News
Jump Cut, Still Life - Broadway Gallery
Fiona Curran has a solo show Jump Cut, Still Life at Broadway Gallery, Eastcheap, Letchworth Garden City SG6 3DD, online from 17 April, and live from 20 May - 4 July 2021. See the Broadway Gallery website for further information.
To mark the official opening of her solo exhibition Jump Cut, Still Life, Fiona Curran gave a talk about her career, practice and how her recent work was effected by the events of the last year, now available on YouTube.
Creature - City Gallery Wellington
Marianna Simnett has a solo show, Creature, at City Gallery Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand from 4 March - 11 July 2021. See the City Gallery Wellington website.
SPUR.WORLD - virtual exhibition
Yifan He is showing in SPUR.WORLD, a virtual exhibition, online from 8 April 2021. See the SPUR.WORLD website.
Karin Ruggaber is speaking at the Roundtable Discussion Fabrication as a Career online via the Henry Moore Institute and Pangaea Sculptor Centre on Wednesday 21 April 2021 at 6pm.
Professor Karin Ruggaber (UCL), artist Simeon Barclay and fabricators Rui Pignatelli (Pangaea Sculptors’ Centre) and Nigel Schofield (MDM Props) will discuss the professional relationship between sculpture and fabrication. The speakers will explore issues regarding the teaching of fabrication in art schools, access to fabrication facilities and how knowledge of fabrication may inform sculptural practice. This will be followed by discussion and questions from the audience.
See the Pangaea Sculptor Centre website for details.
On the Western Window Pane - Van Gogh House
On the Western Window Pane, an online and window-based project by Van Gogh House runs from 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022. This year-long fundraising project presents 12 artist-designed posters in its front, west-facing window organised by Livia Wang and alumnus Benjamin Arthur Brown.
Each month one new poster will be revealed and available to purchase as a limited edition print. All funds raised will go towards the artists involved and our residencies, education projects, exhibitions and maintaining the house’s historic fabric. April's poster, 'Vessel Head (Van Gogh)', has been designed by Slade lecturer Brighid Lowe.
See the Van Gogh House website for details.
Rachel Whiteread: Internal Objects - Gagosian
Rachel Whiteread has a solo exhibition, Internal Objects, at Gagosian, 20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD from 12 April - 6 June 2021. Viewing by appointment only, see the Gagosian website for details.
Read her interview in The Guardian: Rachel Whiteread: 'I have a clarity I never had before'.
11 Stories on Distanced Relationships - Contemporary Art from Japan - The Japan Foundation
Yanai Shino and Sawa Hiraki are showing in 11 Stories on Distanced Relationships - Contemporary Art from Japan online at The Japan Foundation from 30 March - 5 May 2021.
Survey II
Katarzyna Perlak and Shenece Oretha have been selected for Jerwood Arts' Survey II, which shows at g39, Cardiff from 2 July - 11 September 2021, Jerwood Arts in London 1 October – 13 December 2021 and Site Gallery in Sheffield March 2022. See the Jerwood Arts website for further information.
In Conversation - Copeland Gallery
Minyoung Choi and Mircea Teleagă are showing in In Conversation at Copeland Gallery, Unit 9I, Copeland Park, Peckham, London SE15 4UJ, from 15 - 18 April 2021. Viewing by appointment only. See the Bo.Lee Gallery website for further information.
Two Cultures, Two Senses - Seminar and Workshop
How the arts and humanities can contribute to Healthcare Education and facilitate improved intercultural understanding in Japan and the UK.
SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP I: A SENSE OF THE OTHER
Saturday 27 March. 9.30am/6.30pm – 12.30pm/9.30pm UK/Japan on Zoom
Convenor Chiyo Yoshii
Register via the registration link
Registration is open until 24th March. We will send the Zoom link for this event after registration.
Speakers/workshop facilitators include: Havi Carel, Keisuke Hagihara, Mikako Obika, Chiyo Yoshii, Jonathan Cole, Yasuhiko Murakami
SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP II: A SENSE OF MOVEMENT
Saturday 24 April 9.30am/5.30pm – 12.30pm/8.30pm UK/Japan on Zoom (link will be sent after registration)
Convenor: Deborah Padfield
Register via the Eventbrite registration link.
Speakers/ workshop facilitators include: Jonathan Cole, Siobhan Davies, Giskin Day, Junko Kawakubo, Minae Inahara, Yasuhiko Murakami, Deborah Padfield, Sue Ridge, Anusha Subramanyam, He Xin
Further information
Virtual IAS Book Launch - Encountering Pain: Hearing, Seeing, Speaking
The virtual launch of 'Encountering Pain: Hearing, Seeing, Speaking' edited by Dr Deborah Padfield and Prof Joanna M Zakrzewska, including poetry readings by Prof Sharon Morris, takes place online on 15 April 2021, 6 - 7pm. Booking via the IAS website.
Encountering Pain: Hearing, Seeing, Speaking is published by UCL Press: www.uclpress.co.uk/products/108203
In Search of Simultaneity - Kolkata Experimenter, Art Basel
In Search of Simultaneity by alumnus Krishna Reddy (1925 - 2018) is showing online at Kolkata Experimenter as part of Art Basel OVR: Pioneers, from 24 - 27 March 2021.
Seven Questions with... Ellis Parkinson
Read Seven Questions with... Ellis Parkinson, the winner of the Provost Portrait Competition, on the UCL News webpage.
Same and Different - One Off Contemporary Art Gallery
Same and Different - Paintings by Lisa Milroy, opens as part of Three Exhibitions, with Wambui Kamiru Collymore and Thom Ogonga, at One Off Contemporary Art Gallery,Nairobi from 27 March - 18 April 2021.
See the One off Gallery website for more information.
A Thousand Fallen Blossoms - Aliki Braine - Argentea Gallery
Aliki Braine's A Thousand Fallen Blossoms is online at Argentea Gallery from 26 March - 14 May 2021. See the Argentea Gallery website.
Division/Revision - Your Space or Mine
Larry Achiampong and Eva Stenram are taking part in Division/Revision, a sixteen-strong poster project curated by Uta Kögelsberger for Your Space Or Mine, which brings together sixteen internationally acclaimed artists to address the questions ‘What brings us together?’ and ‘What pushes us apart?’ The project takes place between 15 March to 31 March 2021. See the Build Hollywood website for further details.
Seven Questions with... Ellis Parkinson
Read Seven Questions with... Ellis Parkinson, the winner of the Provost Portrait Competition, on the UCL News webpage.
Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, will jointly produce a permanent artwork for UCL East's Marshgate building, which is due to open in September 2023. See UCL News.
The Bird Game and Confessions of a Crow - FVU
Marianna Simnett's The Bird Game and Confessions of a Crow are showing online at FVU, from 18 March - 17 April 2021. See the FVU website.
Just Another Year, Niki Kohandel - MOMA
Just Another Year by Niki Kohandel is currently streaming via MOMA, as part of
An Evening with Habibi Collective until Monday 22 March, 12:00 pm (EST). See the MOMA website for details.
Read the interview with Niki on the UCL website.