, Tate ModernWednesday, 28 March 2012Key works coving two decades in Hirst's first major survey in apublic gallery. Includes iconic sculptures, including 'The Physical Impos sibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living', 1991, and 'A Thousand Y ears', 1990, as well as new work.... Read more... |
Remote Control, ICAWednesday, 28 March 2012Remote Control surveys the enormous impact that television has had upon contemporary culture through a range of artistic engagement with t he medium. Artists include Adrian Piper, Richard Hamilton, Mark Leckey an d Martha Rosler. Until 10 June http... Read more... |
Burtynsky: Oil, The Photographers' GalleryWednesday, 28 March 2012The Photographers' Gallery reopens with an exhibition of renown ed Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. His images explore the rarely se en mechanics of the manufacture, distribution and use of oil, one of the world's most highly contested... Read more... |
British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, Victoria &Albert MuseumWednesday, 28 March 2012An exhibition showcasing 60 years of British creative talent. D rawing on the V... Read more... |
Brains: The Mind as Matter, Wellcome CollectionWednesday, 28 March 2012A major exhibition that explores what humans have done to the b rain in the cause of medical intervention and scientific enquiry. Brain spe cimens on display include those of Albert Einstein, Charles Baggage and Wi lliam Burke, and there are early... Read more... |
Victorian Visions: Pre-Raphaelite and 19th-Century Art, Leighton H ouseWednesday, 28 March 2012Works from the John Schaeffer collection of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian art. Artists include Waterhouse, Holman Hunt, GF Watts and Leig hton himself. Until 23 September http://bit.ly/hVTT59 Read more... |
theASHtray: Stanley Donwood, Mark Ronson, and Round Ireland with a flopSaturday, 24 March 2012
A couple of nights ago I went to a book launch at Waterstone’s, Notting Hill, for a collection of un-illustrated short stories (Household Worms) by a visual artist (Stanley Donwood) perhaps best known for his work in the music industry (producing... Read more... |
Liz Forgan steps down as head of ACEFriday, 23 March 2012The Secretary of State for Culture, Jeremy Hunt, announced today that he will not reappoint Dame Liz Forgan as Chair of Arts Council England when her term ends in January 2013. Liz Forgan was appointed Arts Council England's Chair in February... Read more... |
Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude, National GalleryFriday, 16 March 2012
The British grand tourists not only fell in love with Italy. They fell in love with the landscapes of 17th-century ex-pat artist Claude Lorrain (1604/5-1682), depicting the Roman campagna in which the gods disported themselves. JMW Turner (1775-1851... Read more... |
Caro at ChatsworthWednesday, 14 March 2012Spanning four decades, 15 arge-scale sculptures by British art ist Anthony Caro, displayed in the garden of Chatsworth House. Until 1 Jul y http://bit.ly/zGOREW Read more... |
