Congratulations to alumna Rosa-Johan Uddoh who has been shortlisted for this year's Film London Jarman Award. The winner will be announced the week beginning 21 November 2022. See the Film London website.
Posted Tuesday, 28th June 2022 00:00
Holly Hendry is the first speaker for The Matter Talks: Material in Focus for the London Sculpture Workshop. Watch the video on the London Sculpture Workshop Instagram.
Posted Wednesday, 22nd June 2022 00:00
Bindu Mehra is taking part in the symposium Monica Sjöö The time is NOW and it is overdue! Saturday 25 June 2022, 2-5pm. The event is chaired by alumna Naomi Siderfin. Book via the Beaconsfield website.
Posted Wednesday, 22nd June 2022 00:00
Katarzyna Depta-Garapich is showing ...you ate three hundred devils, a two-person show at Wladyslaw Hasior Gallery, Tatra Museum, Zakopane, Poland. The work forms part of her PhD research and the project was supported by Malcolm Hughes and Jean Spencer Memorial Bursaries. See the Tatra Museum website for information about the show.
Posted Saturday, 18th June 2022 00:00
If you are interested in studying for an undergraduate degree in fine art at the Slade, sign up for one of our Q&A open days in July. For more information see the Undergraduate Open Days website.
Posted Saturday, 18th June 2022 00:00
Many congratulations to alumnae Abi Ola; Kneed: Ishwari Bhalerao & Leonie Rousham and 2022 BA finalist Bishwadhan Rai and MFA finalist Adam Boyd, who have all been selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2022. See the Bloomberg New Contemporaries website.
Posted Friday, 17th June 2022 00:00
Future Library, a one hundred year artwork created by alumna Katie Paterson, opened in Oslo on 12 June 2022. See The Guardian newspaper.
Posted Tuesday, 14th June 2022 00:00
The premiere of Wayfinder followed by a Q&A with director Larry Achiampong takes place on Tuesday 21 June 2022, at 18:15, NFT3, BFI Southbank, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 8XT. See the BFI website for details.
Posted Tuesday, 14th June 2022 00:00
We regret that due to the impact of the train strike on audience attendance for tomorrow's event, the In Conversation with Sir Christopher Le Brun has been cancelled.
Posted Thursday, 9th June 2022 00:00
We were very sad to hear of the death of Slade alumna Dame Paula Rego at the age of 87. We would like to express our sincere condolences to her family.
Paula Rego was born in Lisbon in 1935 and studied at the Slade between 1952 and 1956.
See The Guardian, 8 June 2022 for an appreciation of her life.
Posted Wednesday, 8th June 2022 00:00
Congratulations to alumna Chila Kumari Singh Burman who has been awarded a MBE in the Queen’s Jubilee birthday honours for services to the arts, and her seminal installation 'remembering a brave new world' which lit up London during the pandemic.
Posted Thursday, 2nd June 2022 00:00
Interworlds: Remi Rana Allen and Sinta Tantra focuses on the work of leading artists Remi Rana Allen and Sinta Tantra. Online via Zoom, Tuesday 14 June, 3 - 5pm. Free, book via Eventbrite.
Posted Friday, 27th May 2022 00:00
The Slade@150, co-directed by Kate Stonehill and Justin Hardy premieres at the Bloomsbury Theatre, 6 - 7pm on Wednesday 8 June 2022. Tickets are free, book via the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Posted Wednesday, 25th May 2022 00:00
Alumna Jocelyn McGregor's first public sculpture, 'Earthing', has just been unveiled as part of Sculpture in the City: Aldgate Square Commission, part of Sculpture in the City 11th Edition.
Earthing will be on display until spring 2023 and will join the rest of the 11th edition sculpture trail launching on 21 June 2022. See the Sculpture in the City website for more information.
Posted Friday, 20th May 2022 00:00
Congratulations to 2nd year undergraduate student Maya Simms who designed a bespoke art installation for BAFTA unveiled at an event to thank the donors who supported the redevelopment of BAFTA 195 Piccadilly!
