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Chemical City - MIMA
Onya McCausland is showing in Chemical City at MIMA, Centre Square, Middlesbrough TS1 2AZ, from 26 November 2021 - 24 April 2022. See the MIMA website for details.
Making Colour Symposium - Slade 150
Jo Volley, Pigment Timeline (Van Gogh)
Making Colour is an afternoon symposium of presentations and poetry readings from within the arts and sciences that celebrate the colours of the rainbow. It takes place online on Wednesday 8 December 2021, 1-4pm. Free, book via Eventbrite. Full programme on Slade 150.
Slade 150: Past, Present, Future - UCL Octagon Gallery
Design: Aspel Creative Ltd
What is it like to be a student at the Slade School of Fine Art?
Run by artists for artists since 1871, the School celebrates its 150th anniversary by capturing the real experiences of its students in a unique year.
This snapshot exhibition is artist-led, with Slade students reflecting on how their art school’s past and its present could inform its future. Students on programmes from BA to PhD level, across all artistic disciplines, explore ideas of tradition and heritage, and ask how new generations can challenge and disrupt these.
Full details on our Slade 150 page.
Felix Slade Tondo - Portico Magazine
Professor Kieren Reed celebrates an enigmatic icon of the Slade School of Fine Art, the Felix Slade Tondo, in November's edition of Portico magazine.
Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us - The Koppel Project Hive
Current MFA student Hannah Uzor is showing in Untangling the Perils that Tangle Us at The Koppel Project Hive, Morley House, 26-30 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BP , from 15 November–17 December 2021. See The Koppel Hive website.
Graduate online Q&A event
To replace our usual Slade Open Days, this live online Q&A event is an opportunity to ask a panel of Slade graduate tutors about the MA/MFA programme. Our final postgraduate online event is 8 December, please book via Eventbrite:
Wednesday 8 December, 4:30–5:30pm
Further information on our Online Graduate Q&A webpage.
Breezy - Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
Gabriela Giroletti has a solo show, Breezy, at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, 533 Old York Road, London SW18 1TG, from 19 November–18 December 2021. See the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery website.
My Life in Trees - The Birmingham & Midland Institute
Poster
Monica Perez Vega has a solo show, My Life in Trees, at The Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret St, Birmingham, B3 3BS, from 1–26 November 2021.
Evangelia Dimitrakopoulou and Francisca Sosa López
image ©the artist
PEER presents the work of Evangelia Dimitrakopoulou and Slade alumna Francisca Sosa López, two artists completing a year-long studio residency at Acme’s Warton House studios in 2021 after graduating from MA courses at London-based art colleges. The show takes place at PEER, 97-99 Hoxton Street, London N1 6QL, from 1–18 December 2021. See the PEER website for details.
Francisca Sosa López(Adrian Carruthers Award, 2020/21) work addresses the complicated relationship that she has with her home country of Venezuela and its socio-political issues such as the current migration crisis, which has to date seen 6 million people displaced from their country. Her practice expresses her personal feelings, reactions, disappointments and affections towards her country.
Screening and Conversation: Foxfire Eins - UCL European Institute
Four short films, Foxfire Eins, by Jayne Parker, lasting 30 minutes in total is showing as part of the Screening and Conversation: Foxfire Eins co-hosted by the UCL European Institute and UCL IAS (Institute of Advanced Studies), on Thursday 25 November 2021, from 5–7 pm. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Jayne, academic, filmmaker and musician Graham Riach and librarian-musician Tabitha Tuckett. Places limited due to covid restrictions. Register via MailChimp.
SHE KEEPS ME DAMN ALIVE - arebyte Gallery
Exhibition at arebyte Gallery, 19 November 2021–19 Februrary 2022
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley has a solo show, SHE KEEPS ME DAMN ALIVE at arebyte Gallery, Java House, 7 Botanic Square, London E14 0LG, from 19 November 2021–19 January 2022. See the arebyte Gallery website for details.
Spineless Wonders: 12 November
Small Press Artists Books; The Global Book; Materials, Materiality and Process conference on Friday 12 November, online via Zoom. Booking is free, tickets via Eventbrite.
The first of a 3-day series of events presenting research on small press publications, raising questions for contemporary and future publication through returning to early histories of word and image.
Full programme on our Spineless Wonders event page.
Word as Art: Beauty in the Archives - UCL Special Collections
UCL Special Collections
UCL Special Collections’ online exhibition ‘Word as Art: Beauty in the Archives’ is now online! Inspired by the Slade 150th anniversary, Word as Art celebrates the way we have embellished the word. It includes items from their collection and work from Malgorzata Dawidek, Yifan He and Abi Ola, students/alumni from the Slade School of Fine Art.
Visit the Word as Art website.
UCL Anthropocene - COP 26
With COP26 now fully underway, UCL Anthropocene have launched a new section on their website dedicated to the conference. Simon Faithfull has provided a series of drawings that contextualise our place on the planet for the website's blog.
Charlotte Jennings
Courtesy of Peter Daly
We are saddened to learn of the passing of artist Charlotte Jennings, aged 86. She studied painting at the Slade from 1955 - 1958.
Film Collectives and Political Liberation in the UK - The Castle Cinema
Screenings at The Castle Cinema, London. 7, 20, 27 November 2021
The Habibi Collective, which includes alumna Reman Sadani, is hosting three events that look at Film Collectives and Political Liberation in the UK on 7, 20, 27 November 2021 at The Castle Cinema, First Floor, 64 - 66 Brooksby's Walk, London E9 6DA.
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen - Kettle's Yard
Sutapa Biswas: Lumen is showing at Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge, Castle Street, Cambridge CB3 0AQ, from 16 October 2021 - 30 January 2022. See the Kettle's Yard website for further information.
Survey II - Jerwood Arts
Shenece Oretha and Katarzyna Perlak are showing in Survey II, presenting new commissions by ten of the most outstanding early-career artists in the UK. The show is at Jerwood Arts, Jerwood Space,171 Union Street, Bankside, London, SE1 0LN, from 1 October - 11 December 2021, then Site Gallery Sheffield, from 12 March - 5 June 2022.
Zineb Sidera - Venice Biennale 2022
Zineb Sidera has been selected to represent France at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022. See the Institut français website.
Minyoung Kim: Night Fever - The Artist Room
Minyoung Kim has a solo show, Night Fever, at The Artist Room, 52 Lonsdale Road, London W11 2DE, from 23 October - 20 November 2021. See The Artist Room website.