News 2015
Clare Winsten - 31 Fournier Street
An exhibition of Clare Winsten drawings is on show at 31 Fournier Street, London E1, from 5 - 16 May 2015. Visits are by appointment only, see www.31fournierstreet.co.uk.
Matt Copson - New Studio Bursary Award 2015
Matt Copson is the recipient of the inaugural Bloomberg New Contemporaries Studio Award for Graudate Artists, which will provide him with a rent-free studio for one year. The bursary is funded by Bloomberg New Contemporaries Supporters Club.
Professor Sharon Morris - Inaugural Lecture
Professor Sharon Morris is giving her Inaugural Lecture, “The first smile”: A Poetics of the Ephemeral and Durational, at the Wilkins Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, 2nd Floor, South Junction, Wilkins Building, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, on Tuesday 12 May 2015 at 6.30pm. Booking is on Eventbrite.
Vent - Guy's Hospital MediCinema
Jayne Wilton is showing a screening of Vent, at Guy's Hospital, second floor, Southwark Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, on Thursday 30 April 2015, from 12.30 - 1.30pm. See visualisingbreath.blogspot.co.uk.
2014 Research Excellence Framework
In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, 79% of the Slade's research activity was recognised as being in the top two categories of 4* ('world leading') or 3* ('internationally excellent') while 100% of the impact of our research activity was recognised as having either outstanding or very considerable impact in terms of its reach and significance. With 95% of eligible staff included in the submission, this confirms the Slade as one of the country’s leading university departments for research in Fine Art.
Institutionally UCL is the top-rated university in the UK for research strength in the new Research Excellence Framework 2014 published today, by a measure of average research score multiplied by staff numbers submitted. - See more at: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles.
Drawing Biennial 2015 - Drawing Room
Edward Allington, Register of Members and Small Fires, 2014, ink and emulsion on ledger paper 28.1 x 21 cm
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Slade tutors Edward Allington, Simon Faithfull, Melanie Jackson, Lisa Milroy and Professor Emeritus Phyllida Barlow and alumni Michael Armitage, Rana Begum, David Blandy, Jill Bradley, Nicholas Byrne, Martin Creed, Angela de la Cruz, Tacita Dean, Jess Flood-Paddock, Jamie George, Helena Goldwater, Oona Grimes, Emma Hart, Rowena Hughes, Sarah Macdonald, Vicken Parsons, Aura Satz, Boo Saville, Daniel Silver, Marianna Simnett, Georgina Starr and Patrick Ward. have all donated to the Drawing Biennial 2015. The exhibition takes place at Drawing Room, Tannery Arts, 12 Rich Estate, Crimscott Street, London SE1 5TE, from 5 March - 30 April 2015. Drawings will be auctioned on 16 April 10am - 30 April 9pm. See drawingroom.org.uk.
Things That Tumble Twice - Tenderpixel
Florian Roithmayr is showing in Things That Tumble Twice at Tenderpixel Gallery, 8 - 10 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE, from 29 March - 6 May 2015. See www.tenderpixel.com.
The Sleeping Giant - Amersham Arms
Sarah Cameron and Matt Copson are taking part in The Sleeping Giant Painting Exhibition and Music, at the Amersham Arms, 388 New Cross Road, SE14 6TY, on Tuesday 24 March 2015, from 7pm -12 midnight. See www.theamershamarms.com.
Contemporary Drawings - Kettle's Yard
Professor Emeritus Phyllida Barlow and alumni Antony Gormley, Daniel Silver and Rachel Whiteread are showing in Contemporary Drawings at Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ, from 17 March - 21 June 2015. See www.kettlesyard.co.uk.
Zabludowicz Collection Invites: Flore Nové-Josserand
Zabludowicz Collection Invites: Flore Nové-Josserand is at Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT, from 19 March - 19 April 2015. See www.zabludowiczcollection.com.
1-Day Sculpture Park - UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory
1-Day Sculpture Park - UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory Poster
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There is a 1-Day Sculpture Park taking place in the grounds and building of the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury Hill Road, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, as part of the Slade Rock Room Project, on Thursday 26 March 2015.
Rambert Commissioned Artworks
Rambert (Movement VI), 2013 by Catherine Yass is a specially commissioned artwork now showing in Rambert Dance Company's building on 99 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PP. See dancetabs.com.
Pre-Pop to Post-Human: Collage in the Digital Age - Hayward Touring
Prints by Helen Carmel Benigson, Gabriele Beveridge, Adham Faramawy and Eduardo Paolozzi are showing in Pre-Pop to Post-Human: Collage in the Digital Age, as follows:
14 – 27 July 2014
Galway Arts Festival
15 November – 12 December 2014
North London Collegiate School, Edgware
14 February - 11 April 2015
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
18 April - 16 May 2015
Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley
23 May - 21 June 2015
Crescent Arts, Scarborough
Signature Art Prize 2015
Maria Teresa Ortoleva's film Housing Memory - Amphis (I & II) has been shortlisted for the Signature Art Prize 2015. See www.signatureartprize.com.
e-flux conversations
Martin John Callanan is one of the contributors to Paranoid Subjectivity and the Challenges of Cognitive Mapping – How is Capitalism to be Represented? on e-flux conversations, a new platform for discussion of urgent artistic and social ideas. See conversations.e-flux.com.