Posted Friday, 20th May 2022 00:00
PhD student Bindu Mehra is participating in A Murmuration, a four-day festival at Candid Arts Trust led by artists, artist-educators, curators, and learning and educational professionals. See the Candid Arts Trust website for details.
Posted Tuesday, 17th May 2022 00:00
Congratulations to final year BA student Okiki Akinfe, one of the winners of the Freelands Painting Prize 2022.
The group of winning artists will participate in an exhibition at Freelands Foundation’s gallery in London this autumn. For more information see the Freelands Foundation website.
Posted Monday, 16th May 2022 00:00
We are pleased to announce that 94% of our individual research outputs were recognised as ‘world leading’ (55%) and ‘internationally excellent’ (39%) in REF 2021. Overall our research culture was judged to be 88% ‘world leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’.
Posted Thursday, 12th May 2022 00:00
Michael Armitage has been chosen to design a new £1 coin which will enter circulation next year. The new design for the reverse or “tails” side of the coin will mark its 40th anniversary. See The Independent article.
Posted Wednesday, 11th May 2022 00:00
Graduate Show featuring the work of 70 MA/MFA final year student continues to Saturday 25 June, 10am - 8pm daily.
Please note: Thursday 23 June. The Slade remains open whilst the Quad is closed today. Please follow the UCL Security guidance for entry to the building.
Posted Thursday, 5th May 2022 00:00
Mona Hatoum and Lisa Milroy are showing in Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City, an Arts Council Collection Touring Exhibition, curated by Lubaina Himid from May 2022 - May 2023.
Posted Tuesday, 3rd May 2022 00:00
Current PhD researcher Robert Mead and alumna Marielle Hehir have a joint show, Genius Loci: Painting the Spirit of Place, at APT Gallery, Deptford, London SE8 4SA, from 5 - 8 May 2022. See the APT website for details.
Posted Wednesday, 27th April 2022 00:00
Booking is now open for our summer short courses in painting. See our Short Courses page for details, including new courses in Colour Theory and Practice and Life Painting.
Posted Thursday, 21st April 2022 00:00
Vivien Zhang has a solo show undo undo undo at Pilar Corrias Savile Row, 2 Savile Row, London W1S 3PA, from 26 April - 28 May 2022. See the Pilar Corrias website for details.
Posted Tuesday, 19th April 2022 00:00
Zineb Sedira has been selected to represent France at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. Her presentation Les rêves n’ont pas de titre / Dreams have no titles is on show at the French Pavilion from 23 April until 27 November 2022. See the Venice Biennale website.
Posted Wednesday, 13th April 2022 00:00
Monster Chetwynd and Katie Paterson were among the artists invited to create a new glass work as part of Glass Exchange, showing at Durham Cathedral and Ingleby Gallery (Katie Paterson) until Sunday, September 11, 2022. For further details see the Sunderland Culture website.
Posted Thursday, 7th April 2022 00:00
Current PhD candidate Kasia Depta-Garapich has contributed to Art and The Rural Imagination by More Than Ponies, edited by Colin Perry. For further details and to order, see the More Than Ponies website.
Posted Tuesday, 5th April 2022 00:00
Cecilia Vicuña will create the next Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, which opens on 13 October 2022. See Tate Modern website for further information.
Posted Monday, 4th April 2022 00:00
Lecturer Sarah Pickering and alumnae Aliki Braine and Eva Stenram are showing in Photo50: No Place is an Island at London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London N1, from 20 - 24 April 2022. See the London Art Fair website for more details.
Posted Monday, 4th April 2022 00:00
Works by Phyllida Barlow, Rana Begum, Cathy De Monchaux, Jessie Flood-Paddock, Mona Hatoum, Holly Hendry, Kim Lim, Grace Schwindt and Rachel Whiteread are showing in Breatking the Mould Sculpture by Women Since 1945, an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition. See the Arts Council Collection website.
Posted Monday, 4th April 2022 00:00